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Book author mystery Vocabulary a literary mystery something strange or unexplained about a book or someone who writes books assured strong or confident debut first performance or presentation it turns out it has been discovered nom de plume French ph
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Book author mystery Summary 15 July 2013 It's been revealed that the Harry Potter author, JK Rowling, has secretly written a crime novel under a false male name. The Cuckoo's Calling was published in April and is about a war veteran turned private in
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Detroit goes bankrupt Vocabulary mass production producing a large quantities of goods using machines in a factory thrown in the towel given up, admitted defeat spiralling increasing faster and faster in a downward direction tax base total of income,
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Detroit goes bankrupt Summary 19 July 2013 Detroit has become the largest US city ever to file for bankruptcy, with debts of at least $15bn. Once the heart of the US car industry, Detroit's population has fallen from two million in the 1950s to 713,0
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Congo deforestation in surprise fall Vocabulary sprawling spreading out in a disorganised way swathes very large areas foliage leaves of different sizes priorities most important things cleared removed mining searching for valuable materials in the g
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Congo deforestation in surprise fall Summary 22 July 2013 Scientists say that the cutting down of trees in one of the world's largest rainforests has dramatically decreased. A new study shows that deforestation in central Africa's Congo Basin has fal
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What next for the royal baby boy? Vocabulary in the public eye well known by many people gave little away did not tell anyone any information succession process in which someone automatically takes their position after someone else upbringing how a c
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What next for the royal baby boy? Summary 23 July 2013 The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby boy. For the first time in British history, it made no difference if the royal child was a boy or a girl - the baby would be third in line to th
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Haiti cholera claims Vocabulary epidemic a widespread outbreak of a disease unprecedented never having happened before moral what's accepted as the right and wrong way to behave circumstantial evidence facts that make something seem likely that it ha
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Haiti cholera claims Summary 26 July 2013 A group of top international scientists studying a widespread outbreak of cholera in the Caribbean state of Haiti has found that the disease probably came from United Nations peacekeepers. This discovery coul
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Sound of Music auction Vocabulary intense extreme iconic famous and well known under the hammer for sale at auction bidders people who offer to buy things at an auction homespun (here) traditional cloth made at home lederhosen shorts made of leather,
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Sound of Music auction Summary 29 July 2013 A collection of costumes from the classic 1965 film, The Sound of Music, have sold for $1.3m at an auction in California. They included the dress worn by the film's lead character Maria, played by Julie And
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Climate change violence Vocabulary data information, numbers or facts collected by researchers domestic violence violence that happens at home, between family members droughts periods of very dry weather with little or no rain a spike in a sudden ris
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Climate change violence Summary 2 August 2013 Changes to the climate are strongly linked to increases in violence around the world, according to a report in the journal Science. It said even small changes in temperature or rainfall were associated wi
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World's first lab-grown burger Vocabulary livestock farming the farming of animals such as cows, chickens and sheep to satisfy to meet a need demand the amount of a product or service that people want the real thing the original, not a copy a work in
