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🎙UN advises forceful peacekeeping

UN peacekeepers are now being advised to be more forceful. Dan and Catherine teach you the language the world's media is using to discuss this story.

Vocabulary: foil / escalating / shy

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Grammar

Do you know the answer?🤔

The answer is A.
This is about certainty. Use ‘if’ for situations which are possible - but not likely, and ‘when’ for situations which are likely to happen.
The computer might never break down. But 'if' it does, you call Bob! If you had an old computer that didn't perform well, you would expect it to break down, so you’d use ‘when’.

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Shakespeare

Here is an expression from William Shakespeare’s days. It’s still in common use today! It describes someone who is strong, reliable and good in a crisis. Can you complete it correctly?

The correct answer is B – the expression is ‘a tower of strength’.
Example:
"My husband was a tower of strength when I had that operation - he really looked after me well."

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Quiz

Present and Past Passives anyone?
Find out the answer in this week's Grammar Gameshow!

The answer is B.

In A and C, the grammatical agents of the verbs with meaning are so general and self-evident as to supply no information of value. In B, the grammatical agent ('grandmother') of the verb with meaning ('catch') is neither general nor self-evident and, thus, amounts to useful info.

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Shakespeare’s plays are full of drama and some expressions used in them are part of Modern English.

Look at the options. Do you know which one completes this well-known phrase? 🤔

Answer Key

The correct answer is C – a pound of flesh.

Example sentence:
“I apologised and paid for the repairs after I crashed his car, but it isn't enough for him. He wants his pound of flesh. I think he's going to call the police…”

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