And in the red corner, 25 years younger stands Barack Obama, who is asking Americans to vote for change. Such change, critics fear, is best not implemented by someone so "green".

So folks – as the next four weeks unfold, keep your ears open and think how you can use some of this language in your own experience.

Some of the best language can be found in speech writers' text. These politicians use the country's best writers and for the language student it is a valuable model to refer to.

Vocabulary and expressions

• Politico-speak – a politico is a person involved in politics. And politico-speak is the kind of jargon/ specialist language used by politicians – which is often very ambiguous or has double meanings.

• Bombarded – to bomb, attack, flood, shower down upon; I was bombarded with my wife's kisses after I bought her a diamond ring.

• Blowing their trumpet – To act in a boastful, self-promoting manner; Paris Hilton was always blowing her trumpet that she had lots of money.

• Making a racket - n .a loud unpleasant noise; the kids were making a racket.

• Good grasp - to have a good understanding; she had a good grasp of politics.

• Incumbent- in office, current, present, serving.

• Smoking gun - a gun that is smoking means it has been fired, identifies who fired the shot, declares who has the weapon that caused the harm.

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