have good/bad news for sb I'm afraid I have some bad news for you.
Qthe latest /<ъ leitjst spoken the most recent news: Have you heard the latest? Phil's going out with Judy! + on What's the latest on the election?
scandal /'skaendl/ [n C/U] when shocking facts about someone's behaviour become publicly known: с sex scandal involving senior politicians ( the public s interest in scandal and gossip
on television or in a newspaper
news nju:z||nu:z [n U] reports about recent events, printed in newspapers or given on television or radio: / a/ways read the sports news first. I It's a local paper, so most of the news is about local events.
+ of Later on, we'll bring you all the news of today 's football games. tke news (=a news programme on television or radio) Do you want to watch the news? I the nine o'clock news on the news (=in a television or radio news programme) It must be true ~ I
heard it on the news this morning.
/К You can also use news before a noun,
like an adjective: news broadcjst (news item
news/lash British news bulletin
american /'njuizflief, nju:z .ЬоЦппЦ'пшг-/ In CI a piece of news that is so important that it is broadcast immediately, olten in the middle of another programme: We interrupt this programme to bring you a newsflash. plural newsflashes
the headlines to 'hedlainz/ [n plural)
hear news Have you heard the news? Sara's going to have a baby. good/bad news Good news! Ian passed his driving test!
^ Don't say 'a news'. Say a piece of
news or some news: ( heard an interesting
piece of news yesterday.
the important points of the news, printed in big letters on the front page of a newspaper or read at the beginning of a news broadcast: I stopped to read the front page headlines: 'KILLER ESCAPES FROM JAIL'. I This is the six o'clock news. First, the headlines ...
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nice person
Qnice nais/ especially spoken [adj] friendly
and kind: He's one of the nicest people I know. I Claire's really nice, isn't she? + to He's only nice to me when he wants something.
it is nice of sb to do sth ft was nice of you to help me.
nice - nicer - nicest
Be careful not to use nice too much in written English.
pleasant /plez^nt [adj] friendly, polite,
arid easy to talk to - use this especially about someone you do not know well. / thought she was a quiet pleasant girl. I The Ambassador and his wife were surprisingly pleasant.
likeable /ЧшкэЫГ [adj] nice, and easy to like. The only likeable character in the whole movie is Judge White.
lovely iAVli [adj] INFORMAL, ESPECIALLY
bmtish very nice, kind, and friendly; Old Dr Macintosh was a lovely man.
lovely - lovelier - loveliest
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newspapers and magazines
newspaper/paper /'nju:s.peip,v, -pcipo
mvr-l [п C] a set of large folded sheets of paper containing news, articles, pictures etc. which is printed and soid every day or every week: Can I have a look ct your newspaper, please? I It says \n the paper that they're getting divorced.
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Don't contuse newspaper and journal a journal is a serious magazine on a particular subject, containing articles by
university teachers, scientists, doctors etc;: the British Medical journal I Their research was published in a scientific journal.
Sunday paper /SAndi peip.V/ [n C| а
paper that is sold every Sunday, and is usually bigger than papers sold on other davs: I like to sit in bed and read the Sunday papers.
local paper /|лоЫ 'peipo'/ [n С] a newspaper that gives news mainly about the town or area where it is printed: Did yo[j see Dave's picture in the local paper?
magazine /ma-gnziinll'ma'gozKn/ In C] a
large, thin book with a paper cover, often primed on shiny paper, which contains stories, articles, photographs, and sometimes also news: I bought some magazines for the journey - Cosmopolitan and Vanity Fair. I a photography magazine I a magazine for people interested in gardening.
women's magazine (=a magazine intended especially for women)
the press pres/ [n singular] newspapers and the people who write for them: Do you think the press has too much influence on politics ] Princess Diana was followed by the press wherever she went
NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES
the media fa miidi^/ [n singular] all the organizations that are involved in providing information to the public, especially newspapers. television, and radio: The letter must have been leaked to the media by с White House official. I The judge is worried that comments in the medic might affect the result of the trial.
tabloid /nebbid/ |л С] a newspaper that does not contain much serious news, but has stories about famous people, sport, sex etc - use this especially about newspapers that you think are silly and not serious enough: She claimed that she had had an affair with the President, and sold her story to one of the tabioids.
the popular press /<ъ .pupj^hv prcs||
- pa:-/ (n singular] newspapers that are read by a lot of people and generally contain articles that are entertaining rather than serious, for example stories about people on television and in sport: Smifh strongly denies reports in the popular press that he is addicted to cocaine.
comic (also comic book amf.rican)
/kmnik. 'knmik ,buk||'ka:-/ [n С] a magazine, especially for children, that consists of funny or exciting stories which are told using a series of pictures: comic book characters such as Spiderman and Superman