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English In Use - 'Night Of Poisson'

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.

Here's one for our French readers:  A story in the Daily Star that the droning sound made by passionate Midshipman fish when they are trying to attract a female is so loud that it is keeping people awake at night in the New Forest prompted the headline 'Night Of Poisson', substituting the French for fish - Poisson - for passion!

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