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A new Olympic record
Eric Moussambani of Equatorial Guinea became one of the most loved athletes of the 2000 games. His race was the 100-metre freestyle swim. He jumped into the pool and started swimming. After the first 50 metres he was very tired. He went more and more slowly and almost stopped in the middle of the pool. The officials worried that he was drowning. But Moussambani continued and finally completed the race with a time of 1 minute and 52 seconds, the slowest in the history of the Olympics. Still, Moussambani was very happy.
CLANDFIELD, L. et. al. Global: learn English, learn through English, learn about English; Pre-intermediate. Macmillan Education, 2010. (adaptado)
Na frase “the officials worried that he was drowning”, o termo destacado está sendo empregado como substantivo, e é um falso cognato. Assim, o significado de officials, nesse contexto, corresponde a