The story
British Airways flights from London to Dusseldorf are supposed to take just one hour and 20 minutes, making it a trip to the city ‘easier and more attractive than ever’, according to its website. But passengers who boarded one early-morning service took the scenic route, when the pilot mistakenly flew to Edinburgh.
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Vocabulary
baffled
completely confused
– The directions he gave me didn’t make sense at all. I was completely baffled!
– I’m not looking forward to this exam. Algebra is baffling.
blunder
careless mistake, often serious
– The goalkeeper made a serious blunder and threw the ball in his own goal!
– The government is accused of blundering its way through the
current political crisis.
stifle
restrain or prevent something from happening
– I just couldn’t stifle my laughter in the cinema. I had to let it out during the film.
– Critics claim that the government is trying to stifle free speech with the new laws.
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Blunder careless mistake
Baffled completely confused
Pilot really made a bluder by taking plane to Scotland instead of Germany.
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where to see the subtitle of the video?
I made a blunder in solving the algebra problem and spent one day looking for the mistake. It was a disaster.
My mind was … Joining me this morning is Katherine… Buy it was Tom 😅
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baffled, blunder,stifle …. I was baffled and made a lot of blunder throughout my past experience in learning English. This thing stifled me from speaking well in front of people.
opening door without engaging safety chain in response to a baffle mid night knock was my blunder .
He was totally baffled by his girlfriend knowing that she was having a date with another guy. It made him angry indeed, but he tried to stifle his anger when he was talking on the phone with her asking her if had made a blunder. She told him that he was such a bother.
I'm baffled today.
Could 'stifling' be used to define weather conditions?
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Thanks, I'm not baffled at all with today's new words and I will stifle to make a blunder when I use these words in the future.
I want to congratulate Tom on having explained these three useful and funny phrases plainly.
I bet no-one was baffled by listening this episode. The explanations were not at all baffling.
The last blunder I made was when I attempted to call my boyfriend, but I didn't realize that the person I was calling was actually my boss. When he answered I said: Hello, darling! when can we meet each other?
My boss couldn't stifle laughter. And me neither. I'll never live this blunder down.
programming baffles me all the time
Jesus! That one was good!
Could anybody pass the quiz here?
I would be baffled reading these news, if you guys hadn't explained the meaning of all these words.
Tom gave funny examples and I couldn't stifle a laugh.
I hope I didn't made any blunder in my sentences.
I'm not baffled wacheing BBC news review.
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You cannot be baffled by BBC news review
Tom’s explanation has been getting better and better!! 😉
I didn't get baffled to understand this lesson
Nice explaining
Thanks
Hello, I have a doubt. I am beginner, and I don't understand, at first they say very bad…? 0:21 what is the word?
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Dan is so adorable.
That is really funny! Hahah was going to Germany and arrived in Scotland
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I was completly baffled before watching your videos
Thank you, BBC. 💚
Thank you very much indeed.sorry to divert from the main topic,but would you please answer my question?Which statement is correct to say: _ I like apple.
_ I like apples.
Anyone here who wanna practice spoken english with me. I would like to share my contact for the same.
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Indonesia must be stifled from splitting and crush
Jokowi always make blunder in his speech because undercontrolled by people arround him
I usualyy baffle in english becausr there are some baffle pattern
"The show where we show…" very tricky Dan 😂
Don’t give a baffle!
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