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English In Use - 'In The Thick Of Daleks'

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 British media went overboard in its coverage of actor Peter Capaldi being named as the new Doctor Who in the BBC cult science fiction series. The Sun's headline of 'In The Thick Of Daleks' would easily work for TV addicks, combining 'In The Thick Of It', the political comedy in which Capaldi was one of the main characters and 'The Daleks', an extraterrestrial race of mutants regularly featured in Doctor Who.

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