events, things that happen
A melhor coisa a fazer era não falar mais daqueles acontecimentos.
The best thing to do was to not talk about those events anymore.
Suellen se aproximava dos acontecimentos atuais.
Suellen was getting closer to current events.
Tom fechou seu diário depois de escrever sobre os acontecimentos daquele dia.
Tom closed his diary after writing about the events of that day.