Baltimore bridge collapse: BBC News Review

The search for six people missing after a bridge in the US collapsed has been suspended. The accident happened when a ship hit a support column of the Francis Scott Key bridge in the city of Baltimore. There are fears the collapse could lead to a significant disruption to the world’s supply chains. Investigators are now trying to understand what went wrong.

Key words and phrases
???? heart-pounding - describes a very stressful event
• There were a few heart-pounding minutes as the damaged plane came in to land.
• Watching penalty shoot-outs is heart pounding.

???? move heaven and earth - make a great effort to achieve something
• The army moved heaven and earth to defeat the enemy.
• There are transport strikes, but I’m going to move heaven and earth to get to the wedding on time.

???? put (something) to the test - find out how well something works
• If there is a real fire, it will put all those drills to the test.
• He says he can speak Hindi, but his trip to India will put that to the test.

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✔️ 0:27 - Story
✔️ 1:25 - Headline 1
✔️ 3:00 - Headline 2
✔️ 4:38 - Headline 3
✔️ 6:08 - Language summary

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