In northeast Wichita, Kansas, a chemicalthat is known to increase the cancer risk to humanshas seeped into the ground for decades, contaminating the groundwater widely unbeknownst to residents, according to local officials. Some 50 years...
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In his first comments since Luigi Mangione was charged with second-degree murder on Monday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said he was confident that the 26-year-old would quickly be extradited to New York where he will be held accountable f...
Iceland's south-western peninsula could face decades of volcanic instability, warns the Icelandic Met Office (IMO). Earthquakes and fears of an impending eruption have led to the evacuation of the small fishing town of Grindavik....
Vax has been chosen as the word of the year by lexicographers at the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Words related to vaccines have spiked in frequency in 2021 due to Covid, with double-vaxxed, unvaxxed and a...
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Canada's Quebec province has denied immigrant status to a French citizen because she was unable to demonstrate adequate French-language proficiency. Quebec rejected Emilie Dubois' application apparently because part of her university thesis ...
Apple has announced some new emojis - including a wheelchair user, people with walking sticks and a hearing aid. They've been released on World Emoji Day as part of a move by the tech company to represent disabled people better. New designs...
A US university professor has been removed as director of a graduate programme, amid a furore over an email she sent urging students not to speak Chinese. Megan Neely, an assistant professor at Duke University in North Carolina, said in an e...
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The grand Opening Ceremony of the 8th National Games for Persons with a Disability from China was staged on 11 October. The eight-day competition will last from 12-19 October and includes 18 sports, 21...
By Tim Bowen Tim Bowen again reflects on the substantial damage sustained in the UK’s recent riots as inspiration for some collocations. If a lot of damage is caused, it can be described as considerable, ext...
By Tim Bowen Type: Article Have you ever experienced a slip of the tongue or set tongues wagging? Tim Bowen articulates his thoughts on some idioms. If something is easy to pronounce, it can be said to trip of...
http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/english-suffers-collateral-damage Posted by Michael Rundell on September 11, 2011 Kerry Maxwell’s next BuzzWord article will be discussing the term&n...
How to improve your communication skills by speaking better English? Practice makes perfect, especially when you want to improve your communication skills. You can find help to polish(润色) your English in a host of(一大群) environments, and a wide a...