'Failure' and 'Success' words + phrases / English Addict - LIVE Lesson with Mr Duncan in England

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English Addict with Mr Duncan


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Here we go
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again on another voyage
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across the ocean of English.
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Hi, everyone
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Hello, everybody.
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We are back together again and I hope you all feeling super duper.
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Yes. This is the midweek edition of English Addict.
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Coming to you live and direct from the birthplace
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of the English language, which just happens to be.
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Oh, wow.
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It's England.
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Who we are back.
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Oh. Hmm. Hi, everybody.
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This is Mr. Duncan and England.
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How are you today? Are you okay?
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I hope so.
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Are you happy? I hope so.
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Here we are again.
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We are back together once more with another
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live stream. Yes.
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And I suppose the first thing I should say is
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it feels much cooler today.
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The huge heat wave that we've been suffering over
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the past few days has gone.
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It has vanished.
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This morning we all woke up feeling cool and refreshed.
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And I have to say, it feels very nice.
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It really did put a smile on my face.
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So we are back together.
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And yes, we are doing our midweek,
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our English addict extra.
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My name is Mr. Duncan.
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I like the English language.
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I love it.
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You might even say that I am one of those up there.
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I'm an English addict.
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Nice to see you here today.
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I like to talk about the English language.
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Sometimes I talk about certain words.
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Sometimes I will talk about certain topics.
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Today we are looking at success
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and failure.
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Success and failure in life.
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It is common for people to succeed, to have success.
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But also there is the chance.
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There is always a chance that you will fail.
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You will have failure.
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We are looking at those two subjects today
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and of course, we are talking to you on the live chat.
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More about that in a moment.
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And yes, it is lovely to feel the cool air
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once again blowing up my shorts,
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and this time I don't need a fan.
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It is all natural, baby.
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Yes. We've made it to the middle of another week.
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It's Wednesday.
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Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.
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Wednesday has arrived.
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I hope you have had a good week so far.
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How has your week been?
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Has it been a good week or has it been okay?
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Maybe nothing special happened.
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Maybe it was just an average week.
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I think this week it has been exceptional
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for various reasons, not least of all because of the heat,
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a high temperature that we have suffered for the past two days.
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Yesterday we had we had ten.
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You believe it?
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We had our highest temperature
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ever recorded in modern times.
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I have a feeling maybe a million years ago,
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maybe 2 million years ago,
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perhaps it was a little bit hotter than yesterday.
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I don't know, because I wasn't around and we didn't
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keep records then, you see, we didn't do it.
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But in recent times we we often record
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things like the temperature or the sea level
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or various different changes that might occur around the world.
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And one of those things, of course, is temperature, as I just mentioned.
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And yesterday we had our highest temperature ever recorded here in England.
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It got so hot.
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There were lots of fires breaking out across London.
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I don't know if you saw the pictures.
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So very dramatic pictures. It reminded me
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of the pictures coming
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from southern Europe as well, where
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lots of wild fires have been occurring.
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And of course, in the United States, in California, where they often
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get very large wildfires, I think Canada as well.
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I think Canada also had some wild fires.
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And of course, let's not forget Australia and they had some really serious
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wildfires last year.
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If my memory serves me correct, hello to the live chat.
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It is very nice to see you here today.
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It's always a pleasure to have you on the live stream.
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Can I say hello to Mohsin?
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Hello, Mohsin.
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Guess what, you are first on today's live chat.
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Congrats Relations.
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Well then Mohsin.
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Also, Beatriz is here in third place.
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We have Vitesse.
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Hello, Vitesse.
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Nice to see you here again.
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We also have
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Palmira and one small.
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He is here.
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Luis Mendez
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is here today.
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Hello, Luis.
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Also, we have
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Omer Omer Al Haboob.
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Hello to you as well.
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Nice to see you back once more.
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Autumn is here watching in Belarus.
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We also have Inaki Aki as well.
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Nice to see you here.
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Yes, of course you can catch me live
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with my special live streams.
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English Addict every Sunday and Wednesday from 2 p.m.
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UK time.
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There are still people who don't know when I'm on.
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So I'm telling you now.
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That is when you can catch me live here on YouTube.
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Sylvie is here
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who is watching in Howden in France,
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which I believe now is much cooler
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than it was yesterday, which is good to hear.
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Monika is here.
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Magdalena, hello to you.
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I have to work today, but I can listen
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for a little while to the live stream.
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Well, you are more than welcome, even if you only stay for a few moments.
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We are always glad to see you here on the live chat.
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Hello, Raven.
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Who is watching in Iraq?
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Hello. To Iraq.
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Also we have.
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Who else is here?
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Eric? Eric. Alejo.
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Hello to you.
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I don't recognise your name.
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Is your first time here?
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Florence.
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Have you seen the news in the UK of one person
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who has won 195 million on the jackpot?
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Where is that? The whereabouts?
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Is it in Europe?
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Is it somewhere else?
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I haven't heard about it, to be honest with you.
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When I hear about people winning lots of money
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and when I say lots of money, I mean millions.
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It always depresses me slightly.
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I don't know why not? Because I'm jealous.
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Don't get the wrong idea.
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I don't normally get jealous of other people,
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but I feel a little sad, a little depressed for those people
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who have won the money, because I always feel that
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maybe their life will not be better.
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Money sometimes can bring nice things your way.
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But I think if you have too much money, suddenly
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I think it can cause lots of other problems.
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Maybe your relationships will change.
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Relationships with other people will change.
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So if you suddenly win a lot of money
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and when I say a lot of money, I mean millions,
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for example, 195 million.
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I'm not sure what that is, though.
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Is it euros dollars pounds?
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I'm not sure.
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I haven't heard the news, you see.
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Hello.
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Also, can I say hello to Dorit?
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Her daughter, Delores.
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Oh, I like your name, by the way.
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I love that.
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Very nice watching in Germany.
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A big hello to you.
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Have you been suffering from the heat over the past couple of days, I wonder.
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Hello.
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Fahadh is here as well.
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I am. From which country can you guess?
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Well, there are many countries in the world.
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Many?
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And because you read a person's name
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does not necessarily mean that you can guess where they're from.
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Because for all I know, you might be living here in the UK,
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you might be trying to trick me
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into saying something else or Mr.
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Duncan, how could you say such a thing?
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Claudia is here.
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Hello, Claudia.
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Nice to see you here.
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Did you enjoy your birthday?
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Two days ago.
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Another year older.
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And I suppose I should show the photographs.
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Thank you, Claudia, for the lovely photographs that you sent.
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First of all, a beautiful photograph of Claudia
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with her father.
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Oh, isn't that great?
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So I'm just wondering, Claudia, was this picture taken on your birthday
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or was it taken on your father's birthday?
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Because I'm not sure.
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So there is Claudia with her dad.
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It's another great photograph.
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Thank you very much, Claudia.
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I know it's a very personal photograph as well,
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so I do appreciate that you sent these pictures to me.
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Very nice. Here's another one.
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There is Claudia.
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Now, I think this must be your birthday.
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I think so, because I recognise your orange jumper.
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That's the reason why.
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Here's another one.
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Oh, here is Claudia with all of her friends.
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Oh, it looks as if you had a lot of fun on your birthday.
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Can I just say I think you must have had quite a lot of fun on your birthday.
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Congratulations to you.
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I don't know who the ladies are with you,
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but I imagine they must be very good friends.
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And finally,
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a birthday would not be a birthday without a lovely cake.
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And there it is. Look at that.
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I do like the fact that you only have one candle
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because a lot of people normally, if you are a child,
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if you are a young person, you will have
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a certain amount
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or a certain number of candles on your cake
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and then that will represent your age.
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But of course, once you get to a certain age,
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you can't put all of those candles on your cake for two reasons.
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First of all, the cake will collapse
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under the weight of all of those candles.
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And also it might be a fire hazard as well because of all the candles.
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But I have to say, that looks very nice.
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And I can also see some chocolate cakes as well on the table.
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I have to say I am a little bit
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jealous of fact, and I know what you're going to say, Mr.
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Duncan. You said that you never get jealous of people.
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Well, I don't normally get jealous
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unless it's related to food.
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In which case I can become very possessive.
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To be honest with you.
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So. Thank you, Claudia.
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And I hope you had a brilliant birthday.
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And once again, many happy returns for that special day.
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And here's to many more talking of birthdays.
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Oh, did you see what I did there?
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Talking of birthdays.
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Whilst we are on the subject of birthdays,
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it will be my birthday
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in August.
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So if you want to send something nice to me,
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maybe a card
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or maybe a donation to help
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my YouTube channel continue forever and ever.
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You are more than welcome to.
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But yes, my birthday is also coming up
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and that is happening on the 12th of August.
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I am hoping to do a live stream on the 12th of August with Mr.
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Steve. I hope so. Maybe not.
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So it all depends at the moment.
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So we've we've got no plans at the moment for my birthday,
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but we might be here with me and also Steve.
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We might not.
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So I'm not sure yet. We will see what happens.
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The live chat is very busy.
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A lot of people talking about British politics.
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Yes, I suppose.
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Well, over the past couple of days, everyone has been distracted by the weather.
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But now that everything is cooled down again,
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we are once again talking about politics.
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Yes, there is.
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There is a contest taking place at the moment for the leader of the Conservative Party,
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who will then, of course, become automatically the prime minister of this country.
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It is very complicated,
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very complex.
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This particular procedure.
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So please excuse me if I go on too long.
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But there is a contest taking place
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for a new leader of the ruling party, which is the conservatives,
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because old Boris Johnson, you know,
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good old Boris, resigned last week.
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So now we are having a contest to find a new leader
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and they will automatically become a new prime
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minister as well, even though they haven't
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technically been elected by the population.
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They are only actually elected
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by a few people to become the leader of the Conservative Party.
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It's very complex.
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I know, but that is what is happening here and I am sending myself to sleep talking about it.
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If I was honest with you,
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we also have.
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Oh, hello.
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Sadiq Khan is here as well.
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Thank you for joining me today.
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Udom is here as well.
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Hello, Udom. Nice to see you back.
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Also, I hope you are taking care of yourself and you are staying cool.
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What is the temperature today in England?
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It is much cooler today.
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Yesterday it was around 48
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degrees 40.
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It's never happened before.
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But yesterday and also the day before, it was incredibly hot.
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Good news for everyone, especially me
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and my underwear, is the fact that the temperature has dropped.
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It's gone down today. It's around 23.
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So a very big difference.
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The temperature has almost halved.
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It is not weird.
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So yesterday, 40 degrees.
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Today, 23 degrees
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is an it isn't a weather strange sometimes.
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Is it nature a curious thing?
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In fact, last night, Mr.
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Steve and myself, we actually sat outside in the garden
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until nearly midnight last night.
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It was such a beautiful evening.
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It actually felt as if we were on holiday abroad somewhere,
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but we were just sitting in the garden and it was lovely.
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We sat outside for about 3 hours chatting
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and we stayed out there
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until just before midnight and it was still light.
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That was the weird part.
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It was still actually light at midnight.
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Very strange.
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Oh, and also whilst sitting in our deckchairs as
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we were relaxing, looking up at the stars
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and we actually saw the International Space Station
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go across, which was also exciting.
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So a lovely, relaxed night last night.
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However, tonight we are not relaxing.
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We are going out tonight, Mr.
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Steve and myself and our very good friend Martin,
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we are meeting up and we are going to have a curry.
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Oh, I'm looking forward to that.
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So tonight will be a little celebration, really.
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We are going to have a celebration.
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Curry To celebrate what my one millionth subscriber
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which happened about three weeks ago.
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Hello to.
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Oh, Gulu ten is here.
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Hello, Gulu.
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Welcome to you.
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Thank you for joining me today.
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Florence is here as well.
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Do trees affect the cold weather?
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Well, trees
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can alter the climate
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because, of course, they produce oxygen.
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So they take in all of the horrible stuff, the carbon dioxide, and they produce oxygen.
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But sometimes, of course, trees can have another effect,
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which is a cooling effect as well.
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So, yes, it is true, but I think you have to have a lot of trees nearby.
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I think you have to have quite a lot of trees for that to work.
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Vitus says.
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Oh, it's only 22 Celsius.
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Lithuania only 22.
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So cool.
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It's almost cold.
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It was a very strange feeling this morning when I woke up and I could feel
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the cold breeze coming in to the bedroom.
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In fact, it was so hot last night I slept on top of the bed.
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I didn't get in bed.
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I slept on top of the bed.
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And it was lovely, very comfortable, Ahmed says.
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So the curry that you are having tonight will be paid for by you, Mr.
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Duncan.
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Do you think so?
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Okay.
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If you say so.
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Maybe not. Maybe. Maybe not.
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Sometimes when people go out for a meal, there are different ways of doing this.
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So if three or four people come out for a meal together
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and they have different things to eat,
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so maybe one person will only have one thing,
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but another person might have three things.
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And then at the end of the meal, of course, you will receive the bill.
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You have to pay the bill or the cheque.
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And there are many ways of doing this.
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Maybe one person will offer to pay for the whole bill.
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In one go.
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They will say, Don't worry, this meal I will pay for this meal.
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The meal is on me,
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which means I am going to pay for that meal.
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The meal is on me.
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It is my treat.
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However, sometimes people will then split the bill.
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They will split the amount into the number of people that are there.
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For example, if there are three people at the meal, then you will split
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the meal three ways.
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So each person will pay a small amount,
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but the strange thing is we call this going Dutch.
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If you go Dutch quite often
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it means you will pay for your own meal
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or your part of the meal.
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So there are two ways of doing it.
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You can split the meal equally.
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By that I mean the bill.
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Or you can do something called going Dutch,
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which means each person pays
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their share of the meal.
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So if I have three things
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I pay for what I had,
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and if another person has only one thing, they will pay for that.
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One thing that they had.
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And we call that going Dutch, which means that each person pays their own
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fair share. Hmm.
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Hello, Father.
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Hello, Father.
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Sir, is your T-shirt?
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Is your black shirt new? No, it isn't.
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I've had this t shirt for many years.
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If I told you and you won't believe this, I know you won't believe me.
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But this particular shirt I've had for over 20 years,
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I bought this shirt in the 1990s
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and I still have it and it still fits
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and it is still in very good condition.
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So, yes, this particular shirt I've owned for a very long time,
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over 20 years, and it still
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fits perfectly
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almost.
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Okay.
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Maybe, maybe in certain places is that it is a little bit tight.
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That's all I'm saying.
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Nothing else.
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Vitoria says in Italy, if everybody pays
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their share, we say they are paying like the Romans.
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I don't know why.
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I don't know either.
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I don't know why we say going, Dutch.
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If you go Dutch, it means you pay your fair share of the meal.
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Thank you very much for your lovely company today.
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I always appreciate it when you join the live chat
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because I know you have other things to do in your life.
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I know we all have a hectic schedule.
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I think so.
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Hello, Falguni Falguni Patel is here.
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Hello to you as well. Thank you very much for joining me.
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Today's live chat is our usual Wednesday live stream
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and I suppose it I would describe today
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as unsettled the weather.
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So there it is right now, looking out of the window.
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You can see it is not as bright as it was before,
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but we do have a lot of haze in the air.
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And I think later we might be we might be actually getting some rain as well.
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Later on this afternoon, we might be getting some lovely, cool rain.
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I might
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I might go outside and run around in the rain
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like Drew Barrymore
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laughing and giggling and singing
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without a care in the world.
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Hello also to you.
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We have a lot of people joining in today.
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Oh, thank you, Sanjay.
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Hello, Sanjay.
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Nice to see you here today as well.
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Very lovely.
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Mr. Duncan, we think you keep your belongings
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very carefully or safely or you treat them carefully.
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So if you take care of something, we often say that you treat
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that thing carefully.
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You treat it carefully.
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So, yes, I suppose so.
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But also this T-shirt, I think it's very good quality as well.
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So I have washed this T-shirt many times over the years
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and it still feels as good as new
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because it is very good quality.
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We are having a lot of rain in India, says Falguni.
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Yes, I think we might be getting some rain today here as well.
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We might be getting a little bit of rain as well.
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Oh. Oh, look at that.
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Can you see the hay being transported in the distance?
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Yes, that was that was a large lorry carrying lots
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and lots of hay, maybe to or from a farm.
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Ooh, very exciting.
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That was an exciting moment of time.
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I hope you enjoyed it.
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So we are talking about success and failure.
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The success that you can have in your life.
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But of course, we can also have failure as well.
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It's not all good, but then I suppose it's not all bad either.
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Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose.
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Sometimes you have success.
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And sometimes you have failure.
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Oh, that Mr.
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Steve.
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He is so funny.
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Debbie.
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David.
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We are back live.
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Hello there.
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If you've just joined me, my name is Mr. Duncan.
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I like the English language very much.
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I really do.
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And I am glad to see you here today as well.
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Yes, I do love nature.
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I love nature very much, Vitoria says.
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I see that you love nature.
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Yesterday I found a hedgehog in my garden.
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Did you?
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I think hedgehogs are lovely, lovely little animals.
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They often come out at night.
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They are shy creatures.
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They don't like human beings normally.
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But over the past couple of days, because it's been so hot,
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I've put some extra water outside just in case.
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Maybe, perhaps there might be a thirsty hedgehog
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looking for some refreshment in the dark.
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So that's what I did.
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A lot of people talking today about the weather.
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The weather is not so bad today.
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It is much.
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Thank you very much for asking. Very lovely.
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Here's an interesting expression that we sometimes use in English.
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Have you ever heard of this expression wearing two hats or maybe more than one hat?
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It is an expression that we often use in English
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when we want to show that we have responsibility for more than one thing.
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Maybe you are responsible for a certain thing in one place,
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but perhaps you have responsibility
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for something in another place.
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You might say that you are wearing two hats.
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In the olden days, a hat was often
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a sign of authority or power.
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So that's the reason why in the military
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you often see people with a high rank wearing hats.
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So a person who is wearing more than one hat
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is a person who has more than one responsibility.
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It is a phrase that we often use in English.
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Some very interesting comments on here today.
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Some of them I am not going to repeat
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because I think I might get into trouble.
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A lot of trouble.
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Let's just say.
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So today we are looking at a very interesting subject.
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I'm sure these two words will mean a lot to you.
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I'm sure in your life you have come across both of these words.
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Today, we are taking a look at
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success and failure.
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Success and failure.
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Sometimes you will win.
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Maybe you will win big
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and have a lot of success.
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Or maybe will get an S, which means failure.
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And we are looking at words and phrases
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connected to these two topics.
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And we will start by looking
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at some words connected to success.
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Let's start with something happy, shall we?
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Because there is a lot of misery going on at the moment
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around the world.
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Success is a word that means to have reached
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one's goal or aim something.
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You are trying to do, something you are aiming to do
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something that you what you have set as your goal.
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If you actually achieve it, if you get your goal,
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if you reach your goal, then we can say that you have success
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to accomplish something that has been worked for.
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Is success so maybe something that you want.
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Maybe something you want to gain, maybe something you want to achieve?
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Quite often you will have to put a lot of work into it.
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So to accomplish something, something you do.
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And quite often to do that,
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you need to put in a lot of hard work.
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Quite often in life we say that you don't get anything for nothing,
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especially if you want to achieve success.
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Success does not come easily
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to be a winner or at
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the highest point is to have success.
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So maybe you win a contest.
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Maybe in your company you are the person with the highest sales.
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You have success in that particular thing.
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You are a winner.
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You have success.
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There are variations of success.
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There are many ways of expressing success.
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And there are many ways of using the word
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success in various tenses.
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For example,
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well, first of all, success is a noun.
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You are a success.
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We are saying that that person has reached their goal
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or they have done something remarkable, or maybe they have achieved
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something that is worthy of praise.
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Success.
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You are a success.
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She is a success.
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He is a success.
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They are a success.
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Then we have succeed, which is a verb
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you succeed in or something.
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So you succeed at a certain thing.
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40:50
You succeed in a certain thing, maybe a contest or a competition.
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40:56
Something you are trying to win.
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40:59
Succeed is a verb.
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41:04
Then we have successful.
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1835
41:05
Successful is an adjective.
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41:08
You are a successful person.
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2436
41:11
Quite often a person who has had a lot of success in their life
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41:16
will be described as successful.
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2569
41:19
And we use that as an adjective to show that that person
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4504
41:24
is successful,
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2535
41:27
to do something successfully.
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2536
41:30
This is an adverb.
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2002
41:32
So you do something successfully.
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2903
41:35
You have done it well.
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2570
41:38
You have done it in the right way.
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2102
41:40
You have done it successfully.
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3170
41:44
You have not failed.
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2504997
2035
41:47
You have done it successfully.
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4104
41:51
To do well is succeed.
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3270
41:55
So if you do well at something,
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2436
41:58
you succeed.
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1401
42:00
Maybe you get a promotion at work.
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3871
42:04
Maybe your level of authority becomes higher.
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4237
42:09
You are succeeding.
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2369
42:11
You are starting to climb the ladder.
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3037
42:15
We often describe success as a ladder.
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3370
42:19
Sometimes you have to climb the ladder of success.
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4805
42:24
You have to climb up
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2169
42:27
to reach your goals.
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3203
42:31
You have reached your goal.
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2268
42:34
So if you get to the top of the ladder, if you reach the top of the ladder,
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4438
42:39
we can we can say that you have reached your goal.
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3236
42:42
You have success.
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2336
42:45
Very nice.
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2565858
2602
42:48
Your plans have been a success.
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3336
42:52
So maybe if we are looking back on our life
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2836
42:55
and maybe the things we wanted to do with our life,
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2769
42:58
maybe the things we wanted to accomplish in our life
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3971
43:03
have been done.
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2169
43:05
We have found success.
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3037
43:09
Your plans have been a success.
634
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3637
43:13
They all went the way you wanted them.
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2136
43:16
They all went the way you wanted them to go.
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2469
43:20
In another sense, the word
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1702
43:22
succeed means to replace or take over from someone.
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4972
43:27
Quite often in royalty,
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2503
43:30
when we are talking about monarchies, the king or queen,
640
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4738
43:35
quite often we will use the word succeed,
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3637
43:39
which means to replace or take over from someone.
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4604
43:46
For example, after the Queen
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2235
43:48
dies, Prince Charles will succeed
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3570
43:52
as King of England to take the Queen's Place.
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4237
43:57
So Prince Charles will become the king.
646
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2569
43:59
After the Queen dies, he will succeed her.
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6640
44:06
He will take the throne and
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3336
44:12
that is to say, Prince
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1235
44:13
Charles will be the queen's successor.
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2469
44:16
So when we say that the person is the successor,
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4371
44:21
that is the person who has replaced them.
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2770
44:24
The successor is the person who has replaced
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4704
44:29
the other person who has left
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2102
44:32
or maybe died, perhaps
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3203
44:37
to be good
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467
44:38
at running a business and making a large profit.
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3037
44:41
It is success.
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2135
44:43
I suppose when we think of success nowadays these days
659
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4638
44:48
we often think of businessmen, business, women
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4572
44:54
companies having success.
661
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3203
44:58
So we often see success as having lots of money.
662
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4404
45:03
That is a sign of success.
663
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3436
45:07
So we always think that wealth
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2169
45:09
having lots of money is a sign of success.
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4104
45:14
Of course it isn't always it is not always a sign of success.
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5372
45:20
It can be something else entirely.
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4338
45:25
Then a successful
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2725016
2770
45:27
business is one that is making lots of money.
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2702
45:30
It is making a profit.
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2369
45:33
So when we talk about a company that is successful,
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3604
45:37
we often mean that it is making a lot of extra money
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4538
45:44
profit.
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1435
45:46
That company is profitable.
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2803
45:49
It is successful.
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2749374
2002
45:51
It is a successful company.
676
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2068
45:54
And of course, quite often behind every company,
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3203
45:57
there will be a successful person as well.
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3337
46:01
Maybe the manager or the CEO.
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3470
46:05
Or maybe there is a board
680
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2702
46:08
of different people running the company.
681
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2569
46:12
It is successful.
682
2772063
1936
46:13
A successful business is one that is making lots of money.
683
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4838
46:19
It is making a profit.
684
2779537
3404
46:23
The word success derives
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2135
46:25
from the Latin word for coming close to.
686
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3237
46:30
So I suppose when we talk about being near the top
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4037
46:34
or almost reaching your goal.
688
2794986
2803
46:38
But of course, these days we see success
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3136
46:42
as being at the top of your job
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3871
46:46
or your chosen career
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2469
46:49
or whatever your plans happen to be.
692
2809267
2469
46:52
We see success as being the thing that is at the top.
693
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5639
46:58
You have reached the top.
694
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2335
47:00
You have success.
695
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2169
47:05
I suppose we can't talk about success
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2836
47:07
without talking about
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3070
47:11
failure.
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2469
47:14
It's interesting to note that a lot of people spell
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2336
47:17
failure incorrectly.
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2002
47:19
They often put those letters in the wrong place.
701
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3804
47:24
They often spell failure
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2569
47:28
incorrectly.
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2848172
1102
47:29
In fact, you might say that they fail
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2235
47:32
at spelling failure.
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3536
47:35
Maybe.
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968
47:37
Here we go then.
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934
47:37
I don't want to look on the negative side, but we do have to.
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3170
47:41
I'm afraid the word failure means the inability
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4805
47:45
to reach one's goal or aims.
710
2865924
3803
47:49
Unfortunately, a person who is not successful,
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4772
47:54
maybe something they want to do, maybe something they are trying to achieve.
712
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5739
48:01
But sadly, they don't.
713
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3136
48:04
We might say that that person has failure.
714
2884642
3270
48:08
They have failed.
715
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3470
48:12
To fail is to suffer failure.
716
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3870
48:16
So a person who fails is a person
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3537
48:20
who has or is experiencing failure.
718
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4070
48:26
They were not successful.
719
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2302
48:28
They did not succeed.
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2202
48:30
Unfortunately, despite your effort
721
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3771
48:34
and hard work, you still have no success.
722
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3036
48:38
So quite often a person might devote
723
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2335
48:40
a lot of their life or their time or their money
724
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3337
48:44
to building a business or trying to create something
725
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4905
48:49
that they want to run by themselves.
726
2929854
2736
48:53
A very sad thing
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2970
48:57
that I want to mention
728
2937128
1968
48:59
very close to where I live on one of the roads
729
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3537
49:03
that come into much Wenlock.
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2102
49:05
There is a lovely pub, a public house
731
2945803
2803
49:09
where people will often go to have a drink or a meal.
732
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3604
49:14
And a few years ago, this particular pub
733
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2436
49:16
closed down and it was abandoned.
734
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3103
49:20
But then someone else bought it.
735
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2002
49:22
And it was their dream.
736
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2069
49:24
Their dream was to own their own pub and restaurant.
737
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4872
49:30
And so they spent
738
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1434
49:32
all of their money.
739
2972897
1768
49:34
They borrowed money and they put all of the money into this business.
740
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4705
49:39
So they they did a lot of work on the building.
741
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3137
49:42
They made the building look amazing.
742
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2302
49:45
They they put in new furniture.
743
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3069
49:49
They made it look amazing.
744
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2035
49:52
Unfortunately,
745
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2369
49:54
the business was not successful.
746
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2303
49:56
People did not go to their bar or restaurant, sadly.
747
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6139
50:03
And so it failed.
748
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1301
50:04
So that person had put a lot of work, a lot of effort,
749
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3971
50:08
a lot of time, a lot of money
750
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2336
50:11
into that business.
751
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3103
50:15
But it still failed.
752
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1836
50:16
So just because you work hard
753
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2802
50:19
and just because you put a lot of effort into doing something,
754
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4338
50:24
it doesn't necessarily mean that you will be successful.
755
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3237
50:28
It is a harsh reality.
756
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2202
50:30
It is a hard lesson that quite often we have to learn our lives,
757
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4538
50:35
that even if you put a lot of work and a lot of time into something,
758
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5072
50:41
it can still fail.
759
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1668
50:43
There is no guarantee that
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2503
50:46
the thing you are doing will be successful.
761
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2236
50:49
But I think it is very sad actually, when when you see someone
762
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3837
50:53
putting in all of their their money and their time
763
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3670
50:57
and maybe that is their only hope in life,
764
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2769
51:00
maybe that that is their one dream
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2502
51:03
to have their own bar and restaurant,
766
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2602
51:06
a place that they can run and be proud of.
767
3066690
3237
51:10
But it doesn't necessarily mean that it will be successful.
768
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4638
51:16
Unfortunately,
769
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1902
51:18
to have no success is failure.
770
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3270
51:23
So maybe in your life
771
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1602
51:25
you have never had any success with anything,
772
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4838
51:30
any part of your life.
773
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2035
51:32
So you might say that to have no success is failure.
774
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4038
51:37
To have no success at all in your life
775
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3136
51:41
is failure.
776
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1102
51:42
I don't think
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2469
51:45
it is possible to have failure in your whole life.
778
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4004
51:49
I don't think so.
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3109166
801
51:49
I think at some point in your life, you must have success
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4504
51:54
somewhere.
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2603
51:58
I don't believe that anyone
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2636
52:00
has failure in their in their whole life.
783
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3137
52:04
I don't think it happens, to be honest.
784
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2970
52:06
But maybe sometimes it does happen to have no success.
785
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4304
52:11
Is failure a person who has no success
786
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3771
52:15
with anything?
787
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2102
52:20
Here we go.
788
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834
52:21
Some uses of fail and other words
789
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3336
52:24
connected to it fail is a noun, or it can also be a verb.
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5339
52:31
In sentences we can say
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2036
52:34
I got a fail in my English,
792
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3437
52:37
I got a fail in my English exam.
793
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4337
52:42
So if you fail at something
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2970
52:46
and if someone is giving you a mark or a result,
795
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3604
52:50
maybe in an exam, we call this a fail.
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3871
52:55
You have failed
797
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1869
52:57
in your test or your exam.
798
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3370
53:00
And as a verb,
799
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2269
53:03
we can say, I think I will fail my English exam.
800
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4538
53:08
So we are using that verbally.
801
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1702
53:10
We are using it to show an action.
802
3190147
2402
53:13
I think I will fail my English exam.
803
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3504
53:18
Here's another one.
804
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2602
53:21
Then we have the word failure.
805
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2435
53:23
Failure is a noun.
806
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2169
53:26
For example, my attempt to find love
807
3206830
3270
53:30
always ends in failure.
808
3210667
2636
53:34
I search everywhere.
809
3214538
2469
53:38
I go to bonds.
810
3218075
1501
53:39
I go to restaurants.
811
3219576
2202
53:41
I go to nightclubs.
812
3221778
2870
53:44
I even tried Internet dating
813
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2936
53:52
and I had no success.
814
3232556
2803
53:55
My attempt to find love in life
815
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3770
53:59
ends in failure.
816
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2069
54:02
I suppose the problem was
817
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2736
54:04
I put a photograph on my profile.
818
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2269
54:07
That was 20 years old
819
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2436
54:10
from 20 years ago.
820
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1568
54:11
So maybe that's the problem. You say
821
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1735
54:15
this happens sometimes.
822
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1368
54:16
Maybe if you go on a dating website, people sometimes will put
823
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5005
54:21
a photograph of themselves, but not a recent photograph.
824
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4604
54:26
They will put a photograph from maybe ten or 15
825
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2502
54:29
or even 20 years ago when they looked much younger.
826
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3137
54:34
We all do it sometimes.
827
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1669
54:36
We all do it.
828
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1535
54:37
But of course, the problem is when you meet that person
829
3277601
2969
54:41
for real, they will suddenly realise that
830
3281238
5272
54:46
that photograph was actually
831
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2402
54:49
a photograph taken many years ago.
832
3289579
2036
54:53
So yes you can have failure if you are trying to find love.
833
3293116
4471
54:58
But sometimes that failure
834
3298488
2870
55:01
might be your own fault.
835
3301358
2102
55:05
Then we have the word failed.
836
3305829
2202
55:08
Failed is an adjective.
837
3308498
2336
55:11
For example, he is a failed actor who needs a job.
838
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5072
55:17
So when we describe something as failed,
839
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3070
55:20
it means it was not in the past
840
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3537
55:25
or the state if something is a failure.
841
3325315
4604
55:30
So we might describe someone who is tried to be an actor,
842
3330587
3537
55:35
but he's never been successful
843
3335725
3037
55:38
as failed.
844
3338762
2102
55:41
He is a failed actor.
845
3341231
2068
55:44
He has had no success
846
3344567
2136
55:48
in his attempt to become an actor.
847
3348204
4038
55:53
Then we have failing.
848
3353076
1835
55:54
Hello. Failing.
849
3354911
1802
55:56
Failing is a noun.
850
3356713
1601
55:58
Or it can be used as a preposition.
851
3358314
2103
56:01
In sentences we can say Your lazy
852
3361117
3137
56:04
attitude is your failing.
853
3364254
2903
56:07
So your failing is the thing that is letting you down.
854
3367957
4572
56:12
The thing that is causing you to be unsuccessful is your failing.
855
3372829
5505
56:18
Maybe a person drinks too much alcohol,
856
3378868
3671
56:23
but they want to have a very successful life.
857
3383339
3270
56:26
Unfortunately, the alcohol
858
3386976
2970
56:30
is that person's failing
859
3390880
2703
56:33
the thing that spoils or destroys their life.
860
3393816
5806
56:40
And then we have the preposition failing.
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2937
56:44
I will see you later tonight.
862
3404928
2268
56:47
Failing that, tomorrow is also okay.
863
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3871
56:51
So when we are saying that if not if not failing,
864
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5405
56:57
that is another way of saying
865
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2737
57:00
if not, if not that failing that
866
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5072
57:07
it is used
867
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634
57:08
quite often in the English language.
868
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4071
57:12
Oh, failure can also be the result
869
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3303
57:15
of not trying.
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3604
57:19
I suppose so.
871
3439495
1468
57:20
Yes, it is a common thing.
872
3440963
2837
57:23
A person who is trying to do something,
873
3443800
2502
57:26
they want to do something,
874
3446969
2503
57:29
but sadly they fail and quite often
875
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3737
57:33
it is their own fault.
876
3453643
2736
57:37
Maybe they did not try hard enough.
877
3457113
3036
57:40
Maybe they didn't work enough
878
3460616
2837
57:44
to get what they wanted.
879
3464353
3003
57:47
Failure might occur even if a person works hard.
880
3467356
3738
57:51
As I said earlier, we're with the lovely little pub near Much Wenlock,
881
3471227
5906
57:57
which a person decided to buy
882
3477867
3070
58:01
and renovate.
883
3481504
2369
58:04
They spent all of their money on that particular place and it was not successful,
884
3484540
6206
58:11
even though they put all of that work, all of that time and energy into doing it.
885
3491080
5639
58:17
It was still a failure, so failure might occur.
886
3497019
3671
58:20
Even if a person works hard,
887
3500723
2202
58:23
working hard
888
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1067
58:25
is not a guarantee of success.
889
3505027
3737
58:28
It isn't.
890
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2336
58:32
Here is a common one that I'm
891
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2069
58:34
sure a lot of people feel in their lives at some point.
892
3514570
3604
58:38
A person might feel like a failure if their life is not going well.
893
3518507
4572
58:43
Maybe you are having no success with your career.
894
3523679
3037
58:47
Or maybe you are trying to make yourself a better person.
895
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4171
58:51
But you keep failing.
896
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58:53
A person might then describe themselves as a failure.
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I am such a failure
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in life, family.
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Your family might see you
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as a failure.
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There might be a lot of pressure from your family to be successful.
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And if you don't
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appear to be successful in your family's eyes,
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then you might be judged as being a failure.
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It does happen quite a lot.
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Parents can put a lot of pressure on their children to be successful
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when something expected does not occur.
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We can describe it as a failure.
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Something that was going to be great
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and wonderful and fantastic.
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But unfortunately it wasn't.
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It was a failure.
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It did not succeed.
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It was a complete failure.
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From a philosophical point of view, failure is intrinsic to becoming successful.
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So we often think of failure as being the end.
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But it isn't.
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Quite often, failure can be part of success.
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So when we say intrinsic,
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we mean part of part of that process,
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within that process of becoming successful.
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Quite often you will have to suffer failure along the way.
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So yes, from a philosophical point of view,
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we often see failure as part
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of success.
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Most successful people have suffered
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some sort of failure in their life.
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So people don't just become successful
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from their first attempt or their first try.
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Quite often they will be failure.
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They will fail or they will be a failure.
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Many times before they are successful.
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And that is what I said just a few moments ago.
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We often see failure as intrinsic,
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as part of the success.
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So failure is not the end.
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Always remember that. Say that to yourself.
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If there is something you are trying to do and it is not successful,
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remember, failure is not the end.
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It is not.
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Some believe that the best way to learn
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is to suffer failure and learn the hard way.
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And I think this is true.
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Life is unfair.
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Life doesn't always go the way you want it to.
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If you are trying to be successful, then quite often you might have to suffer failure.
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You might have to learn the hard way
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with hard lessons.
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Things are not always easy in life.
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Things are not always easy.
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Whatever it is, you are trying to do.
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Success does not come with the first attempt.
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It comes by not quitting after the first failure.
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And I love this.
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I think this is a great, great phrase.
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Success does not come with the first attempt.
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It comes by not quitting after the first failure.
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Which means you don't give up.
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You don't stop.
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You carry on.
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Failure is part of success.
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And of course, we have a great expression in English.
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This is a wonderful expression.
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I love this.
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If at first you don't succeed try.
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Try again.
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Don't give up. Don't stop. Don't quit.
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Keep going.
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Even if things seem
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to be not going your way.
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If at first you don't succeed. Try.
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Try again.
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Don't stop. Don't quit.
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You might be so close to success.
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You might be very near to success.
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So if you quit now, you might lose everything.
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If at first you don't succeed.
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Try. Try again.
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It's very similar to learning English.
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A lot of people say, Mr.
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Duncan, learning English is very difficult.
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Sometimes I can't understand what people say.
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My advice is to keep going.
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Don't give up.
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You are not a failure.
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Finally, the word failure comes from the old French word
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for non occurrence, something that is a non occurrence.
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It's something that did not happen.
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So the word failure derives from old French.
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For non occurrence.
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And I suppose I should ask you,
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have you had failure in your life?
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Have you ever had a moment of time?
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Have you ever suffered failure?
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A failed attempt at doing something?
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I have to be honest.
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I'm going to be honest with you.
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I have failed at things in my life.
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I've had failures.
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I've had things that I've tried to do.
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And they failed.
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Maybe something I wanted to learn.
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Or maybe something I wanted to try.
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Maybe a hobby or a skill.
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So just because you want to do something
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doesn't necessarily mean you will be successful.
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But you can have failure and still carry on going forward.
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It isn't the end.
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Failure is never the end.
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I sometimes think
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that I am a failure here on YouTube
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because I don't have
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many viewers.
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But it doesn't matter.
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And the reason why it doesn't matter is because you are here.
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And that is all I care about.
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So there are times when I feel a little depressed or down about this.
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I feel as if maybe, maybe I am a failure.
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But then I reassure myself.
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I use a little bit of positivity and I realise
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that I do have success because I have you.
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Because you come here
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and we all join in together
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and I think this is the friendliest place on YouTube.
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I do.
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I don't think there is any place on YouTube
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that is more friendly than this because everyone comes here.
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We have one goal and we want to enjoy ourselves.
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We want to express ourselves.
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But most importantly of all, we want to enjoy
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the English language, and that includes me as well.
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So I think failure is something that happens to everyone.
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Sometimes we might feel a little depressed or low
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about our situation in life,
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but I think sometimes it is best
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not to dwell on that too much.
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Do not dwell on your failures.
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Think about all of the success you've had.
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Think about all the things that have gone your way.
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Because life is unfair.
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Things do not always go the way you planned.
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Unique life design, says Mr.
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Duncan.
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My motto is Never give up.
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Never give up.
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I think that's a great way to end today's live stream
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on a positive note.
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Yes, I think I think if you have a good idea
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or something, you want to to work on
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or something you want to maybe do as a career.
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I think at first it is always difficult.
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I always think the first attempts are always the hardest.
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The hardest part of doing anything
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is taking those first steps.
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I think so.
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Beatrice says.
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I think that everyone has failure at least once in life.
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It is part of the learning of how to manage our life.
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I think so. Yes, you are right.
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Failure is part of life.
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And as I said earlier, failure is also part
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of being successful.
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But being successful does not
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necessarily mean you have lots of money.
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It doesn't necessarily mean you are wealthy.
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In fact, sometimes success can be just
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being happy,
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having a smile on your face, enjoying the moment.
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That can also be described as success.
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Thank you very much for joining me today.
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I will be going in a few moments.
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I hope you've enjoyed this live stream.
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A couple of interesting subjects today.
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The subjects of success and failure.
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Both of those things exist
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in life, Lewis says.
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Mr. Duncan, When I fail something, I try to understand why
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I failed.
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I still try once more and then once more I also fail.
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In the end, I find the solution, but not time. Yes.
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Well, that is it.
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I think you can fail if you have tried
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many times to be successful sometimes.
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It was never meant to be.
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Sometimes a thing you are trying to
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do was never meant to be.
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But you have to be able to tell yourself that you did try.
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It is it is okay to fail if you know that you tried your best?
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I think so.
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So, yes, I think you're right.
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Thank you, Lewis, for that. Yes.
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A simple moment of time that makes you smile
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is success.
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You have been successful
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for those few moments of happiness.
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Thanks for your company.
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I am going.
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I am going.
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I will be back with you on Sunday.
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Sunday 2 p.m.
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uk time is when I am back with you.
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Thank you very much for joining me, Christiane.
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Alexander Moncada
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Bellerin says success and achievements.
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Yes, I suppose you can also say achievements, your achievements,
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all the things that you've been successful at,
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the things you have succeeded in
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are your achievements.
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Maybe you have passed an exam.
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Maybe you have been successful in your career
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and you have a powerful position.
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They are all achievements.
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Thank you, Mr.
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Duncan, for this interesting live stream.
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Yes, I will be back with you on Sunday from 2 p.m.
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UK time and we can do this all over again.
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Don't forget, on Sunday Mr. Steve will be here.
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Yes, we have Mr.
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Steve joining us on Sunday
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and we will be talking about lots of things.
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I'm sure Steve will be talking about
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the weather.
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We are going out tonight for those wondering what I'm doing today.
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Tonight we are going out for a curry
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with our friend Martin and that is what we are doing tonight.
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Enjoy the rest of your day.
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Enjoy your Wednesday. Stay happy.
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That smile upon your face as you
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move amongst the human race.
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And I will see you on Sunday.
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Don't forget the time. 2 p.m.
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UK time is when I'm back with you
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until the next time we meet.
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This is Mr.
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Duncan in the birthplace English saying
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thank you very much for watching.
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See you soon.
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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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Oh, Pedro.
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Hello, Pedro.
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Pedro. Belmont.
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2 to 4 now.
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