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For nearly two hundred years before it became a reality, people had been talking about building a tunnel under the sea to link England and France.

 TALK

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Digging did actually start at the end of the 19th century, but the work was soon stopped because politicians were afraid that such a tunnel could be used by armies to attack England.

 USE

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Despite all the difficulties and fears, a railway tunnel connecting the two countries was finally completed in 1994.

 CONNECT

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Since then, thousands of people have made the journey under the English Channel seabed from the centre of Paris to the centre of London.

 MAKE

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The trains travelling between England and France not only carry people, but vehicles, too.

 CARRY

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Special trains are used to carry cars and lorries between stations, which have been put near the coast at both ends of the tunnel. So you can now take your car from one country to the other a lot faster than by ferry.

 PUT

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Recently, second and third phases of the Channel tunnel have been built with intermediate stations and faster trains.

 BUILD