Obrázek epizody “First and Foremost”: Learn English with a News Sentence [88]

“First and Foremost”: Learn English with a News Sentence [88]

Obrázek epizody “First and Foremost”: Learn English with a News Sentence [88]

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15. 11. 2019

5 min

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Hi there, this is Harry and welcome back to my English learning podcast. Today, we're talking about some English grammar points. For this episode, I've picked again some reference to Brexit. Here is the sentence - First and foremost the UK now insists the backstop - the legal guarantee to avoid the return of the hard border in Ireland - has to go.

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Recognise first and foremost as an expression of emphasis in English. A historical news sentence about the Brexit backstop also includes has to go. The short lesson examines these expressions alongside the report’s description of the backstop as a legal guarantee concerning the Irish border.

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