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English In Use - 'More Teal Vicar'

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 Telegraph story that vicars took to the catwalk to model the latest fashion in clergy robes at 'The Ideal Church Show' at the Christian Resources Exhibition in Manchester produced the headline 'More Teal Vicar' which is a play on the humourous phrase 'More Tea Vicar' used to cover up an embarrassing faux pas, substituting the colour 'teal', a dark greenish-blue colour, for 'tea'.

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