Lesson #283

Panama shootings leave seven students dead while hiking

August 6, 2020

Seven students mysteriously killed while hiking in Panama

On July 17, 13 Panamanian students went for a hike together, but only six returned alive. The six survivors confirmed that two gunmen attacked the group. Panama’s police arrested one person in connection with the shootings, but are still searching for the second gunman. Plus, learn the phrasal verb “rule out.”

Exercise

Exercises for Lesson 283

Video

While

Describe a contrast with ‘while’

Lingo

Frame (someone)

To “frame” someone means to manipulate a situation so that it appears that an innocent person committed a crime.

Expression

Rule out

To “rule something out” means to eliminate that thing as a possibility.

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