Web www.englishdaily626.com   [ Movie Reviews | Common Sentences | Glossary of Correct Usage | High School Vocab | Questions & Answers | Sample Letters ] [ Movies Lines | Advertisements | Words Differentiation | Common Errors | Songs | Links ] <<Prev Train your ear Next>>     TOEFL Vocabulary   English Daily Conversation   Learn grammar by example   Learn American idioms       831.mp3 Tornados have ____1____ Arkansas and Oklahoma. Homes were destroyed, businesses damaged. Three people in the Arkansas town of Mena were killed, another 20 injured. The storm system also brought severe weather to Missouri. A little farther west in Oklahoma and Texas, the problem is wildfires. About a hundred homes have been reduced to ___2___, after wind-swept wildfires devastated Oklahoma City overnight. Officials in the Sooner State report 34 injuries, 2 of them serious. More US worships are headed to the area off the Horn of Africa. That’s where an American captain of a cargo ship is being held by Somali pirates. The captain, who was said to be unharmed, is in a lifeboat. The rest of the crew and the ship is safe. The ship is _____3_____ in Kenya Saturday night. In Italy, funeral services are being held from many of the victims from this week’s devastating earthquake. Pope Benedict sent his personal secretary to preside over the services. The pontiff granted a special ___4___ for Good Friday mass. The death toll from this week’s earthquake is nearly 300.       Answers   1. ripped through 2. ash 3. due in port 4. dispensation ( special permission, especially from the Church, to do something that is not usually allowed )     800   801   802   803   804   805   806   807   808   809   810   811   812   813   814   815   816   817   818   819   820   821   822   823   824   825   826   827   828   829   830   831   832   833   834   835   836   837   838   839   840   841   842   843   844   845   846   847   848   849   850   851   852   853   854   855   856   857   858   859   860   861   862   863   864   865   866   867   868   869   870   871   872   873   874   875   876   877   878   879   880   881   882   883   884   885   886   887   888   889   890   891   892   893   894   895   896   897   898   899   900   901   902   903   904   905   906   907   908   909   910   911   912   913   914   915   916   917   918   919   920   921   922   923   924   925   926   927   928   929   ( Nov 20 ) Train your ear 1       Common English mistakes   Ancient Chinese stories   Learn English Proverbs   American Slang expressions

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