Oil Price Crash

Oil Price Crash You are going to lisen to a report about falling oil prices. Choose the correct meanings of the following words from the report: Now watch/listen to the report then do the gap-fill exercise https://next-media-api.ft.com/renditions/15840920981430/1280x720.mp4 Listen carefully then fill the gaps with the words from above:...
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READ ALL ABOUT IT !News and comment about developments in the English language, Business English and the MediaUp to 90: Irish English words and phrases.Today, March 17th, is St Patrick’s day, a national holiday here in Ireland. The Irish Times published an article, a list of the most popular words and phrases in Hiberno English, English as spoken here in IrelandHiberno English to replace British English as EU working language ?No, Hiberno-English, or English as spoken in Ireland will not be replacing British English as the European Union’s working language, following the departure of the UK.Hiberno-English is very similar to British English; the main difference being some grammar construction, which is directly translated from Gaelic.  The suggestion was a joke from wurst.lu, a satirical website based in Luxembourg. For more information, read the Irish newspaper, The JournalWord 0f the Year 2019The Oxford Word of the Year is a word or expression shown through usage evidence to reflect the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of...
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