This post is based on an extra-curricular activity that I encouraged students to pursue for the length of a month.
By facebooking WORDS IN THE NEWS taken from every working day’s headlines, I intended to inspire them to do the same. Some did so and shared them with me. Others went the extra mile and declared their intention to keep going after the month is finished.
WORDS IN THE NEWS (every working day for a month)
In order of appearance on the Facebook group: Ingles Vitoria
The clocks GO BACK/TURN BACK this weekend.
Meaning: when the clocks go back, everyone changes the time on their clocks so that they show a time that is one hour earlier than before. (Macmillan Dictionary)
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Scientist ends AIR-TIGHT dome experiment
Meaning: completely sealed
To find out what point he is trying to make by going into the dome in the first place, click in the link below
To read the article, click here.
Jamal Khashoggi: Journalist ‘was ENTICED to Istanbul consulate from Saudi embassy in DC’
Meaning: persuade someone to go to a place or do something.
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Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro has won A SWEEPING VICTORY in Brazil’s presidential election.
Meaning: extensive
Other words that collocate with SWEEPING are: changes or reforms.
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Search STEPPED UP after Indonesia plane crash
Nouns frequently used with step up: attack, campaign, efforts, fight, pace, pressure, production, search, security
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Brexit: Theresa May RULES OUT holding another referendum despite mass Final Say protest
Meaning: to stop considering something as a possibility or dismiss it.
Ross Edgley’s 157-day swim around Great Britain SETS NEW BENCHMARK in endurance swimming
Benchmark: standard of excellence (punto de referencia, referente)
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U.S. billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates UNVEILED on Tuesday in Beijing a futuristic toilet that doesn’t need water or sewers and uses chemicals to turn human waste into fertilizer.
Meaning: reveal for the first time
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‘SINGLE-USE’ has been named Collins’ Word of the Year, popularised by the increasing call to ban materials that damage the environment and pollute the food chain.
Meaning: Made to be used once only and blamed for damaging the environment and affecting the food chain.
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Ryanair sacks cabin crew pictured ‘sleeping on airport floor’
One of the STRANDED crew members said the photo was “taken as a protest to prove Ryanair gave us no other option to rest after more than 12 hours on duty in some cases”.
Meaning of STRANDED: Unable to leave, like tourists at an airport, train station, etc. Also a boat, whale left on the land and unable to return to the water.
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Australian woman accused of starting a nation-wide FOOD SCARE has been charged with seven accounts of food contamination
Meaning: The response to a food incident (real or perceived) that causes a sudden disruption to the food supply chain and to food consumption patterns.
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Have advent calendars for adults PEAKED already?
Meaning: reached its highest peak.
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Aung San Suu Kyi STRIPPED OF Amnesty award after ‘shameful betrayal of values’ over Rohingya.
Meaning: [transitive] strip somebody of something to take away property or honours from somebody, as a punishment. For other meanings of strip, go to the Oxford dictionary web.
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.From GHOSTING to OVERSHARING: the new rules of breakups
Meaning:
Ghosting: When a person cuts off all communication with their friends or the person they’re dating.
Oversharing: Sharing too much personal information about yourself:
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British pound PLUNGES again amid Brexit chaos
Meaning: to become lower in value or level very suddenly and quickly:
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The remote UK community living OFF-GRID.
Meaning: OFF-GRID//OFF-THE-GRID
Not using the public supplies of electricity, water, gas, etc.
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Six teens charged over elite school HAZING in a private Catholic all-boys school in Toronto.
Meaning: Playing tricks on somEbody, especially a new student, or to give them very unpleasant things to do, sometimes as a condition for entering a fraternity.
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Spain at the top for VERBAL STREET HARASSMENT, study finds.
Meaning: Street harassment consists of unwanted comments, gestures, whistlings, catcalling, etc given by strangers to, generally speaking, women passing by.
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Obesity surge SPARKS youth Type 2 diabetes warning
Meaning: to cause something to start or develop, especially suddenly.
Note: SURGE= sudden increase
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Shoppers queue outside POP-UP Amazon STORE as Black Friday kicks off early
Meaning: Pop-up shops or stores are temporary spaces that sell merchandise of any kind. Aiming to launch a new product, move inventory or connect with customers, among others, they stay open for a period that can go between 3 days to 3 months.
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