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    Lesson #315

    Promising new for Pfizer COVID vaccineCurrent Events
    November 26, 2020

    Pfizer announces encouraging COVID vaccine breakthrough

    Finally, some encouraging news in 2020. Pfizer, the global pharmaceutical company, announced that their COVID vaccine candidate was more than 90% effective in advanced trials. Several countries have already put in orders for hundreds of millions of doses. But are they getting ahead of themselves? Plus, learn the English expression “in sight.”

    Video

    Relatively

    Make a general comparison with ‘relatively’
    Lingo

    Time is of the essence

    “Time is of the essence” means something must be done immediately because there’s no time to waste.
    Expression

    In sight

    If something is “in sight,” it is visible to you or is going to happen soon.
    Exercise

    Exercises for Lesson 315

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