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Donald Trump arrested and charged with business fraud.

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He's accused of business fraud connected to money paid to an adult film actress

shortly before he won the presidential election in 2016.

The case comes as he campaigns to be president again

Trump pleaded not guilty when he appeared in court on Tuesday.

You've been looking at the headlines, Beth.

and 'rails against'. This is News Review from

Donald Trump campaign releases mugshot t-shirt.

So, Donald Trump's campaign team have released a mugshot t-shirt.

we've heard and seen a lot of in the last few days.

but the 'mug' in mugshot is actually a different word.

the second part of that word is 'shot' and 'shot' is another word for 'photo'.

So, a mugshot is a particular photo that the police take

We should say that Trump didn't actually have a mugshot taken,

but t-shirts with a mugshot of him have appeared anyway.

We've said the word 'mug' means 'face', so, can I say

'she has such a pretty mug'? No. 'mug' does mean 'face',

and it's actually quite often used with the adjective

This is from The Times of India. Surrender, arrest and then a rally:

How the day unfolded for former US president Donald Trump.

of the day when Donald Trump was arrested.

Yeah. Well, let me demonstrate the literal meaning of 'unfolded'.

Now, that's literal but, in the headline, it's metaphorical.

but the meaning is the same as in your literal example.

It means we didn't know what would happen at first,

but as the day developed, things became clearer.

Yes. And as you said, we often use unfolded, with 'events' and 'story'.

I have seen it, yes. I thought it was a bit boring

Trump rails against charges in post-arraignment speech at Mar-a-Lago.

So, this headline is about the speech that Donald Trump made

after his arraignment. Now, 'arraignment' is a legal word that

charged, appearing in court and pleading guilty or not guilty.

we're looking at is 'rails against'. There is a familiar looking

something, then you complain about it very angrily

and this is not just the anger that you feel if the bus is late.

Yeah. That's right. Well, you might rail against the bus company

if it's late every day and it makes you late for work every day

You would feel very angry and have a kind of long complaint and

that's what it means to 'rail against' something.

say 'rail at'. So, 'rail at' or 'rail against'

something. And a similar word is 'rant'. Now, again,

that means to talk or shout angrily about