
829. 88 English expressions that will confuse everyone (Part 3)
Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson
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The Fog of London
The Clean Air Act was a law which controlled pollution in London. It banned the use of coal for domestic fires in some urban areas. The overall death toll from that incident is now believed to be around 12,000. A study in Scarlet 1887 mentions that a dine a dine-colored veil hung over the housetops.
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