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BBC Learning English Video Words in the News 5 March 2014 Battle of the Oranges Transcript: This is no ordinary carnival. It's an epic food fight, called the Battle of the Oranges. The event takes place in Ivrea in northern Italy, and is based on a l
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BBC Learning English Video Words in the News 12 March 2014 Teapot tower Transcript: It might not be everyone's cup of tea. This giant, teapot-shaped construction is actually a 10-storey office building. Ordinary red clay teapots are big sellers here
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BBC Learning English Video Words in the News 19 March 2013 Hugging lions Transcript: Into the lion's den. Visitors to this private zoo in Buenos Aires can pet and feed dangerous animals. The owner claims to be able to domesticate tigers, lions and be
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BBC Learning English Video Words in the News 26 March 2014 Road of nails Transcript: Mending punctures is big business in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. But competition is intense. And police believe some tyre repairmen are paying criminal gangs to
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'Biggest dinosaur ever' discovered Vocabulary at full stretch fully straightened out; as long as it can possibly be fearsome very frightening mild-mannered gentle amazing wonderful; pleasantly surprising skeletons sets of bones which support bodies c
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'Biggest dinosaur ever' discovered Summary 19 May 2014 Fossilised bones of a dinosaur believed to be the largest creature ever to walk the Earth have been found in Argentina, palaeontologists say. Based on its huge thigh bones, it measured 40m long a
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Children aid malaria vaccine hunt Vocabulary rife something unpleasant which is common resistant not affected or harmed by an illness parasite living thing which lives inside other larger living things and uses them for food bursting out breaking ope
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Children aid malaria vaccine hunt Summary 23 May 2014 A group of children in Africa who are naturally immune to malaria are helping scientists to develop a new vaccine. The US team published the results of their research in the journal Science. Repor
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Hands-free on the road? Vocabulary manoeuvring moving carefully and skillfully purpose-built designed and put together for a specific reason input involvement ultimate aim what you finally hope to achieve steering wheel part of the vehicle which driv
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Hands-free on the road? Summary 30 May 2014 It looks like the route to driverless cars is clear. Google is to start building its own self-driving cars, rather than modifying vehicles built by other manufacturers. It'll have a stop-go button but no co
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Obama to announce new pollution targets for power plants Vocabulary curb control, cut or limit (something harmful) fossil-fuelled using coal or oil power plants power stations; places where electricity is made ambitious challenging, difficult and nee
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Obama to announce new pollution targets for power plants Summary 2 June 2014 The US government is due to give details about its plan to cut carbon emissions from fossil fuel power stations. This will be one of the most significant actions to try to r
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Premier League clubs' income 'doubled in seven years' Vocabulary boosted increased deals financial agreements generate make (here, money) revenues income/money merchandise goods and products accounted for part of the total (of something) profitable t
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Premier League clubs' income 'doubled in seven years' Summary 6 June 2014 The English Premier League remains the most lucrative in world football, according to a new survey by consultants Deloitte. It's calculated that revenues at the 20 Premier Leag
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Mud-pack for the Taj Mahal Vocabulary constructed built monument building or structure that is built to remember a special person or event pristine very clean; in excellent condition treatment (here) a process where chemicals are used to clean or imp
