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Exam Date: Oct 15
Part 30
Word-of-the-Day
Arrest
Pronunciation
/@"rest/
Arrest is both Countable and Uncountable Noun and Transitive Verb
Meaning
When the police take someone away to ask them about a crime which they might have committed. (Noun)
If the police arrest someone, they take them away to ask them about a crime which they might have committed. (Verb)
Usage
Police made 20 arrests at yesterday’s demonstration. (Countable Noun)
He’s under arrest (Uncountable Noun)
He was arrested for possession of illegal drugs. (Verb)
(Source: CLD- 2nd Edition)
Today’s Reading
Bahrain arrested 29 people in the commercial district of the capital Manama as anti-government protesters marched in the city centre in defiance of a government ban, state media said late on Friday.
Bahrain, where the US Fifth Fleet is based, has been in political turmoil since a protest movement dominated by majority Shia Muslims erupted in February 2011 demanding the Sunni-led monarchy enact democratic reforms. (The Jerusalem Post)
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