🎄🎅🎁 To have all your Christmases come at once: The English We Speak
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Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak.
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I'm Feifei…
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Rob: And I’m Rob. And I am so excited.
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Feifei: Oh yeah? Why's that, Rob?
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Rob: You know, Feifei – it's that festive time
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of year – presents, parties, time with the
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family, snow… did I mention presents?
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Feifei: Yes, Rob. It's Christmas time.
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Rob: Come on, Feifei – aren't you excited?
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Imagine if we had lots of Christmases all
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at the same time!
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Feifei: Oh no, think of the cost of buying
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all those presents.
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Rob: But hopefully you'd receive lots of
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presents too! Anyway, do you know that
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for some people, all their Christmases
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can come at once?
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Feifei: I don't think so!
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Rob: OK, well, they're not really Christmases,
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but if someone has extreme good fortune,
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it's like the feeling of having lots of
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Christmases all at the same time.
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Feifei: Got it. Having all your Christmases
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come at once just means 'having lots of
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good luck'.
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Rob: Yes! Let's hear from some people
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who've had all their Christmases come at once
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– lucky them!
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Yeah! I got a pay rise and I'm off on holiday tomorrow,
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and I've won the lottery!
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It seems like all my Christmases have come at once!
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The day I got married, I heard I'd passed
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my exams and got a promotion, so it felt like
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all my Christmases had come at once.
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All my Christmases have come at once:
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my parents bought me a new car, I got a
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place at university and I've got a new girlfriend!
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Feifei: This is The English We Speak from
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BBC Learning English and we're learning
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about the phrase 'to have all your
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Christmases come at once'
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– which means 'to have extreme good fortune'.
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Did you know, Rob, that I've had lots of good luck?
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Rob: No. What's happened?
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Feifei: Well, I've been invited to a big
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swanky Christmas party tonight, I'm going
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skiing at the weekend and you've bought
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me an amazing Christmas present.
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Rob: Have I?
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Feifei: Yes, in that box over there.
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Rob: Oh, that's not for you. Sorry. It looks
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like not all of your Christmases have arrived!
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Feifei: Oh well, you may as well have
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your present now.
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Rob: Hmm, a book of English phrases –
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how useful!
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Feifei: It will be. Happy Christmas, Rob!
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Rob: Same to you, Feifei.
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