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  • Hello and welcome to language in the news.

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  • Hi, I'm Shaan and I'm here in London and I'm talking to Claire.

  • Who's in Bangkok.

  • Hi, Claire.

  • Hi, Shannon.

  • Hello, everyone.

  • How are you feeling today, Claire?

  • I'm feeling very happy today.

  • Excellent.

  • Because we have a story.

  • A new story that's all about feeling happy.

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  • So Konkola Paterno Koroma Fun crying on comb BBC can cooperated Night, March 19 in the room Crime So can Norway has been ranked as the world's happiest nation in the U.

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  • Sponsored survey that pushed last year's leader, Denmark it a second place.

  • The rankings are based on factors including social support, freedom and absence of corruption.

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  • That's right.

  • So Norway is the happiest country in the world Now.

  • The UK only came 19th place, so we're not as happy.

  • How about Thailand?

  • Where did Thailand come?

  • Oh, Thailand came 32nd.

  • I think it's very hot here.

  • People not very happy.

  • Oh dear, it's not hot here in England.

  • That's not our problem.

  • But now we're gonna look at some words and phrases from this new story.

  • First, let's look at some adjectives related to be unhappy.

  • So here in Gratz here we have this headline.

  • Norwegians responded with an average score of 7.54 putting it top of the world literally for a general feeling off content.

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  • Some known Yes, Exactly.

  • So if you say I'm on top of the world, it means I'm very, very happy.

  • Right.

  • Well, I'm on top of the loud because I'm on BBC learning English, and we're very happy to have you here with us, Claire, over the other side of the world anyway, So we're gonna look at some expressions and idioms related to being happy.

  • Now, lots of these are about being high up.

  • For example, we have the idiom.

  • I'm over the moon.

  • This means I'm very, very happy.

  • We also have another idiom.

  • I'm on cloud nine.

  • This also means I'm very, very happy.

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  • So when you know so one car.

  • But that could mean that you did, Odiah.

  • Now we're gonna look at another adjective here in the Miami Herald.

  • We have Venezuelans getting grumpier faster than any nation on Earth.

  • Happiness report says So we use the adjective grumpy to say I'm feeling annoyed.

  • I'm feeling a bit angry, like Monday morning.

  • I always feel grumpy.

  • Me too.

  • Or when I don't sleep in general, I feel quite grumpy or when I don't eat, I feel a bit grumpy Now it's like another adjective about not being happy.

  • So this one is invoke on.

  • We have here the headline Feeling blue Consider a visit to the happiest country in the world.

  • How if we translate this literally feeling blue which and Rousset weapon see far it is really mean anything.

  • Sunita opens up no one Nikolaou ca That's right, we use I'm feeling blue to mean I'm feeling a bit sad on feeling unhappy You could also say I've got the blues No, I personally need me some Norn T xun Yang Si Coke up under a mule When God, that's right.

  • Like if you in English.

  • If you say I see reds, it means I become angry very, very quickly.

  • For example, in the mornings when my train is late I see reds and if you're invest, it's hard.

  • You can say I'm green with any week But in time we don't have that many color idioms What you could say, Um I see the world in pink 10 mile long with seat and Paul, when you're in love, why don't you try a town?

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  • Yeah, that's really good.

  • I don't believe you green with envy because your pronunciation is perfect and mine is terrible.

  • I'm feeling blue now way have a quick summary off the words and phrases that we lent to declare shar so if you're very happy You can say I'm on top of the world or I'm over the moon or I'm on cloud nine Exactly.

  • But if you're feeling sad, you can say I'm feeling blue And if you're bit angry and annoyed, you can say I'm grumpy.

  • You can also say I see red If you become very angry or I'm green with envy of your envious Thank you, Clare.

  • Now what have you got?

  • Plans?

  • It's the end of the day for you.

  • Is that right?

  • Yes, Exactly.

  • I'm just gonna go home and relax.

  • I'm green with envy.

  • We're just started work here.

  • It's the morning.

  • Don't be on.

  • Don't forget your loom of how you can read more news stories in Tyre on our website at BBC dot com slash ty on To practice this vocabulary and to read stories in English, go to our website BBC learning english dot com See you soon.

  • Thank you very much.

  • Goodbye.

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