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Words in Context: Fruit Salad

Read the following short texts and decide which word from the Arts and Media Wordlist and Flashcards replaces each fruit word.

“And now to the world of bananas, and our correspondent in Cannes for all the latest cherries of the film festival.”

“Yeah, I’ve appeared on grape a couple of times in small roles and as an orange. Always nice to see your name there on the credits.”

“We were melons, running this peach on building safety, when the studio ceiling suddenly fell in. Luckily no-one was hurt. But yeah, it was weird, kind of spooky.”

“It wasn’t meant to be a finished pineapple, just a quick kiwi to give them an impression. But before I could say anything, they said they loved it and decided to use it on the film poster.”

“And we’re going to interrupt our scheduled pear on the blood scandal now, and go directly to Washington with breaking fruit on violence that has broken out near the House of Representatives.”

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Read the texts again to see if you can remember the Arts & Media vocab.

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Crime Words in Context

Look at the examples below from a micro-story.
Decide which word from the Crime Wordlist goes in each space.
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In the quiet village of Bassett Wood, M_______ Evelyn de Mauney had always been better known for her great cooking than for her legal skills.

S_______ immediately fell upon the latest arrival, a young antiques dealer named Leo.

Leo was immediately accused of s_______ rare artifacts

Mrs Clara Mitchell, the only teacher, nurse and single mum in the village, decided to d_______ him.

So she placed his name at the top of her list and made a note, “S_______ smuggler?”

Magistrate Evelyn ordered the immediate r_______ of Leo and a warrant for the Brigadier’s arrest.

Answer

Magistrate, Suspicion, smuggling, defend, serial, release

Story: Village Does Justice

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More vocab included in the full story: theft, plague, artifacts, mounting evidence, pin him down, unfolding, fine-looking, deeds, set forth, stridently, stumbled, breath a sigh of relief, ordeal.

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