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Learning English from the News

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I'm Not All Doom and Gloom, but It's Not All.

We use the expression 'doom and gloom' to describe a generally bad situation. But in this headline it's saying that the opposite is true, it's not all doom and gloom. The word we're looking at though is turbulent which is the adjective. It describes something that isn't calm or it might be unstable. We've had overcoming, dealing with a difficult problem. Don't forget there's a quiz on our website at bbclearningenglish.com.

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