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English in Use - Halibut That For A Big Catch

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.

'Halibut That For A Big Catch' is a headline in The Sun newspaper on a story about fishermen who netted a halibut that weighed in at 32 stone, and measured eight foot, off the coast of Iceland.  They sold it in Hull for £2,000.  In the headline, "Halibut that" is used instead of 'How About that'.  In English 'How about that!' is used  to express surprise or wonder.

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