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Do you take pleasure when someone undeserving of their success have a spot of bad luck? Not even a little pleasure? Well, if you do (like, apparently, most of us) you might like to learn the word 'schadenfreude' and the concept behind it. Rob and Neil talk about this German word also used in English and teach you new vocabulary.

You'll find the transcript and vocabulary on our website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learninge....nglish/english/featu

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝟔 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬:
Objectification: Is there really a 'perfect body'?
https://youtu.be/3DL3Htt8vck

The smell of coffee
https://youtu.be/5R3WdBE1-JM

The teenage brain
https://youtu.be/4YHtcINPkjM

Would you eat less meat to save the environment?
https://youtu.be/6R0Wy4kwxes

𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲
𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐝𝐞
the satisfying feeling you get when something bad happens to someone else

𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝
a word from one language that is used in another language without being changed

𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
a person's misfortune that is considered to be deserved punishment for something bad that they have done

𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞
punishment someone receives that is fair for what they have done

𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬
people who claim to have certain moral beliefs but actually behave in a way that shows they are not sincere

𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞
expressing sympathy to someone about their bad luck

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