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The English language is a rich one though, sometimes, the way we use words and phrases must be confusing to foreigners trying to understand some of its idiomatic phrases.
So, for example, one such phrase was used this morning in the Old Bailey when one of the killers of James Bulger pleaded guilty to charges involving child pornography.
He had been released in 2001 under certain conditions but was arrested earlier this year when, in the official language, he was recalled to prison.
'Recalled to prison.' To a foreigner this may imply that the man was invited to return to prison. In fact, it was a very genteel way of describing the arrival of a number of heavy-booted coppers!
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The English language is a rich one though, sometimes, the way we use words and phrases must be confusing to foreigners trying to understand some of its idiomatic phrases.
So, for example, one such phrase was used this morning in the Old Bailey when one of the killers of James Bulger pleaded guilty to charges involving child pornography.
He had been released in 2001 under certain conditions but was arrested earlier this year when, in the official language, he was recalled to prison.
'Recalled to prison.' To a foreigner this may imply that the man was invited to return to prison. In fact, it was a very genteel way of describing the arrival of a number of heavy-booted coppers!
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