Soldiers often write to their sweethearts from the front line
Yvonne and Rob talk about love letters and a new exhibition in London all about soldiers and their sweethearts.
This week's question:
In which year was The Royal Mail – Britain's postal service – founded?
a) 1516
b) 1710 or
c) 1780
Listen out for the answer at the end of the programme!
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Love letters
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Grammar
- romantic
someone who has a lot of positive and sometimes unrealistic ideas, particularly about love
- the front line
place where soldiers are directly fighting their enemy in a war, and in danger of being killed
- a sweetheart
term used to express fondness for someone else, sometimes in a romantic way
- shy
person who is quiet, nervous and uncomfortable with other people
- engaged
two people who have promised to get married to each other
- distant
far away
- very moving
something which makes you emotional
- worst case scenarios
the most unpleasant or unsatisfactory situations you can imagine
- deployment
movement of army troops to a place
- banal
something that is very ordinary and not interesting
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