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Spain in crisis after Catalan vote

Learning English from the News

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Step Back From the Briar

The key word here is brink, B-R-I-N-K. Step back from the brink means decide against an action which may have a bad result. So we're using that idea idiomatically to say in this case, the Catalan separatists are about to do something quite dangerous. There's opinion pieces saying don't do it. Move back. Go, stay safe.

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