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This is the BBC. US

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and UK launch new air

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strikes on hoofy targets. This

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is News Review from BBC Learning

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English, where we help you understand

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news headlines in English. I'm Beth. And

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I'm Georgie. Make sure

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The US and UK have launched more

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air strikes against hoofy targets in

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Yemen. The hoofies

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have been attacking ships they say are

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linked to Israel and the West as

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they travel through the Red Sea trade

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route. The UK

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and US said that they were trying

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to protect the free flow of commerce.

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You've been looking at the headlines. What's

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the vocabulary that people need to

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understand this story? We have

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fresh, deal another blow

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and send a clear message. This

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is News Review from BBC Learning

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English. Let's

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have a look at our first headline. This

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one's from the BBC. US

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and UK launch fresh strikes on

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hoofies in Yemen. This

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Headline tells us that the UK and US are. Launched

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strikes, Which means I have

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started an attack on the he

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says but this isn't that fast

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attack and the hey face so

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we need to look at the

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was fresh Now Georgie This Led

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always makes me think of foods.

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So why is it being used

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here? Yes, it's true that fresh

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is usually used to describe food

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that is recently produced. So fresh

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fruit is fruit that has just

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been picked. Fresh bread has just

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come out of the oven here

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though. Fresh is another. Way of

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saying about the strike. these on

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new. I k through the

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Us and Uk. They

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are fresh on. Can you give us

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some other examples of when we can

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use fresh With this meaning yeah, sure.

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So you could say that the lawyers

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brought fresh evidence to the court, which

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means that they brought new evidence that

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no one had seen before. If

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a company hired someone, they

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usually want someone with a

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fresh perspective, someone with new

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and innovative ideas. That's right,

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I P. Time.

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Let's. Have on next headline. This one's

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from the Evening Standard. Fresh

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Uk and Us airstrikes on

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fifty target deal. Another blow

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to militants. This.

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Headline at gives us a quotes

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from the Uk Defense Secretary Grant

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Shapps thesis that the strikes deal

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another blow to the he sees

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no deal a blow his expression

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were looking at georgie can you

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break this down for us Yes

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let's go to parts we've got

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deal and below so deal in

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the sense is another way of

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saying give out or distribute So

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imagine in a card game we

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deal cause to the other players

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below in the sense. is another

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word for a bit hit or a

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sudden impact. Right, so deal

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a blow in this case

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sounds very literal because the

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US and UK have given,

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that's deal, the who sees

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a big hit and

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that is the blow because of these

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airstrikes. Now I'm guessing that this has

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a metaphorical meaning as well. That's right

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and I think both are relevant here.

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So in a metaphorical

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sense it can be used

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when something causes a significant

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problem or setback. So

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in this story the purpose of the

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strikes was to cause problems for the

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who sees so that they would be

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weaker and less able to attack ships

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in the Red Sea. Can

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you give us another example? Yep,

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so we can say that the

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pandemic dealt an enormous blow to

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the economy, it damaged it. Notice

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here how the past form of deal

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is dealt which has a different pronunciation

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so we're going from the sound e

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to the sound e. Yes

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we have deal and dealt.

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Okay, let's look at that again. Let's

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have our next headline. This one's from

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The Guardian. Fresh

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US UK airstrikes send clear

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message to who sees says

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Cameron. Now this

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time we're hearing from the

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UK's Foreign Secretary David Cameron

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and we're looking at his

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phrase send a clear message.

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Now when I hear a

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clear message it makes

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me think about something spoken or

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written that is really easy to

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understand like a very clear email

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or something. Yes but

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in this story the US and UK

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governments say they are sending a clear

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message to the who sees with airstrikes

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and the message here according to Cameron

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is that if the UK gives a

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warning then it or do what it says.

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Now, we hear this phrase a lot

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in a very literal sense. This

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morning I sent a clear message, a

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text message to my mum. But

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can you give us an example of how it's

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used in this headline? Yes,

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so imagine a company decides

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to remove all single-use plastic

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from its packaging. You

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might say that this sends a

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very clear message that it cares

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about the environment and sustainability. Yes,

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that's right. Okay, let's have

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a look at that one more time. We've

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heard fresh, it's new. Feel

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another blow, cause more harm and

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send a clear message. Communicate

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something with an action that is

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easy to understand. Watch

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