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English In Use - 'Fifty Shades Of Beige'

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.

Fifty Shades Of Grey is the title of the extremely popular 2011 British erotic romance novel which hit the news, and was even made into a film. It has been adapted by the Daily Express for their headline of Fifty Shades Of Beige on a story slamming new Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn for wearing a brown jacket for his first Prime Minister's Question Time in the House of Commons, instead of the more traditional grey or black suit.  

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