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English In Use - Bentley Does it!

A selection of headlines from stories in the news.  They use English in a way that you might think is intended to confuse, but it's all perfectly clear to the native speaker.

This was the headline used in the Sun newspaper for a picture story about a city stockbroker's £100,000 Bentley being fished out of the river. The car had been taken to a workshop but because of brake failure staff accidentally drove it in the river. The picture shows the car being hauled out. The Sun's headline is a play on the phrase 'gently does it' but using the name of the car instead.

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