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The Word of the News

embankment · displaced · makeshift

· 0:51 · With Emma

Learn “embankment”, “displaced”, “makeshift” in slow English. From: Five people killed in Gaza as rain-soaked embankment collapses onto tents.

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deadly collapse

These words come from a bulletin about a deadly collapse at a camp for displaced families in Gaza.

A collapse is the sudden falling down of something. Deadly means it caused people to die.

bulletin

These words come from a bulletin about a deadly collapse at a camp for displaced families in Gaza.

A bulletin is a short official news report.

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