Q691577 - CESGRANRIO - 2018 - TRANSPETRO - Analista de Sistemas Júnior - Processos de Negócios,

In the fragment “The threat to stability is all the greater given that Iran is likely to win any such clash and to treat the result as a licence to reassert its influence in the region" (lines 17-20), given that can be replaced, without change in meaning, by

a) even so
b) even though
c) despite the fact that
d) because of the fact that
e) taking into account that

Q691577 - CESGRANRIO - 2018 - TRANSPETRO - Analista de Sistemas Júnior - Processos de Negócios,

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