Feeling LUCKY? 🎲🎰 / English Addict LIVE chat & Learning / Wed 16th March 2022 - with Mr Duncan

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2022-03-16 ・ English Addict with Mr Duncan


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Feeling LUCKY? 🎲🎰 / English Addict LIVE chat & Learning / Wed 16th March 2022 - with Mr Duncan

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English Addict with Mr Duncan


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Hi, everybody,
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and welcome to another live stream.
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Even though at the moment this is recorded.
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I couldn't resist coming out here today to one of my most favourite places.
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I could not resist coming out to breathe in some of that spring.
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Yes, it really does feel as if spring is in the air at last.
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Finally, we can start to enjoy those long spring days.
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I am at the moment in a place,
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a local area near to where I live called the 99 Steps.
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And the reason why it's called that is because just behind me,
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there are 99 steps.
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Well, there used to be.
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Now there are around 70 steps.
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So not quite as many.
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I don't know what happened to the others.
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They all vanished for some reason.
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By the way,
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you may have noticed that I am using a stick today.
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This is my lovely stick.
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And the reason why I'm using this is not because I'm getting old.
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Don't worry about that.
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I am not becoming infirm, by the way.
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The word infirm means unable to move around easily.
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Quite often if you are elderly, you will be infirm,
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especially if you don't take enough exercise in your earlier years.
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Mr. Duncan, some lovely health advice there.
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Thank you very much.
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For the gist.
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Behind me there is a lovely brook babbling
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by a brook is a shallow river
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quite often with rocks at the bottom,
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and they are normally quite noisy.
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And that's the reason why we describe a book as babbling.
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Also, if a person talks too much,
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they babble we can describe a person as babbling
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if they talk for a long time or if they talk about nonsense.
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Some people say, Mr.
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Duncan, sometimes you babble.
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I don't know what you mean.
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Anyway, I'm glad to see you here.
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We will be live in a moment.
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And of course, I hope you stay with us today.
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Lots of super duper stuff to come your way.
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This is, of course, English addict.
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Coming to you live from the birthplace of the English language,
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which is England
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do you believe we do you mean we are on?
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We are here.
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Hell, do Hey, Lou.
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Hey, Lou. Hi, everybody.
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This is Mr. Duncan in England.
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How are you today?
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Are you okay?
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I hope so. Are you happy?
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I hope you're feeling happy.
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It has been chaos here today.
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I'm sure you have days very similar to this
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where everything seems to be happening at the same time.
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I haven't had a drink.
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I haven't got any water with me.
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I haven't eaten any food whatsoever today.
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So you might hear my stomach rumbling from time to time.
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I've had some computer problems.
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Of course,
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I was going to go outside today to do my live stream outdoors.
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But although yesterday was a beautiful day,
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as you could see in the video that I played at the start of today's live stream.
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But today, not so good.
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It is.
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I would say that it is miserable.
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I hope you're not miserable,
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but the weather outside is quite grey, quite gloomy,
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although I have to say we haven't had any sandstorms.
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I know a lot of people have been getting sandstorms as the sand
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has been lifted and blown across Europe.
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But here we haven't had any sand or any sandstorms.
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But some parts of Europe have had lots
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of dramatic scenes of the orange sky
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as the the sand billows across.
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I do remember, though, a few years ago
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I I do remember when I was in China,
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the place that I lived in in China
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was very close to the Gobi Desert
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and normally around springtime,
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there would be lots of sandstorms.
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We would get huge gusts of wind
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and they would carry a lot of the sand with them.
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And in the afternoon you would often hear
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the sound of the sand approaching.
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It would be a rather eerie, creepy
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howling sound in the air
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and you knew straight away that there was a sandstorm coming.
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And so everyone would have to go indoors, they would have to close their windows,
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and then everywhere I would go orange.
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You wouldn't be able to see anything outside.
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It was like living on Mars for around about ten or 15 minutes
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whilst the sandstorm passed over.
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But yes, we had a lot of sandstorms
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during the spring months in China, but not here today.
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Fortunately, you might notice behind me as well, we have a different background
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because the weather is so bad My usual background
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is just haze mist because the rain is coming down.
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However, there is behind me a live view right now
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looking into the garden and those are my lovely daffodils in the garden.
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So we have a live you, but something
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a little different today behind me.
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I hope you are enjoying the spring view, which I will have
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for the rest of today's live stream behind me.
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I hope you are feeling good.
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Yes, we have made it all the way
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to the middle of another week without blowing ourselves up
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yet Beep, beep,
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beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.
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I hope you will excuse me.
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I hope you will say Mr.
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Duncan we quite understand.
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I like to have fun here on the live stream.
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I have to be honest with you.
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I do like to have fun.
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And I know at the moment there are some terrible things happening in the world.
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Of course, in Ukraine, we also have places like Yemen parts of Africa,
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where they have already forecast a huge famine,
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where maybe up to 11 million
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people are going to be affected by famine.
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So there are lots of things going on in the world
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that are quite gloomy, sad,
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unfortunate and dare I say, disastrous for quite a few people.
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It doesn't mean that I don't care just because I'm having fun here
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and bringing a little bit of sunlight and colour
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doesn't mean that I don't care.
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I have had some messages and some emails asking Mr.
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Duncan, Do you really care about what's happening in the world?
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Yes, I do, I do.
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Those things do affect me.
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But when I do this,
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I like to try and bring something positive.
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Someone has to do it.
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It's very easy
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to to turn on the television and listen to the news.
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And everything is doom and gloom.
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And I do understand that.
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But there are people who feel affected by that.
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Situation, either directly or indirectly.
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So a lot of people like to come and watch my livestream as a way of cheering themselves up.
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So that's what I try to do.
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However, it doesn't mean I don't care,
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and it doesn't mean I have no empathy.
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By the way, that's a great word.
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Empathy if you have empathy, it means you have an understanding.
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You have an understanding of other people's feelings.
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So, yes, I do know and I am aware
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that we do have many viewers in in the areas
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that are affected at the moment, including Ukraine.
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So I have received lots of messages,
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which I thank you for.
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So here we are today.
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It is English Addict Extra.
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I like to give you something extra on Wednesday.
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And I hope you don't mind.
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We are talking about look, today,
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maybe ironically, we are looking
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looking at the subject of look, some people might say, Mr.
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Duncan, there is a lot of bad look around at the moment,
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but we will do that anyway.
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That is what we are doing today, looking at words and phrases
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connected to look being lucky or not being lucky.
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Oh, very interesting.
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I have something to show you.
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I had I had a little problem, by the way,
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during the week and during last weekend.
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I did show a photograph
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last weekend and I will show it again.
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So there it is.
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There is the photograph that I showed last week.
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And I said that that photo was from Claudia.
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However, I realised later my mistake
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it was in fact from Lewis.
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So can I say sorry about that?
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And we will be looking at a guinea
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pig in a few moments time as well.
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Here is another photograph of the daffodils that Lewis sent.
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Not Claudia Lewis.
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So thank you very much for sending that in.
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And I do appreciate everything you send to me.
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If it is something nice,
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something not so nice, maybe you are criticising me for some reason.
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Maybe I said something that you don't like.
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Or maybe you want to send me something lovely to look at
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and to show on the live chat Partridge.
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Hello, Partridge. Oh,
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what is this I see before me?
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This looks like a guinea pig.
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Hello, Mr. Guinea pig.
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I'm not sure if this is a male guinea pig
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or a female guinea pig, but it's lovely.
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Isn't that lovely?
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And a close up shot as well.
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Thank you very much for that.
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I remember many years ago at school,
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we used to have a pet guinea pig in the classroom,
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and its name was William.
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That was the name of the guinea pig.
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That we had at school.
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And normally during the school holidays,
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one of the children would have to take
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the guinea pig home to look after.
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And can you believe it?
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On one of those occasions, I took the guinea pig home to look after.
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So isn't that lovely?
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I think guinea pigs are lovely.
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They're like giant mice.
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Without the tail.
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I don't know why, but they always remind me of giant mice.
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I know what you're thinking, Mr. Duncan.
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They look nothing like giant mice, you silly man.
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Well, I think they look like it anyway.
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Isn't that lovely? I love
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it is not hamster.
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It is not a hamster.
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It is a guinea pig.
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Isn't that lovely? Hello to the live chat.
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Oh, I haven't said hello to the live chat, for which I apologise.
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Hello to the live chat.
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Nice to see you here today,
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and I hope you are having a good day wherever you are in the world.
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I hope some luck is coming your way,
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because that's what we're talking about today on the live chat.
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It is a lovely guinea pig.
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I agree with you.
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Isn't that beautiful?
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It is a beautiful guinea pig.
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I think so.
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And I always like the noise they make me
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That, by the
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way, is the sound of a guinea pig with me.
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Me, me, me, me, me, me.
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And I think that's the reason why they are called guinea pigs,
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because their sound is very similar to the sound made by a pig.
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I think so.
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I think that's the reason why I'm sure someone will correct me and say Mr.
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Duncan, you silly sausage.
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It has nothing to do with that.
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But I think it is because they do sound like
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little little pigs.
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That's the sound they make.
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You see
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I'll be alright in a moment.
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I'm hungry. I haven't eaten any food today.
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I've been so busy setting up my live stream,
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talking with which we have the live chat.
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Who was first on today's live chat?
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Oh, very interesting.
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Hello, Vitesse.
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Guess what you are first on today's live chat.
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I know what we haven't had for a long time.
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We haven't had a fancy pants, so thank you, Vitesse, for joining me.
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Also, we have a moral wall, moral
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hello, my room, our Sandra Gonzalez.
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We also have Maria Cristina
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and also oh, hello once again.
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I mentioned you earlier.
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Luis Mendez is here today.
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Nice to see you back as well.
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And thank you once again for the photograph
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that you sent of the daffodils.
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Thank you very much.
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We also have
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oh, Palmira is here
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and also Forest Forest Leprechaun.
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Hello to you as well.
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Can I say thank you for joining me on the big fancy pants
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for you.
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That's enough.
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Whoo! I'm tired out.
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I was walking yesterday.
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You see, I was filming and walking yesterday, and I did lots and lots of steps.
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I have decided once again to to start taking regular exercise.
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I know during the past few weeks,
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I've been taking less and less exercise.
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So now the weather is starting to become
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better, milder.
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I'm going to be taking many more walks.
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I will be doing much more exercise.
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I will try anyway. Hello, Christina.
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Christina says Mr.
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Duncan, there is a concert on June
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the 21st later this year with the Rolling Stones.
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Ah, ah.
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I can't get no satisfaction.
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That should be my theme tune.
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To be honest, I can't get no satisfaction.
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It's true.
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Hello, also, Fernando, nice to see you here as well.
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Who apparently Palmira
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saw the Rolling Stones in concert last year.
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How old
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is Mick Jagger?
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How old is he?
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He must be about 83
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and he's still doing it.
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By the way, talking of singers, last weekend we had the BAFTA Awards.
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The big ceremony giving awards to film and television.
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And there was a performance,
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a live performance by my all time favourite singer and also Mr.
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Stevie's favourite singer, Shirley Bassey.
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She sang Alive and it was amazing.
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It was absolutely fantastic.
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She sang Diamonds Are Forever,
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which of course is from a James Bond film of the same name.
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Diamonds Are Forever.
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85. Shirley Bassey is now 85 years old.
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And there she was last weekend on stage
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singing her heart out.
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And it sounded absolutely incredible.
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It's not amazing.
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So well done. Congratulations.
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I know it sounds patronising, but Shirley Bassey is still got it.
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Still performing at 85.
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I hope I will have that much energy and enthusiasm
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maybe I will still be here when I'm 85
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and I will still be teaching English
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on YouTube, who knows?
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Yes, we are going to look at
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words connected to being lucky.
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And I thought it will be interesting to have a mystery idiom.
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Would you like one?
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Okay.
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Then we're going to have a mystery idiom and here it is.
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And it is connected to today's subject.
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What is it though?
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Do you know what today's mystery idiom is?
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If you think you know.
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Let me know on the live chat
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and then I will look at the live chat
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and then I will say Who has made, I guess?
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Apparently,
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apparently Mick Jagger is 79.
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So he's he's a child really isn't he?
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Compared to Shirley Bassey. Shirley Bassey.
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85, Mick Jagger. 79.
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He's just a teenager.
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Really, isn't he?
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Yes. Christina, I agree with you.
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Shirley Bassey is a talented singer.
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You all right?
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She is both great and talented.
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I agree with you.
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It is amazing, though, isn't it?
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I think the secret
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when you when you see celebrities, famous people,
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or even even not famous people
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who are still doing something active they are still keeping their life busy.
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And I think the reason why they they carry on for so long
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is because they're doing something they enjoy.
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And I think that's the secret.
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Isn't that the big secret of life?
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Find something that you enjoy doing.
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Keep doing it. And if you love doing it,
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Carry on.
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Carry on until you drop.
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That's what they say.
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Oh, the mystery idiom has returned.
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Yes, it has.
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Would you like to see it again?
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Here it is. Very quickly.
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So this is today's mystery idiom.
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I thought we would do it today, connected to the theme
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of, look,
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and that is what we are talking about a little bit later on.
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But first, we're going to have a short break just for a few moments.
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And then I will be back with more live chat.
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So please don't go away.
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Oh, there you are.
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Welcome to another full English lesson coming to you
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from the birthplace of Winnie the Pooh.
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Professor Snape,
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Judi Dench, Hugh Laurie,
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and of course, the English language,
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which is why we are all here together now.
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So without any more dawdling or time wasting.
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Let's get on with today's full English lesson right
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now. Have you
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ever been stuck for words?
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Have you ever been in a situation where you could not think what to say?
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There are many ways of describing this occurrence.
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We can say that you are tongue tied.
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You have been left speechless.
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You are stuck for words.
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You cannot find the words to express yourself.
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Your mind has gone blank.
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There are many reasons why you might find yourself unable to speak.
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Perhaps you are in a state of shock or surprise.
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An unexpected event can leave you speechless.
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The surprise can be a nice thing, or it can be something
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not so nice, such as bad news.
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If you are giving a speech to a group of people.
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You might find that your brain suddenly stops working.
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You become nervous and cannot remember what to say.
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I am ever so sorry.
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My mind has gone blank.
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After a sudden surprise, you might only be able
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to say I'm speechless.
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You have become tongue tied and stuck for words.
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If you try to remember the thing you wanted to mention you might say
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It's on the tip of my tongue.
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A continuing debate in English usage is the question
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of when to use who and when to use whom,
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according to formal grammar, who forms the subjective case
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and so should be used in subject position in a sentence
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as in who decided this the form?
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Who, on the other hand, forms the objective case
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and so should be used in object position in a sentence as in.
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Whom do you think we should support?
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To whom do you wish to speak?
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Although there are some speakers who still use who and whom, according to the rules of formal grammar.
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As stated here, there are many more who rarely use whom at all
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its use has retreated steadily
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and is now largely restricted to formal contexts.
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The normal practise in modern English is to use who instead of whom,
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and where applicable to put the preposition at the end of the sentence.
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Who do you wish to speak to?
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Who do you think we should support?
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Such uses today are broadly accepted in standard English
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I said it would be quick.
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I said the break would be short.
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And there you can see it.
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Was there is one of my many lessons
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you can find on my YouTube channel English Addict
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Live Stream today coming to you from England.
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Of course,
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Mm hmm.
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Yes, we are back live.
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Yes, it is 20 minutes away from 3:00 on Wednesday, the 16th of March.
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We are now halfway through March.
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Already this year is going by so quickly, don't you think?
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Have you noticed this year going by very fast.
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Some people say that that might be a good thing, apparently.
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Mick Jagger,
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I can't believe what a conversation has.
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Has. I
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because of mentioning
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the Rolling Stones.
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Apparently, Mick Jagger is 78, not 79.
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So I suppose his next birthday in July he will be 79.
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Would I be right in saying that? I hope so.
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Oh, dear.
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We are looking at look today.
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Some people seem to go through life with very little luck.
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Have you noticed that there seem to be people who are unlucky
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and other people who are lucky?
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And quite often there seems to be no explanation
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or no actual reason for it.
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But do you know someone?
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Do you know a person who seems to always have some sort of bad luck?
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And do you know people who seem to always have good luck?
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But it is true.
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I'm not sure about my life.
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If I had to sum up my life,
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is my life lucky?
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Well, yes, in certain ways it is to be fortunate
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to have look to be lucky.
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But I suppose also in other ways, not so lucky.
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So so there has been moments in my past.
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There have been moments where I've had bad fortune, bad luck.
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So, yes, I think it would be fair to say that you can have both of those things,
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although sometimes it does appear that that some people
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do have a lot of
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bad luck in their lives.
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For various reasons. Hello.
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In India, we are celebrating the Festival of Colours
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called Holi or Holy, and I'm
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very busy making delicious eatables
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food.
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Please don't talk about food at the moment because I'm hungry.
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I am a little bit hungry because I haven't eaten this morning.
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I was in a hurry.
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I'm setting up lots of things here in the studio for the live stream.
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I am also
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I don't know if I want to tell you this.
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Hmm. Shall I tell you what I'm doing at the moment?
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I have a little project that I'm working on,
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and it's something that I haven't mentioned,
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but it is a little project that I'm doing behind the scenes
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to improve this.
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That's all I'm saying.
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I'm not saying anything else.
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I think that look doesn't exist.
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Everybody has to make things happen.
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Thank you, Eric.
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Yes, I suppose from a certain point, of view,
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if you go through your life expecting things to go your way
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or if you expect things to always come out
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positively, you might be disappointed.
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So I think sometimes it is just about doing your best, trying our best.
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Sometimes you will fail.
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Sometimes you will succeed.
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Sometimes as you will be lucky.
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Sometimes you will be unlucky.
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Of course, there are people who try to be lucky.
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Maybe they they gamble.
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Maybe they like to take chances on things.
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So you can, I suppose, put yourself in a situation
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where you are trying your best to be lucky.
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But if you keep doing that, you will find that
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quite often bad luck will come your way.
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I think so.
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It can be like that.
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Hello.
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Ten new in hello to you
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and thank you for your love from Vietnam.
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Can I send you my love?
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Is that like
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nothing else?
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Just my best wishes and a warm love.
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I did something very strange last week.
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I think it might be my age.
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But I was busy last week grooming myself,
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trying to take care of my body to keep my appearance and I was cutting
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my toenails.
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I'm sure you are really pleased to hear about this,
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but last week I was cutting my toenails
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and I was trying to cut the edge
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36:39
of one of my toenails.
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However, I got a little bit carried away with the Clippers.
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And don't ask me how I did it, but I managed to chop
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a huge chunk
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out of my toe with the Clippers, so I was cutting my nail.
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And then suddenly
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I actually sliced a big chunk out of my toe.
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I don't know how I did it, but all I can say is it was very painful.
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For many days afterwards.
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In fact, even now, if I go for a walk
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and I'm wearing my big heavy boots,
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it's very painful.
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Because my poor little toe is still trying to heal.
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I don't know how I did it.
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I really do.
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Do you ever accidentally injure yourself
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when you were doing something simple?
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So I'm not talking about knives,
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although come to think of it,
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I've had lots of accidents whilst cutting bread
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or cutting cake or cutting anything.
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So I have had quite a few accidents come to think of it.
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So maybe it's just me.
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Perhaps sign careless.
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Maybe I'm not paying enough attention
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whilst doing my little jobs.
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But yes, it's very strange
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Hello, Pedro.
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Pedro Belmont.
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Or should I say Pedro Belmont?
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Have you showed the video?
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I haven't showed the video.
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Pedro,
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there is a video that Pedro sent to me
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of of well, something very unusual happening.
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However, I can't show it here because there is another person
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involved in the video and I can't do it.
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38:33
You have to trust me.
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There is one thing I know after doing this for 15 years
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is, you know, when to do something and when not to do it.
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So that's the reason why I haven't shown it.
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Hello? 100, Dobby.
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We are so lucky because your amazing English videos
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and of course it seems that you are an awesome person.
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I'm not sure if I'm awesome.
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I've been.
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I've been described as many things in my life.
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I'm not sure about awesome.
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All I do is try my best
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Who else is here today?
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Oh, we have. I think it's Daniel.
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Hello, Daniel.
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And I believe you are watching in Ukraine at the moment.
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And you are asking about my videos.
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Who makes your funny titles?
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For your video? I do.
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39:36
I do everything myself.
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39:38
So all of the editing, all of the production,
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everything you see everything you hear,
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everything is done by me.
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No one else helps me.
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I do everything by myself.
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So all of the editing, all of the graphic design, everything you see around you.
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It is created by me.
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If it is on here, then
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I made it.
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That's all I can say.
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Hello, Tomic.
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Nice to see you here as well.
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Even though I haven't had a shave. Have you noticed
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I haven't had a shave today?
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I'm starting to look very mature.
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Apparently some of the ladies
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and maybe some of the men as well out there quite like my beard.
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If you remember last year I did actually decide
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to grow a beard, but
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who knows?
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I might do it again.
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Thank you very much.
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V8's, thank you also to Palmira for your lovely messages today.
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We have a lot of things to do.
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We are going to talk about. Look.
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Would you like to look at some words and phrases
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connected to being lucky?
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Being fortunate.
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Having good fortune on your side.
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And I love those cows.
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And I have a feeling you do as well.
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Oh. Oh, lovely.
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A lot of requests for the cows. Mr.
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Duncan, please show us the beautiful cows at the back of your house and there they are.
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Sora.
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Hello, Sora.
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And also we have all him or him.
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Hello? Or him.
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I haven't seen you for a while.
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It seems like a long while since I last saw you here.
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But it's nice to see you again.
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Yes, we are looking at. Look.
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Some people seem to have all the luck.
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Some people seem to have no luck.
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They seem to be quite unlucky.
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And that's what we are talking about today.
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By the way, we also have an idiom as well.
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The mystery idiom.
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Here it is.
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If you think you know what it is, please let me know.
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It's a well-known expression in the English language.
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So let's have a look, shall we?
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We have some words and phrases connected to look.
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Are you feeling lucky?
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Well, are you
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Here we go.
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Then our first phrase up on your look.
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You might be up on your luck.
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If a person is up on their luck, it means they are having good fortune.
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Something nice is happening.
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They are having a situation or maybe an occurrence
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that is bringing them joy, happiness.
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Because quite often good luck can also bring a smile to your face.
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If you are lucky enough to win some money.
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Or maybe you hear from a friend
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and you haven't heard from them for many years,
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you might feel that today is your lucky day
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because you were waiting for something to happen.
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Of course there is the opposite.
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You can also be down on your luck as well.
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If you are down on your luck, it means you are having no luck.
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You are feeling unhappy because you are having no luck.
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We might say that you are down on your luck.
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So we often use the word down as a negative word to show
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that something is not as good as it was.
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Or maybe something that is not as good as it could be.
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A person is down on their luck.
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You are down on your luck because you are having no good luck.
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Of course, there are many words we can use to describe.
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Look, we can say Fortune,
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Chance Destiny.
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Well, I like that word.
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I don't know why, but the word destiny
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is, is the arrival point
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in your future.
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So maybe in the future you will have good luck.
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Your destiny is the road or the route you are taking.
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You might experience good things or bad things.
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We like to think of our destiny as being something
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that is fulfilled.
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Maybe a wish.
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Maybe something you hope for is your destiny.
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Fate is another word we often use fate negatively,
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you might notice, but fate is just the outcome of something.
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Something that comes your way an occurrence or an event.
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Fate.
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Although we often
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use the word fate negatively to mean
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a sad or unfortunate occurrence.
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Coincidence?
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Yes. As I mentioned earlier,
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a coincidence can be a happy event.
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Maybe something that you weren't expecting.
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Perhaps you are walking down the road
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and you just happen
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to look on the pavement or on the sidewalk
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and you see some money that is maybe a pound coin
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or something else of value.
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You might think, Oh, that is my lucky day.
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That is my lucky pound.
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My lucky pound coin.
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So you might have a coincidence where two things happen at the same time
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and the event leads to something nice happening.
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You might say that the moment was lucky.
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We often say a lucky coincidence.
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Two things that happen at the same time that bring a nice moment of time
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with them is a coincidence.
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Providence is another word I think this particular word.
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Providence is old fashioned, maybe.
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I don't think people usually use the word providence,
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but it can be used when we are talking about, look,
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to be fortunate is to be lucky.
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And I suppose in these strange times we are living
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in, I think a lot of us
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are counting the blessings that we have
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because maybe we live in a place that is peaceful,
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calm, Maybe you are able to put some food on your plate and eat a meal.
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So for me, from my point of view, especially over the last couple of years,
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I have started to re-evaluate
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my life, things that I often worry about
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or feel annoyed about.
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I no longer worry about because I realise that those small things in life,
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the small things that you have, you realise how fortunate you are
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because you can live in your house, you have a roof over your head, you are warm
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and you have some food in front of you.
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So those things, as far as I'm concerned,
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are my ways
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of of expressing fortune being fortunate,
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having the things that you need to survive.
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To be fortunate is to be lucky.
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A lucky person might have everything they need in front of them.
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And by that I mean walk a roof over your head
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and maybe some sort of security as well.
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A fortunate person is a lucky person,
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a person who has luck on their side.
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They are fortunate.
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They have good fortune.
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We say a fortunate person, fortunate.
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And the opposite is unfortunate.
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A person who is not lucky is unfortunate.
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Maybe they have some bad luck in their life.
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You might say that that is unfortunate.
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The thing that happened is not positive.
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It is negative.
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So fortunate is a good thing.
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It is something that has come your way.
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Some things that you need, something that is good for you
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and unfortunate is a situation
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or an event that comes along that is not good for you.
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So those are the two words and the ways of expressing them
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He is a
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an interesting phrase, the luck of the draw.
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We often describe the luck of the draw
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to mean the occurrence of luck or maybe
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the actual event of receiving look.
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The luck of the draw, for example,
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the draw is when you pick something out.
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So imagine if you are playing the lottery and you are
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waiting for your magic numbers
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or your lucky numbers to come up in the lottery.
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So quite often they will draw some numbers and that means you are taking something out,
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you are drawing the numbers, and then you are showing each number
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to the audience or to those who are playing the lottery.
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The luck of the draw is the occurrence
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or I suppose also the chance of luck
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happening or recurring.
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By the way, do you play the lottery?
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Do you ever take part in the lottery?
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I don't. I will be honest with you.
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I don't play the lottery
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51:49
I like to keep
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the money instead.
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I have seen people in the supermarkets or in the shops
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spend 20 or £30
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on the lottery for each weekend.
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So they go into the shop and they spend 20 or £30
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on the lottery.
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And as we all know,
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the chances or the odds of you winning
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are quite high.
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They are high or when.
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When I say high, I mean the chances are that you won't win.
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Maybe it's 10 million to one.
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You probably have more chance of being struck by lightning
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than winning the lottery.
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That's what I'm saying.
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Claudia says, I don't like gambling.
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I don't like it.
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Anna says,
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I believe that many of us have the same feeling of you as you.
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52:57
Mr. Duncan, we are very lucky you are right. Yes.
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53:02
And I like to count all of the luck and all of the lucky things that I have in my life.
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And that's
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the reason why these days, I don't complain very much.
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53:15
I might complain sometimes,
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maybe about the weather or Mr.
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Steve playing James last in his room,
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but nothing else.
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To be on the road That's a great expression.
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If you are on a roll.
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It means you are having a lot of good luck.
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To be on a roll means to have a lucky streak.
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So when we say lucky streak, we are describing a moment where you seem to have lots of luck
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53:50
lucky things and good things are happening.
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53:53
You are having a lucky streak.
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53:57
So if you are on a roll, it means everything is going your way.
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Everything is going as you wanted it to.
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You are on a roller
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A lucky number might be seen as bringing good luck.
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So some people believe that they have their own lucky number.
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Some people believe that if they play the lottery
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and if they use certain numbers, maybe their date of birth
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or maybe the date that they got married,
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54:31
or maybe the date of birth of their child,
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54:36
they believe that those numbers are actually lucky and they will help them to win the lottery.
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So some people believe in lucky numbers.
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54:44
Some people have a lucky number.
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54:47
I used to think that my lucky number was four.
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I don't know why, but I was always strangely attracted to number four.
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54:57
And I have no idea why, but a lucky number might be seen as bringing
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55:02
good luck or fortune.
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So what about you? Do you have a lucky number?
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Is there a number that you sometimes think, Oh,
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I like it when that number appears in front of me
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because then I feel more confident or comfortable that things will go my way.
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So we often have lucky numbers, maybe one or many
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55:29
Oh, that's interesting.
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55:32
Yes. A lot of people now commenting on gambling.
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Eric says there are many addictions
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and many people become addicted to gambling.
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55:44
You are right.
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55:45
One of the things I've noticed in this country
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in England is how many
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online casinos there are
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so there are many people now that like to gamble online.
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They will go to a website and they will put some money
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on maybe a roulette table
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56:07
or maybe the drawing of some cards.
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Or maybe if numbers come up on the screen,
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you will try to guess those numbers and then if you do, you get some some money in return.
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So I would say that gambling has become a very big thing
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in this country, a very big thing
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There are many casinos here in this country,
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but also there are many online gambling sites.
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56:35
And it would appear, especially during lockdown,
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that lots of people have become addicted
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to gambling because they've had nothing else to do whilst they were
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there were being forced to stay at home.
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So they found something else to do.
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And quite often those those people who are looking for a little bit of excitement
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during their long days, they might decide to try gambling, but
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it's not a good thing It is not
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the test says something nice.
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Thank you for your tests.
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57:14
It is no joke.
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I just want to say that my thoughts are with the Ukrainian people and I wish them the best of luck.
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Thank you ve tass.
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As we all do.
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As we all do during this time.
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Another one coming up on your screen.
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An item worn
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for luck is a lucky charm.
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57:39
Many people believe that if they carry something around with them,
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if they have something that they carry with them,
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57:46
it will bring them good luck.
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57:49
And there are many different types of things that people might carry with them.
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For example,
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57:59
maybe a four-leaf clover.
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58:02
A four-leaf clover is considered
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58:06
to be lucky It is a lucky charm.
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58:09
So if you can find a four-leaf clover, then you can
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58:15
have some good luck.
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58:16
Apparently, because that's what people believe.
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Oh, dear.
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58:21
What are those
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58:24
Some people like to carry a rabbit's foot
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58:27
or maybe two rabbits feet around with them.
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I'm not sure if people still do this.
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I would imagine nowadays a lot of people would be quite angry if they realised
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that their best friend was carrying part of a rabbit around in their handbag.
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58:45
But yes, some people do believe that a rabbit's foot will bring them good luck.
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58:51
Maybe you might have a lucky charm,
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58:55
something that you believe will bring you good luck.
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59:00
Such as?
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59:01
Maybe your your lucky dice
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59:05
you might carry this around with you.
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59:07
When you are gambling, you might believe that this thing will bring you good luck.
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Of course, quite often it probably won't.
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Also, a very familiar sight outside people's houses.
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Horseshoes.
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So maybe a lucky horseshoe.
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A lot of people believe if you have one of these outside your house
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or near your front door, this will bring you good luck.
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It is seen as a good luck charm.
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Some things that might bring look, your way.
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When people get married, you will often find
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somewhere near the bride.
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There will be a horseshoe
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It is a symbol of good luck.
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Of course, there are many
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good luck charms Many things that a person might wear.
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As you can see here on the screen now, there are many different
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types of good look charm
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that you might wear on your on your neck or on your wrist.
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And we call these things good luck charm
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And as I mentioned earlier,
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there are people who have their own lucky number.
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For example, if you look here
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your lucky numbers here are three and six.
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And that means that you are gifted and modest
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and your lucky day is Tuesday.
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I suppose that's another thing worth mentioning is, well, a lot of people
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believe that they have a lucky day of the week.
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Oh, by the way, it's raining.
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Can you see behind me?
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The rain is really coming down there.
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So that's the reason why the image behind me has become very blurred.
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So a lot of people believe that if they have,
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I don't know, a certain thing on their body, or nearby,
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that they will have good luck an item
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or maybe you have your lucky day of the week.
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Some people believe that they have a lucky month as well.
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Some people believe that they have a lucky year.
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So maybe they are waiting for the year
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that they believe will give them good fortune.
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Claudia is going.
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And guess what?
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I will also be going in a few moments.
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So look, when we talk about being lucky,
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we might say that it is a thing
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that you bring upon yourself
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If you work hard in your life.
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If you try your best, even if you fail,
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eventually luck will come your way.
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I think so.
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I think it is true to say that
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Palmira says I do not like Friday,
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the 13th Yes, I suppose it would be fair to say
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that there are things that are seen as bringing luck,
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but also there are things that do not bring luck.
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So, yes, you might have a good point there.
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I think so.
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People.
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Some people believe that bad luck
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is a punishment for a bad deed.
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Some people believe that if a person is bad in their life,
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that they will receive or get at some point bad luck.
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We often call this karma.
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Karma.
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So there are people who believe that if you do something bad towards another person,
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if you do something evil, or wicked,
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then bad things will come back.
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They will come back to you.
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And that is what karma is.
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And a lot of people do believe in it.
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So those are some words and phrases
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connected to being lucky, having luck,
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looking for luck,
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having good luck, bad luck
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to be fortunate or unfortunate.
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There are many words that we can use
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Yes, sir.
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Sure.
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Marsha asks, Are these myths?
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Well, I would say that they are superstitions.
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Superstitions are things that people have or do.
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There is something they do in their life.
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Maybe inactivity that they believe will bring them good luck.
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Of course there is the opposite.
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You can have good superstition and bad superstition.
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So maybe if something happens that you believe will bring you
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bad luck is bad superstition.
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But quite often people try to do things that will bring them good luck.
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So there are people who believe in superstition.
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And I think that is the word that
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we would use
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to stop being superstitious
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is very difficult, says Palmira.
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You are right.
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I think it is hard in your everyday life not
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to be superstitious in some way.
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There are many things that people do or they try to avoid
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because they believe it will bring them bad luck or good luck.
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For example, walking under a ladder.
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Some people believe if you walk under a ladder, it will bring you bad luck.
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So there is a good example of something that people believe brings bad fortune,
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whether it's true or not
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is up to you.
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I am about to go.
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The rain is pouring down. It's falling outside.
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It does not feel like spring today.
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Yesterday it was beautiful.
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We had a lovely day yesterday here.
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And today it's the opposite.
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It's raining, it's gloomy.
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But here in the studio, everything is lovely and bright.
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I will see you on Wednesday.
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I'm going to be back with you on Sunday.
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So I'm here today. On Wednesday.
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But I will be back with you on Sunday, Sunday and Wednesday.
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2 p.m.
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UK time is when you can find me
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Christina leaves us with a very good point.
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The Law of Attraction.
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I've heard of this.
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I've seen many videos on YouTube
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talking about the laws of attraction.
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If you believe that good things will happen,
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if you believe that your life will be positive, then good things will come your way.
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That is something I have heard of.
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Thank you very much for your company.
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Before I go, of course I have the mystery idiom.
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Don't worry, I haven't forgotten
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I haven't forgotten about the mystery idiom.
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Here it is.
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Did you think I had forgotten
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about the mystery idiom?
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I almost did.
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I almost forgot.
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Thank you for reminding me.
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Today's mystery idiom is
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push your luck.
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As I mentioned earlier,
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the person who keeps trying to be lucky
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maybe they do risky things that they believe
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will bring luck their way to continually do things that are dangerous or risky.
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A person who always dices with danger
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or likes to take risks can be said
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to be pushing their luck.
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Perhaps a person who is gambling at the casino
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and they keep going back every day,
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and quite often they lose all their money.
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We might say that that person is pushing their luck.
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And there it was.
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Today's Mystery Idiom.
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I hope you enjoyed that.
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Time to go see one Sunday.
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2 p.m.
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UK time is when I'm with you.
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I will put it on the screen very quickly.
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There it is.
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The next time I'm with you is on Sunday from 2 p.m.
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UK time.
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Mr. Steve will be here as well.
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He's not here today.
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You may have noticed Mr.
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Steve isn't here because he's working.
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Catch you later.
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Take care. Enjoy the rest of your day.
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This is Mr.
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Duncan, in the birthplace of English, saying Thanks for joining me,
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even though the weather was not very nice.
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I hope I have still brought.
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I hope I've brought a little bit of sunshine into your lives.
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And of course, until the next time we meet here.
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You know what's coming next
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Yes you do...
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ta ta for now.
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