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Baltimore bridge collapse

The search for six missing people after a bridge collapsed in Baltimore has been suspended.

ነቲ ቪድዮ ብምዕዛብ ነቲ ስራሕ ዕመምዎ

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The story  

The search for six people missing after a bridge in the US collapsed has been suspended.

The accident happened when a ship hit a support column of the Francis Scott Key bridge in the city of Baltimore.

There are fears the collapse could lead to a significant disruption to the world’s supply chains.

Investigators are now trying to understand what went wrong.

Key words and phrases

heart-pounding
describes a very stressful event

• There were a few heart-pounding minutes as the damaged plane came in to land.
• Watching penalty shoot-outs is heart pounding.

move heaven and earth
make a great effort to achieve something

• The army moved heaven and earth to defeat the enemy.
• There are transport strikes, but I’m going to move heaven and earth to get to the wedding on time.

put (something) to the test
find out how well something works

• If there is a real fire, it will put all those drills to the test.
• He says he can speak Hindi, but his trip to India will put that to the test.

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