219. A Christmas Carol - The end of it (Part 1) B2 story
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"Scrooge jumped out of bed and rushed over to the window, opened it, and put his head out. There was no fog, no mist; it was a clear, bright, cheerful day...."This is the last chapter of Charles' Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol adapted to B2 level. B2 phrases to listen for. What is the context of each word?

1. seasonal - refers to a time of year e.g. seasonal decorations (during the Christmas season)

2. remarkable - a wonderful qualities, for a person, perhaps intelligent, clever.

3. astonished - very surprised

4. absurd - ridiculous, very strange

5. cautious - being very careful because you are suspicious about something

6. arrogant - showing yourself to be superior to others

7. uncertain - not sure about something

8. delightful - wonderful, lovely

9. worthwhile - you do it because you know the results will be positive

10. unbearable - you can't stand something, usually a situation you want to get away from it

11. exceptional - of superior quality than other examples of something

12. priceless - so valuable it has no price at allTo read the answers to the task, go to my webpage: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-219.htm)

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