Learning English

Killer salt?

New research has found that adding salt to your meals could take years off your life.

Neil and Beth look at the vocabulary used in the headlines about this story.

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The story 

Salt. It makes everything taste better. But it’s also killing people. New research has found that adding salt to meals can reduce your life by two years.

But the good news is that even a small reduction in salt can make a big difference to your health.

Key words and phrases

deadly
likely to kill

• He was bitten by a deadly spider and taken to hospital.
• Covid is a deadly disease.

knock off
reduce in size

• Smoking knocks years off people’s lives.
• The shop knocked £10 off the price.

teatime
time in the afternoon or evening for a meal called ‘tea’

• Please be home by teatime!
• Would you like to come round for tea? I’ll cook something special.

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