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Rafael Nadal has won a record 21st Grand Slam singles title in Australia.

Hello, welcome to News Review from BBC Learning English.

I'm Rob and joining me to talk about this story is Roy. Hello Roy.

If you would like to test yourself on the vocabulary around this story,

all you need to do is head to our website

But now, let's hear more about this story from this BBC News Report:

So, Rafael Nadal has won a record 21 Grand Slam singles titles

and he has moved ahead of rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

In the Australian Open, he played against, in the final, Daniil Medvedev

and at times it looked like he was going to lose,

Yeah, and we've got three words and expressions

from the news headlines to help us talk about this story.

What are those words and expressions please, Roy?

We have: 'comeback', 'Herculean' and 'GOAT'.

So, that's 'comeback', 'Herculean' and 'GOAT'.

OK. Let's have a look at the first expression from a news headline please.

Yes. So, our first expression comes from Reuters and the headline reads:

So, that's 'comeback' — winning after being in a losing position.

Yes. So, 'comeback' is spelt C-O-M-E-B-A-C-K

and is a noun and it basically means to win after being in...

I watched this match and, of course, at first Nadal was losing,

but then he got better and therefore he made a 'comeback', didn't he?

and it is commonly used in sporting events — for example, like that —

but there are other ways that we use 'comeback' other

than to say winning after being in a losing position.

But first, let's have a look at those words, or that word, 'come'.

these words get confused a bit, don't they?

They do. OK. So, the difference between 'come' and 'go':

they're both about travelling to a place,

'Go' is when you're travelling to another place.

So, in a conversation, I will be the speaker;

I say, 'I will go to Brazil.' It is another place

where neither the speaker, me, or the listener is present,

so you 'go' there: 'go' to another place.

It means travel to a place where either the listener —

sorry — the listener, which is you, or the speaker is present.

So, for example, I could 'come' to your house, which is where you are present,

So, it's like: 'come here' and 'go there' — very simplistically put.

'Come back' is a phrasal verb, which means return to here

and it is inseparable. So, we say: 'Come back home,' for example.

and then I 'came back' to the UK four weeks later.

if you visited my house and you left your car keys behind,

could I say to you: 'Roy, come back. You've forgotten your keys.'

Are you making a 'comeback', when you 'come back' for your keys then?

We have another use and it quite often gets used

or to return to an activity that someone was successful for.

Now, last year, Neil and I, we did a News Review

That basically means they are returning to the activity —

the concerts, the performances — that they were famous for: a 'comeback'.

And in sport, sometimes we hear about footballers making a 'comeback'

after a long period of illness or injury.

Absolutely — can be used as both a noun and a verb:

to 'come back' from injury, or a 'comeback'.

Got it. OK. Let's have a summary of 'comeback':

Roy just mentioned about ABBA making a 'comeback'

and that's what we discussed last year in News Review.

How can we watch that video again please, Roy?

All you need to do is click the link in the description below.

OK. Let's now have a look at your next news headline please.

OK. So, our next headline comes from BBC Sport and it reads:

So, that's 'Herculean' — requiring great effort; or epic.

So, 'Herculean' is spelt H-E-R-C-U-L-E-A-N

And it basically describes something that requires a lot of effort,

OK. So, Hercules is present in Roman mythology.

I believe he is the son of Jupiter and he was famously talked about

as being just incredibly strong and athletic and physically fit.

Heracles is the Greek mythological version of Hercules.

Now, in British English, we sometimes use the adjective form

of the name Hercules, 'Herculean', to talk about something that requires

an incredible amount of strength or energy

and it quite often is talked about — used to talk about sporting events.

So, if an athlete makes a 'Herculean' effort to win the race,

maybe they run faster than you could ever imagine.

to talking about sporting events; you can also talk about...

you can also use it to talk about incredible efforts in other areas.

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