Increase Your English Vocabulary - Five a Day #48.3

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  Hello and welcome to the English Like A Native podcast.

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  My name is Anna and you're listening to week 48,

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  day three of your English Fiver Day, the second season.

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  Let's start with a little snapshot of what's to come.

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  Amanda tried to keep the mood light-hearted,

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  even though everyone within earshot could sense the tension.

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  Instead of holding a conventional meeting, she proposed an unconventional walk through the park,

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  where tasks were distributed as they strolled beneath the trees.

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  The fresh air seemed to revitalize the whole team,

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  lifting their spirits far more than any boardroom ever could.

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  This series is all about expanding your vocabulary.

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  So without further ado, Let's learn our five words for today, all with explanations,

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  example sentences, and then at the very end, I'll give you a lovely little story.

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  Number one on our list is an adjective, and it's the word, light-hearted, light-hearted.

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  It's spelt, L-I-G-H-T, light, then a little hyphen, and then, hearted, H-E-F.

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  a-r-t-e-d hearted light hearted if you are light hearted or

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  if something is light hearted then it's happy and not very serious so it's a quite a positive adjective you might make a light hearted comment so a comment that's meant to be positive and jokey you know like not meant to offend meant to make people smile You might be a light-hearted person,

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  someone who's generally quite positive and not too serious.

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  Here's an example sentence.

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  I had a really good light-hearted chat with Darcy yesterday.

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