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English In Use - 'Ashes To Bashes'

Short, simple but effective - that's the headline in the Daily Star on a story that former  cricket star Freddie Flintoff who was in the England team which beat Australia to win The Ashes in 2005, the series of games played between the two countries since 1882, is set to launch a new career as a heavyweight boxer. The headline of 'Ashes To Bashes' links The Ashes to 'Bashes' as in 'to strike someone violently.'

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