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Friday, September 14, 2012
NEWSPAPER WORDS 3
Match the ‘newspaper word’ with its equivalent. Think of a Russian translation. Then read the headlines and translate them. Learn the words.
Newspaper Words:
aid; to bar; to clash; to axe; to halt; to press for; a blast; an envoy; to plunge; to vow.
Meaning:
to stop; to cut or to destroy; help; to promise; to argue violently or to start fighting; an explosion; to demand; a diplomat; to prohibit; to fall steeply
Man Aids Police; Labour axe colleges in Tory towns; South African Team Barred; Ten dead in bomb blast; Strikers in clash with police; US Envoy taken hostage; Channel Tunnel Halt; Ford Plunges; Teachers press for pay rise; President Vows Change in Policy.
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