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Flies move 'like fighter jets' Vocabulary astonished very surprised pitch (of a boat or aircraft) move up and down suddenly stability balance abrupt sudden and unexpected manoeuvre a movement that you need skill and care to do subtle not obvious, dif
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Flies move 'like fighter jets' Summary 11 April 2014 New research shows that when a threat comes into view, fruit flies make extremely fast turns similar to those made by fighter jets. The study explains why flies are hard to catch, according to the
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Flies move 'like fighter jets' Summary 11 April 2014 New research shows that when a threat comes into view, fruit flies make extremely fast turns similar to those made by fighter jets. The study explains why flies are hard to catch, according to the
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UN: World must end 'dirty' fuel use Vocabulary fossil fuels substances formed underground from dead plants and animals which are used for energy (eg. coal, oil, gas) locked into unable to easily change a particular behaviour or plan because it has ad
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UN: World must end 'dirty' fuel use Summary 14 April 2014 A long-awaited UN report on how to curb climate change says the world must rapidly move away from carbon-intensive fuels. There must be a massive shift to renewable energy, says the study rele
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Vatican bank 'three trillion euro fraud' stopped Vocabulary bond certificates documents given to someone who invests money in a government or company, who promise to pay the money back with interest face value the value shown on things like bank note
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US created 'Cuban Twitter' Vocabulary subscribers people who choose to receive a service or product regularly, often by paying for it provoking causing a reaction, especially an angry or negative one abruptly suddenly content material such as words,
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US created 'Cuban Twitter' Summary 4 April 2014 The US created a text message social network designed to cause unrest in Cuba, according to an investigation by the Associated Press news agency. ZunZuneo, called the 'Cuban Twitter', had over 40,000 us
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Beginning of the end for Japanese whaling? Vocabulary homecoming a time when someone or a group of people return home cargo items or goods carried on a ship, plane or other large vehicle convinced made someone certain about something ban official rul
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Beginning of the end for Japanese whaling? Summary 7 April 2014 Three Japanese ships have returned home at the end of the annual hunt for whales in the Southern Ocean. Japan has said they will not set sail again next year, after the International Cou
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Titanic letter sells for ￡119,000 Vocabulary or so approximately; more or less hit (here) crashed into likely probably survived stayed alive after nearly dying because of an accident or illness memorabilia objects which people collect because they
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Titanic letter sells for ￡119,000 Summary 28 April 2014 The last letter to be written on the ill-fated Titanic has sold for ￡119,000 at auction. It was written by survivors Esther Hart and her young daughter hours before the ship hit an iceberg a
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Mystery of ocean 'duck' sound solved Vocabulary puzzled confused nicknamed given an informal name quacking making the sound of a duck acoustic recorders machines which record sounds bizarre unusual; very strange chatter (here) quick repeated noises m
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Mystery of ocean 'duck' sound solved Summary 25 April 2014 A sound like a duck heard in the Southern Ocean has confused scientists for 50 years. But the mystery has now been solved, according to research published in the Royal Society journal Biology
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Twins meet after 78 years apart Vocabulary reunion situation where people meet again after a long time in the flesh in real life (not just on television, on the internet, by phone, etc) womb organ inside a mother's body where a baby grows before bein
