Afgan Dust Art
Here you can listen to the report
be very expensive
searching carefully
reduces something to smaller pieces by rubbing it against a harder surface
represent something correctly by using images and words
difficult tasks that take a lot of effort
Exercise
Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports.
Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.
cost the earth/ scouring/ grinds/ capture/ struggles
1.
The street parties were a big success when we did them at the royal wedding and they weren't just in London, they really _______ the spirit of the whole nation.
The street parties were a big success when we did them at the royal wedding and they weren't just in London, they really _______ the spirit of the whole nation.
2.
Police spent about 90 minutes ______ the campus and the surrounding woods for the gunman.
Police spent about 90 minutes ______ the campus and the surrounding woods for the gunman.
3.
Just as the participation of white people in the black ______ against apartheid in South Africa had added strength to that movement, men "must stand up and work with women" to combat rape, he told the BBC World Service.
Just as the participation of white people in the black ______ against apartheid in South Africa had added strength to that movement, men "must stand up and work with women" to combat rape, he told the BBC World Service.
4.
Mrs Burgess said: "It is my belief that everyone should live in a comfortable home which doesn't ______ to keep. A vibrant, expanding housing sector can stimulate economic growth by protecting and creating jobs and supporting regeneration."
5.
The National Trust thinks the internal workings were substantially altered in about 1840 to allow the mill to ______ wheat, having previously ground oats.
Mrs Burgess said: "It is my belief that everyone should live in a comfortable home which doesn't ______ to keep. A vibrant, expanding housing sector can stimulate economic growth by protecting and creating jobs and supporting regeneration."
5.
The National Trust thinks the internal workings were substantially altered in about 1840 to allow the mill to ______ wheat, having previously ground oats.
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