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Structure: ‘There is and there are’
Use there is and there are to say that something exists, with examples from the easyJet cabin crew strike in Portugal.
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Free 3 Oct 2026
easyJet Cabin Crew in Portugal to Strike for Five Days
Cabin crew at easyJet in Portugal began a five-day strike on 2 October, putting up to 500 flights at risk.
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Roleplay: Severe Icing in the Hold at Amsterdam
You are holding at ARTIP at flight level 100, the anti-ice has been on since flight level 180 and the ice is still building. Leaving the…
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1 Oct 2026
Aviation History: Breaking the Sound Barrier
In October 1947 a pilot with two cracked ribs was dropped from a bomber over the California desert and flew faster than sound. A B2 retelling…
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Structure: ‘Nominalization’
Why does an FAA fuel-valve directive read like a legal filing? Explore nominalization — the grammar trick that turns verbs and adjectives into the dense nouns…
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Picture Description: Night Turnaround
Describe a routine scene: a wide-body airliner on a floodlit stand at night, with a container loader at the open cargo hold, a catering truck at…
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