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  • Ukraine wins the Eurovision Song Contest after public vote.

  • This is News Review from BBC Learning English.

  • I'm Rob - and joining me to talk about this story is Roy. Hello, Roy.

  • Hello, Rob and hello everybody.

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  • let's hear more about this story from this

  • BBC news report...

  • Ukraine has won the Eurovision Song Contest, which took place last night in Turin in Italy.

  • The United Kingdom came second in its best result for more than twenty years,

  • with Sam Ryder's entry, Spaceman. The UK won the most votes

  • from the music industry experts,

  • but when the public votes were added, Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra

  • leapt to first place.

  • So, Ukraine has won the Eurovision Song Contest with

  • the UK's Sam Ryder coming in in second.

  • The Kalush Orchestra from Ukraine won the competition

  • after moving up to first place due to the public vote.

  • Yes, and we have three words and expressions from

  • the news headlines about this story,

  • haven't we? What are they please, Roy?

  • We do. We have: warms our heart, glorious rebuke and in hand.

  • That's: warms our heart,

  • glorious rebuke and in hand.

  • OK, let's pick that first phrase from your first headline, please.

  • OK, so our first headline comes from Euronews and it reads:

  • That's 'warms our heart' causes happy and positive feelings.

  • Yes. So, this is a three-word expression. First word 'warms' w. a. r. m. s.

  • The second word is a possessive pronoun, so in the headline

  • it's 'our' but it could be 'my'

  • 'your','his', 'her',

  • and so on. And the third word is 'heart' -

  • h. e. a. r. t. and it basically means 'to cause a happy feeling'.

  • OK, so let's break down this phrase and look at the word 'warms'.

  • That means becoming hotter, making it

  • perhaps, more pleasant.

  • Are we literally warming our heart up here?

  • No, we're not now.

  • Now, when we talk about warming our hearts, we're actually talking

  • about filling it full of, kind of, happy and positive feelings.

  • so, it kind of gives you that warm feeling inside

  • and sometimes when we're talking about a story -

  • a happy story -

  • you could say it 'warms our heart' or it could be a 'heart-warming story'.

  • Yeah, especially like, real life stories can warm your heart

  • when you hear some good news.

  • I suppose, a bit like your family -

  • Your family lived in Brazil.

  • You've managed to move them over to the UK -

  • so you're reunited.

  • There's a story that warmed my heart, at least, Roy.

  • Oh, well, thank you. Yeah.

  • After two and a half to three years apart, due to the pandemic,

  • and various reasons, we finally got together,

  • I'm glad you find that heart warming.

  • You could also say 'it's an up-lifting story' or even if we're talking sometimes

  • about love, we say that a new love could give you 'the warm and fuzzies'.

  • Now, that fuzzy feeling is that excited feeling and a warm feeling again

  • is that happiness.

  • So, sometimes a new love will give you the warm and fuzzies.

  • Yeah, so a good news story warms our heart.

  • Good. Let's have a summary.

  • Now, in our Lingohack programme,

  • we had a heart-warming story all about Gaspard the fox.

  • How can we meet this fox again, Roy?

  • All you need to do to watch that story is click the link

  • in the description below.

  • Now, let's move on to your next headline, please.

  • Yeah, OK, so our next headline comes from the Mail Online

  • and it reads:

  • That's 'glorious rebuke' - admirable act of criticising

  • someone's words or actions.

  • OK, so this is a two-word expression. First word is glorious -

  • g. l. o. r. i. o. u. s.

  • Second word 'rebuke' -

  • r. e. b. u. k. e.

  • And 'rebuke' basically means speaking to someone in an angry way, very strongly,

  • about something they've said or they've done. And 'glorious' relates

  • to that criticism being magnificent.

  • So, if we look at that second word 'rebuke' -

  • now, this is quite a strong way of speaking to someone, isn't it?

  • Yes, so this means to speak to someone angrily about what they've said

  • or they've done - effectively giving them some strong, very strong criticism.

  • Now, that word 'rebuke' can be used as it is, as a noun in the headline,

  • or it can be also used as a verb.

  • So, for example, your boss could rebuke you for a bad performance on a project.

  • OK, is there an alternative to that word 'rebuke'?

  • Well, 'rebuke' is quite formal. Another formal word is 'berates' or, informally,

  • you could 'lay into somebody'.

  • So, my boss laid into me for my bad performance,

  • but that can also be used both physically and verbally.

  • So, be careful with that one. Another way of saying it, is 'to lecture someone'

  • or 'give someone a lecture'.

  • Let's talk about that word 'glorious' because we talked about 'glorious rebuke'.

  • 'Glorious' I associate with the weather.

  • When the sun's out, we have a beautiful day,

  • it's a glorious day.

  • That's right. The word 'glorious' can mean something like

  • 'amazing'! It's very positive.

  • It's quite a formal word and it can mean something like

  • 'amazing', 'magnificent' or 'fantastic'.

  • And, if I wanted to say... use it informally,

  • I might just say 'it's an awesome day' and also that word 'glorious'

  • can be used as it is in the headlines talking about admiration - expressing admiration.

  • Well, your explanation was glorious. Let's have a summary.

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  • Right, let's look at your next headline now, please.

  • OK, so our next headline, come from ABC News

  • and it reads Eurovision win in hand.

  • In hand - obtained.

  • OK, so this is a two-word expression. First word 'in'

  • i. n. Second word 'hand'

  • h. a. n. d.

  • And it basically means 'obtained', 'received' or 'got'.

  • But we're not looking at this literally, are we?

  • They haven't got something in their hand?Have they. Well, yes.

  • Well, yes and no. For example, when you win something,

  • sometimes you receive an award or a kind of trophy,

  • that would be held in your hand.

  • But, in terms of the headline,

  • no, we're not really talking about a literal meaning. It's just being used to say that

  • they have won. That the results are now theirs.

  • OK, so we're using it here to talk about a win.

  • What else can we use that expression for?

  • Well, we often use it to talk about to say we've obtained or

  • received, or got, positive results.

  • So, as you said, you can talk about wins - win 'in hand'.

  • You can talk about results 'in hand'. For example, at school,

  • if you take exams and you get all the marks or grades that you need,

  • you can say 'I have the grades

  • I need in hand'.

  • Yeah, and what are the other uses of 'in hand'?

  • Well, 'in hand' can be used to say that something is under control.

  • So, if there is a bad situation and the security

  • take control of the situation,

  • they can say... you can say that the security guards have got the situation

  • 'in hand'. Another way we can use it, is to say that something is 'in progress',

  • it's got a similar idea of being under control.

  • If you're at work and there is some work that needs doing, a job that needs doing,

  • you can say that the work is 'in hand' or the job is 'in hand',

  • which means that someone is working on it.

  • Well, luckily, we have this programme 'in hand' and we have a summary for you.

  • Now Roy, please could you recap the vocabulary

  • and expressions that we've been talking about today, please?

  • Of course I can. We had 'warms our heart' -

  • causes positive and happy feelings.

  • We had 'glorious rebuke' - admirable act of criticising someone's words or actions.

  • And, we had 'in hand' - obtained.

  • Now, if you want to test your understanding on the expressions

  • we've discussed today,

  • then we have a quiz on our website at bbclearningenglish.com.

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  • Well, that's the end of News Review for today.

  • Thank you so much for watching and we'll see you next time. Goodbye.

  • Bye.

Ukraine wins the Eurovision Song Contest after public vote.

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