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English In Use - 'Unbe-leaf-able'

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 headline writers love to come up with puns by simply changing the spelling of a word. Hence the headline of 'Unbe-leaf-able' on a Daily Mail story about Peter Glazebrook from Newark, Nottinghamshire, who has grown a cauliflower weighing 20lbs; 20 times heavier than normal. Instead of 'unbelievable', they just made a play on 'leaf' to come up with 'Unbe-leaf-able.' Get it?

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