5 Collocations to Describe Stately Homes

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  Hello and welcome back to your English five a day on the English Like a Native podcast.

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  This is the daily podcast that helps intermediate to advanced level learners

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  build natural English vocabulary through stories.

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  This is season three.

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  My name is Anna and today we're on week 10, day three of our story following Gabriel's journey across the UK.

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  Yesterday, Gabriel and Sophie visited Stonehenge and explored the language of ancient monuments.

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  Today, they move from prehistoric Britain to something a little more refined.

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  A grand stately home surrounded by carefully designed landscapes and a few surprises along the way.

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  As always, supporting materials for Season 3 are available at www. joinelan. com forward slash plus.

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  Now let's begin, as we always do, with a snapshot of what's to come.

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  At Longleat, Gabriel admires the sweeping lawns stretching out from the stately home and learns that the lakes

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  are serpentine, designed to look natural.

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  Inside, the walls are lined with curated paintings.

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  While outside, visitors explore a giant hedge maze

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  and prepare for a spectacular showcase event featuring hot air balloons.

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  Wonderful.

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  Now, let's look a little deeper in our vocabulary breakdown.

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  Today we have a list of interesting collocations, starting with sweeping lawns.

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  Sweeping, S-W-E-E-P-I-N-G, lawns, L-A-W-N-S.

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  Sweeping lawns are large, wide, open, grassy areas often designed to impress.

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