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  • cutback
    a reduction in something, made in order to save money
  • pop the question
    to ask someone to marry you
  • slumber party
    (N) a party, typically for preteen or teenage girls, in which all the guests spend the night at the house where the party is held.
  • pinch me
    used when you don't believe something
  • crestfallen
    sad and disappointed
  • an eyewitness report
    a description given by someone who was present at an event
  • citizen journalism
    news reported and distributed by citizens, rather than professional journalists and for-profit news organizations
  • to cover
    to report the news about a particular important event
  • caption
    title; chapter heading; text under illustration
  • get grounded
    Not allowed to go out, for your punishment
  • plagiarize
    to steal and to use another's writings as one's own
  • to tweet
    messages and updates posted by users on Twitter
  • a headline
    a heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or magazine.
  • credible
    believable; reliable; trustworthy
  • to broadcast
    to send out a programme on television or radio
  • spring it on you
    tell the news when someone doesn't expect it or isn't ready for it
  • the press
    newspapers and magazines, and those parts of television and radio that broadcast news
  • to post
    To publish smth online
  • That stinks
    be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance
  • breaking news
    (n) news that happening right now