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1. Villagers desperate to find survivors dig with bare hands through the debris of a Pakistani school that collapsed in a massive earthquake that killed more than 20,000.
2. President Bush orders cash and eight helicopters to Pakistan in response to the country's plea for international assistance with earthquake recovery.
3. A New Orleans police officer is caught on video punching a 64-year-old man accused of public intoxication and another officer assaults an APTN producer.
4. Another US marine is killed in Iraq as the government urges Iraqis to vote in next week's constitutional referendum and condemns insurgent demands for a boycott.
5. And the remnants of hurricanes that battered North America send record-breaking waves across the Atlantic Ocean, delighting surfers in Ireland
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. desperate
2 desperate
If you are desperate for something or desperate to do something, you want or need it very much indeed.
They'd been married nearly four years and June was desperate to start a family.
People are desperate for him to do something.
ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to-inf, ADJ for n
desperately
He was a boy who desperately needed affection.
ADV-GRADED: ADV with v
2. intoxication
1 intoxication
Intoxication is the state of being drunk. (FORMAL)
Intoxication interferes with memory and thinking, speech and coordination.
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3. delight
4 delight delights delighting delighted
If something delights you, it gives you a lot of pleasure.
She has created a style of music that has delighted audiences all over the world.
The report has delighted environmentalists.
VB
* disappoint
4. surf
2 surf surfs surfing surfed
If you surf, you ride on big waves in the sea on a special board.
I'm going to buy a surfboard and learn to surf.
I'm going to be surfing bigger waves when I get to Australia!
VB
surfer surfers
...this small fishing village, which continues to attract painters and surfers.
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