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hi there this is harry and welcome back

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to advanced english lessons with harry

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where we try to help you to get a better

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understanding of the english language so

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what have we got for you in this

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particular lesson well in this

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particular lesson we're looking at

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alternative words for the word beautiful

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and as always if you

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like this particular lesson then why

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don't you like the video and if you can

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subscribe to the channel because it

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really really helps often we get stuck

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with using the same word time and time

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again and really when i'm trying to

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teach my students particularly when

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we're looking at

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written exercises and improve their

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writing we try to get them to use

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different words so there's no

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repeat repeat repeat so because this can

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be a little bit boring but also shows a

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lack of development of vocabulary so

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it's really important to pick up and

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learn

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synonyms but

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another important aspect of this is that

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not all of the synonyms will work all of

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the time let me give you an example so

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if we're talking about a holiday you can

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come back and say we stayed in a

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beautiful hotel

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the water in the sea or the swimming

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pool was beautiful the view

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from the window was beautiful so

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everything beautiful beautiful beautiful

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yeah it gets a little bit boring after a

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time when you have that repetition so

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we're looking for

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other words different words that give

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you the same meaning that will

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demonstrate certainly your vocabulary

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how broad it is but also make you feel

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better both in your spoken and also in

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your written english and particularly if

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you're doing those proficiency exams you

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like to impress

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the adjudicator or the inspector whoever

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is correcting it that you have the

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ability to use other words so this is

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one example the

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advanced

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english words for beautiful okay so i'm

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going to give it i've got 10 of them as

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always 10 words

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they can be substituted for beautiful

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but i give you specific meanings and

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examples because they're not always used

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so we won't use them all now here are

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the 10 particular words and

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we'll go through them and then we'll

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give you some examples

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glorious

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adorable

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stunning

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splendid

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breathtaking

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wonderful

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attractive

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exquisite get careful with the

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pronunciation exquisite

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majestic

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exquisite

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majestic

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and enchanting is the last one

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enchanting okay so i'll go through them

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give you examples let's see how you can

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use them and when you can use them so

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glorious the weather can be glorious the

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weather can be beautiful so oh the day

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we arrived the weather was glorious the

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temperature was 23 24 not too hot ah it

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was a pleasure to sit beside the pool

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and drink a nice

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cold beer

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glorious

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adorable oh the baby is adorable it's

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beautiful oh the baby is adorable oh i

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could run away with him or her okay

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adorable or you get a new puppy who can

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also be or it can also be adorable a

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little wagging tail and the tongue

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licking you all the time oh he's

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adorable he's adorable i wish i had a

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puppy so beautiful

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and adorable

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stunning yeah the view can be stunning

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stand on the top of the building looking

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out over the valley or looking out at

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the sea with a stunning view a beautiful

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view

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a lady can be stunning the dress the

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makeup

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whatever she walks into the room all

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eyes turn a stunning beautiful woman

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splendid

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oh we had a splendid time in the hotel

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splendid everything was wonderful

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service was really really good the food

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was excellent the accommodation well i

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can only use one word splendid now you

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often hear in british english oh how

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splendid meaning how wonderful oh how

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splendid that is yeah so often can be

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used in

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different ways to explain really good or

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really great so it was splendid

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breathtaking again we're talking about

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views the breathtaking views i was

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standing on the top of the valley

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looking down oh the view was

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breathtaking now that can mean beautiful

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or spectacular so breath taking views

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standing on the top of a hill or a

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mountain at 3 000 meters in the winter

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looking down at the white

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snow-covered slopes breathtaking okay or

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looking at niagara falls in america and

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the

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tons and tons of water pouring over

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every second breathtaking beautiful

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breathtaking breathtaking beautiful okay

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wonderful not so an amazing word

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wonderful how was your food oh it was

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wonderful it was really really good

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those potatoes those vegetables all the

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meat was cooked to precision just the

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way i liked it it was really wonderful

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everything about it was wonderful

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did you have a nice weekend when you

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went away last weekend oh it was

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wonderful yeah it was great to get away

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from the city the kids were at their

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grandparents yeah we had a really

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wonderful time a second honeymoon

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wonderful

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attractive now here attractive and

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beautiful can be synonymous yeah an

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attractive woman

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beautiful woman an attractive

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house a beautiful house

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an attractive location a beautiful

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location so everything about it can be

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attractive something that attracts the

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eye that attracts your attention yeah

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okay attractive

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beautiful

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exquisite

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exquisite so here usually we're talking

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about amazing or you know almost

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perfection

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the food in the

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michelin star restaurant oh it was

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exquisite the presentation they the way

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the food was laid out on the plates the

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smells the taste and the the choice of

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wine i absolutely could not complain

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about anything it was exquisite of

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course it's not a place you'd want to go

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to or could afford to go to all the time

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but when you're there for a special

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celebration absolutely

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exquisite what can i say wonderful so

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you can use exquisite wonderful

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exquisite beautiful something to

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demonstrate

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that's a little bit special something

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different

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exquisite majestic

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you could be sitting in the theater

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watching a dance performance and the

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performances absolutely majestic yeah so

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you couldn't fault it in any way the

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music was at the highest quality the

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performance was of the highest quality

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they were

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rehearsed and practiced they were really

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on top of their game so they were

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absolutely majestic

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you can also talk about a building being

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majestic so when the new architecture

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that you see that the architect has

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designed this to really fit in with the

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surroundings of the city and you could

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only think of one word that would

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describe it when you stand back and look

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majestic yeah that building

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tall

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strong beautiful real

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interesting against the skyline a real

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majestic

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view

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and then finally enchanting again this

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could be substituted for beautiful oh

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his new girlfriend she's enchanting

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she's charming she's beautiful

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or the village is enchanting full of

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cute quaint little cottages all painted

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white

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beautiful decorations street is

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spotlessly clean i could only say it's

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enchanting it's like going back into a

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nursery rhyme enchanting okay so

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enchanting also beautiful so different

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words to explain beautiful words that we

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can use instead of beautiful so that we

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don't have to use the same adjective

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all of the time but be careful with all

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of synonyms there are times when you can

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use them

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times when you cannot so hopefully my

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examples have given you a

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particular example of how you can use

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those words so here they are again

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glorious

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adorable

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stunning

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splendid

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breathtaking

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wonderful

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attractive

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exquisite

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majestic and then finally enchanting

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enchanting okay try to use them try to

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see how you can use them more

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importantly check out when you read

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books where they are used and sentences

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in which the author uses them because

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often they use them in slightly

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different ways if you still don't

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understand them you need some examples

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come back to me and i'll give you more

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