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20 Different Ways To Wish ‘Happy Birthday’ & 'Happy Anniversary' (+ Free PDF & Quiz)
20 Different Ways To Wish ‘Happy Birthday’ & 'Happy Anniversary' (+ Free PDF & Quiz)
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(upbeat electronic music) - Hello, everyone, and welcome back to English with Lucy.
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Today, I am going to teach you better alternative ways of wishing people happy
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birthday,
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and happy anniversary.
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To further improve your learning experience,
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I have also created a free PDF worksheet that goes with this lesson.
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It's got everything we're going to discuss today, plus a quiz,
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and I know you all love quizzes.
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If you'd like to download the free PDF,
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just click on the link in the description box,
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enter your name and email address.
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You sign up to my mailing list,
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and I send the PDF directly to your inbox.
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Right, let's get started with the lesson.
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Let's start with happy birthday.
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Okay, this is a very common phrase,
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and we tend to repeat the same thing over and over again.
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But today, I'm going to show you 14 interesting, witty,
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and funny ways of wishing somebody a happy birthday.
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Now the first one is mainly used jokingly, via text message.
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Sometimes if we want to wish somebody a happy birthday,
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but we don't want to act like we're putting in too much effort,
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we just say HB.
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HB, and everybody knows what it means.
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In these big WhatsApp groups we have now,
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it's very common in the UK to just have a page full of HB.
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It's quite funny.
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Some people consider it rude,
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but I think as long as the receiver knows that you're joking, it's nice.
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We have number two, which is commonly found inside birthday cards.
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It is many happy returns.
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Many happy returns.
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Now, when I was a child,
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I never understood this phrase when I saw it on birthday cards.
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But it means many happy returns of the day.
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As in, I hope you have many more birthdays.
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I hope you live a long life.
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So many happy returns is a very nice one.
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It's slightly more formal.
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Number three is have a great one.
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Have a great one.
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This one is very informal.
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Sometimes we use the word one in place of something
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that is already known to the listener.
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Have a great one, they know that I'm talking about their birthday.
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Have a great day, have a great birthday, have a great one.
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In number four, we have an alternative phrase for birthday.
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It is special day.
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On your birthday, on your special day.
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You more or less know that if it's somebody's special day, it's their birthday.
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Unless it's their wedding, or another celebration like that.
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So you could say, I wish you the best on your special day.
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Number five is slightly fancier.
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It is wishing you a day
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that is as special
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as you are. (laughing)
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So fancy.
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Wishing you a day that is as special as you are.
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Now it should be, I am wishing, or we are wishing,
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but sometimes we just shorten it down to wishing you were here,
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I am wishing you were here, wishing you a great day.
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We're wishing you a great day.
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Another alternative, wishing you many more candles to blow.
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When we have a birthday,
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we blow out a certain number of candles on our cake.
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So we're implying that we hope the person lives for a long time.
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This tends to be a theme.
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A really nice alternative way of just saying happy birthday.
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So much more interesting, wishing you many more candles to blow.
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Number seven is a funny one.
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It is happy 21st.
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Happy 21st birthday.
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Now why do we use 21st in particular?
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If somebody is quite a lot older than 21, often we'll say, happy 21st,
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pretending that we don't think they look any older than 21 years old.
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I wonder if you have this in your own language,
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and if it's the same number, 21, or if it's a different number.
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Is there a dream age at which everyone wants to remain?
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Number eight is a really nice one.
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May your day be filled with laughter and presents.
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Obviously the most important thing about birthdays, apart from the cake, presents.
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I get so excited about giving and receiving presents. (chuckling) Number nine,
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this is something that you can say to people who really like beer.
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Happy beer day, happy beer day!
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(laughing) 'Cause a birthday is a fantastic excuse to drink far more beer than
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usual.
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Number 10 is a funny one.
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It is, hmm, didn't we celebrate this just a year ago?
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(laughing) Terrible!
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I love it though.
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I really like number 11, it is, congratulations,
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you survived another trip around the sun.
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'Cause obviously we go round the sun every 365 days.
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I don't think I need to explain that to you,
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I think I'm underestimating your intelligence. (laughing) But now you know what it means.
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Number 12 is possibly my favourite.
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In fact, it is my favourite.
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It is happy womb eviction day. (chuckling) So obviously,
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the womb is where you lived before you were born,
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and you were evicted on your birthday. (laughing) Number 13 is a lovely compliment.
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It's a nice way of telling somebody that they are older.
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You have to say, you're ageing like a fine wine.
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'Cause obviously fine wines get better with age.
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So if you're ageing like a fine wine, you're ageing beautifully,
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you're getting better with age.
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And let's end this section on a really cute one.
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It is, don't count the candles,
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just enjoy the glow. (chuckling) I really like that.
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Don't worry about how old you are, just enjoy the celebration.
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Right, let's move on to wishing people a happy anniversary.
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I've split this into two sections.
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The first is wishing happy anniversary to another couple.
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And the second section is wishing a happy anniversary to your partner.
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So much more romantic in the second section.
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Number one, the first one that you'll wish to another couple is,
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wishing a perfect pair a perfect day together.
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If two people are a perfect pair,
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it means they were made for each other, they are perfect together.
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Number two is a lovely one.
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It can be said as a toast, cheers.
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You can also say it to your romantic partner.
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It is here's to another year of being great together.
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Of you two being great together.
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Number three is another year, another reason to celebrate.
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I've explained this a lot on my vlogging channel,
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but my family like to celebrate anything, (chuckling) anything.
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On Valentine's day, my mother decorates the house, and makes heart shaped biscuits.
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On Halloween, we had cobwebs all over the house,
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and she dressed up as a witch,
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normally. (laughing) So we love reasons to celebrate,
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and an anniversary is definitely a reason to celebrate.
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Another year, another reason to celebrate.
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Number four is so, so cute.
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It's, I always knew you two had something special.
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So if you have some friends that have always had a wonderful relationship,
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you can say this to them.
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I always knew you two had something special.
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Had a special chemistry or a special spark together.
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And number five, the last one that you can say to another couple is,
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love and cheer to one of our favourite couples.
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If that's coming from just you, to one of my favourite couples.
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It's a big honour to be told that you're one of someone's favourite couples.
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And finally, we have five more romantic ways to wish your partner a happy
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anniversary.
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The first one is lovely.
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It is I love you more and more every year.
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My love just grows for you.
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I love you more and more every year.
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Number two is a very common one,
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but it's actually one that I find really annoying. (chuckling) And I'll explain why.
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It is thanks for putting up with me for another year.
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Now, why does this annoy me?
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Well, to put up with someone is to tolerate, or endure someone.
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So this is jokingly saying, thank you for tolerating me,
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or thank you for enduring me for another year.
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I just don't think it's very nice,
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I don't think we should just tolerate each other, we should adore each other!
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(laughing) I'm just joking.
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I know it's a joke.
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I just, yes, it's not something I'll be putting in my anniversary card to
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Will.
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Number three is here's to five years and 5 million memories.
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So you can replace the number as you wish.
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Here's to 10 years, but 10 million memories.
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That's really, really nice.
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'Cause it's not about how long you've been together,
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it's about the things you've done together, and the memories you've made.
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Number four, a really common phrase in anniversary cards,
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and messages to each other is, I can't believe it's been four years already.
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I can't believe it's been 20 years already.
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Time flies when you're having fun.
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Unless you're just putting up with someone.
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Sorry, I need to let that go. (laughing) Okay.
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The last one, number five, is quite an interesting one.
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It is happy ruby anniversary, happy gold anniversary, happy paper anniversary.
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What am I talking about?
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Well, for each year you're together, there is an anniversary name.
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And some people give gifts corresponding to this name.
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So your first anniversary is your paper anniversary.
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So someone might write a love letter.
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Second is cotton, third is leather.
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And it goes all the way up to number 10, which is tin.
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Then you have 20, which is platinum, silver, which is 25th, ruby,
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which is the 40th, gold, which is 50th, and diamond, which is 60th.
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My grandparents made it to their 60th diamond anniversary.
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And if you make it to 60 years of marriage in the UK,
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then you can apply for the queen to write you a letter
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or card of congratulations.
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And they did receive that card.
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She will also write you a letter if you reach 100 years of age.
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So that's a really nice thing to look forward to. (chuckling) Right,
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that's it for today's lesson.
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I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you learnt something.
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Don't forget to complete the quiz.
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I've got everything we've spoken about today on the PDF worksheet,
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as well as a quiz.
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If you'd like to download it for free,
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you can click on the link in the description box,
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enter your name and your email address.
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You sign up to my mailing list,
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and I send it directly to your inbox.
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If you're looking to acquire some further vocabulary, and improve your listening skills,
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then I also have a vlogging channel,
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where I vlog my daily life on a farm in the UK.
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And importantly, every video is fully subtitled.
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So you can use it to learn new vocabulary in context,
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and also practise your listening.
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Don't forget to connect with me on all of my social media.
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I've got my Facebook, my Instagram, and my website, englishwithlucy.co.uk.
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There, I have got an amazing interactive pronunciation tool.
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So you can click on sounds and hear me pronounce them.
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I will see you soon for another lesson. (upbeat electronic music)
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