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English In Use - 'Ruff Luck'

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.

A simple play on words provides the Daily Mail with its headline of 'Ruff Luck', on a story that nine-year-old Golden Retriever Sunny had to be rescued by firemen after getting her head stuck in a garden wall at her home in Gedling, Nottinghamshire. Sunny was trying to greet next door's new Beagle puppy!

'Ruff', the sound that dogs make when they bark, is used instead of 'tough'.

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