BBC LEARNING ENGLISH

News Review
A new royal baby

BBC World Service report

Broadcast 5 September 2017

The story

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have announced they're expecting their third child.

Kensington Palace said the duchess was again suffering from an acute form of pregnancy
sickness and had pulled out of an engagement today.

Language challenge
Which of these English expressions means to feel extremely unwell?

a) sick as a dog
b) sick to death
c) sick as a parrot

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Answer

a) sick as a dog

Vocabulary

morning sickness
feeling of wanting to vomit during early pregnancy

brand
the way a person or family market themselves

in line
likely to receive something

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