C2 · Mastery
Journalistic Images & Framing
Analyze metaphors and stock phrases in news writing, identifying what their framing highlights and what it leaves implicit.
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- Words & phrases
- 37
- Lessons
- 2
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 1
A preview of what you’ll master
Words you’ll make your own.
Explore every meaning in this unit. Learn how to say it in Danish when you start.
- a heartwarming, feel-good story
- to put a lid on, to hush up
- a nail-biter, a cliffhanger
- a U-turn, an about-face
- a matter shelved indefinitely (lit. 'pickle jar')
- to sweep under the rug
- hot air, empty talk
- a fiery, rousing speech
- to sound the alarm
- a media storm
- to spread like wildfire
- to play one's cards close to the chest
- to be under scrutiny
- to grab headlines
- a moralizing, admonishing gesture
- to come to light
- to be in the making, in the pipeline
- arm's length (principle of independence)
- to throw a wrench in the works
- a broken promise (esp. in politics)
- a horse-trade, a backroom deal
- a trial balloon, a feeler
- a smokescreen
- to be in the firing line, to take the flak
- mudslinging, smear tactics
- to take the temperature of, to gauge the mood of
- a litmus test, an acid test
- the Danish "duck pond" (small, insular Denmark)
- to drag on, to be drawn out
- a source close to
- to spark outrage
- a developing story
- to break the story
- wall-to-wall coverage
- speaking on condition of anonymity
- to send shockwaves
- to fuel speculation
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Understand the why
Your lessons, step by step.
- Lesson 1
Journalistic Imagery and Framing
- Lesson 2
Newsroom Clichés
Where this unit fits
Courses with this unit.
Mastery · Part 1
Work through the vocabulary, lessons, conversations and reading activities in this part. Practice grammar along the way.
27 Units · about 20 h
Style and Register
Adapt your style and register to any audience, from a formal speech to a literary text.
7 Units · about 5 h
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