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English In Use - 'Deja Voom'

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 Sun is renowned for its eye-catching headlines such as the brilliant 'Deja Voom' on its sport pages last week. The story is the return of Arsenal legend Thierry Henry on loan at the London club. Henry came on a substitute and scored the only goal of the game to give Arsenal an FA Cup win over Leeds.

The headline is a superb play on the saying 'deja vu' (the experience of feeling sure that one has already witnessed or experienced something before) and 'va va voom' the line used by Henry in a famous TV commercial for Renault Clio cars.

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