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INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
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like: die Zeitung → →
die Zeitung ☊ tờ báo ☊ ☊
The newspapers exaggerated the whole affair wildly. ☊ affair ☊
She bent forward to pick up the newspaper. ☊ bend ☊
Don't forget to cancel the newspaper (= arrange for it not to be delivered) before going away. ☊ cancel ☊
They decided to drop the charges against the newspaper and settle out of court. ☊ charge ☊
discount sth as sth: The news reports were being discounted as propaganda. ☊ discount ☊
distribute sth: The newspaper is distributed free. ☊ distribute ☊
If the newspapers find out, he's finished in politics. ☊ finished ☊
lay A (on/over B): Before they started they laid newspaper on the floor. ☊ lay ☊
I haven't had time to look at (= read) the papers yet. ☊ look at sth ☊
Do we still have Monday's paper? ☊ Monday ☊
The newspapers were full of moral outrage at the weakness of other countries. ☊ moral ☊
Have you seen today's paper? ☊ paper ☊
The papers (= newspapers in general) soon got hold of the story. ☊ paper ☊
The government has called on newspapers to police themselves. ☊ police ☊
The newspaper continues to defend its publication of the photographs. ☊ publication ☊
The newspaper, or more specifically, the editor, was taken to court for publishing the photographs. ☊ specifically ☊
The newspaper had printed the full text of the president's speech. ☊ text ☊
She tied the newspapers in a bundle. ☊ tie ☊
The newspaper said voters had been turned off by the negative tone of the campaign. ☊ tone ☊
She tore the paper up. ☊ up ☊
The newspaper withdrew the allegations the next day. ☊ withdraw ☊