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English In Use - 'Breast Actress"

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 newspaper loves to titillate with its headlines, hence 'Oscars Hopeful Octavia Is Up For Breast Actress' on a story that the Hollywood star Octavia Spencer, who was nominated for best supporting actress, is planning to "have a boob job." Those clever sub-editors have substituted 'breast' for 'best' in the headline!

 

 

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