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       849.mp3 Three New York City’s schools are closing for at least a week in response to a new swine flu outbreak. Mayor Michael Bloomberg says five people from one Queens middle school have been diagnosed with the virus, one of them in critical condition. And flu-like ___1___ kept more than 200 students from other schools out of class on Thursday. Coast Guard officials say they believe a boat carrying a group of Haitian migrants may have sunk. The vessel ___2___ off the coast of Florida killing at least 9 people. So far, 16 survivors have been plucked from the water. Georgia police are looking for suspects in this attack on a popular musician. The member of the band Pearl Jam was robbed at knifepoint outside an Atlanta studio last month. The masked man _____3_____ about $7,000 in cash and computer equipment. A busy New York expressway _____4_____ as a dog tried to protect his wounded companion. Police eventually managed to give the injured canine help. Both dogs are back home and doing well.       Answers   1. symptoms - any feeling of illness or physical or mental change which is caused by a particular disease 2. capsized - turn upside down on water 3. made off with - take something away, steal something 4. came to a standstill - stop     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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