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English In Use - 'Edwina Currie Makes A Sharp Egg-Sit'

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.

The Daily Star headline on a story that former MP Edwina Currie was the first celebrity to be voted off Strictly Come Dancing attracted the headline 'Edwina Currie Makes A Sharp Egg-Sit.' Currie lost her job as Health Minister in 1988 following a salmonella scare involving eggs. Exit - Egg-Sit .. get it?

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