A real-life secret Santa: BBC News Review

Someone's been leaving presents in public places in a village in the UK. Could this be a real-life secret Santa? Neil and Catherine teach you the language the world's media is using to discuss this story.
Key words and phrases
delights
gives great pleasure
Christmas delights young and old alike.
Lin is a delight to work with. She's so happy and helpful.
dotted
spread across an area
Gifts were left dotted all over the town.
British town centres are dotted with pubs.
random
by chance; not according to a plan
It's a lottery - the numbers are chosen at random.
I saw a woman with a pineapple on her head earlier. How random.
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Yesterday morning, weather was delightful, and it was a great chance for us to go out. However, in the evening, it was too windy and suddenly started to rain like cats and dogs. Today, there are rubbish dotted randomly around our street because of heavy storm that occured last day.

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I understood almost everything that Nil and Catherine were saying... But 0:42 was a hell for me. I wish I understood native speakers speaking like that...

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Delight, dotted,random

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When I was a child, I got a present from Santa Claus. I was so delighted, but when I discovered that parents pay for presents like this and this gift wasn't at random, I got depressed and refused to receive gifts like that anymore.

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Hi! 3.50"I would be delighted if you COULD/WOULD..." Is it correct to use "could"/'would here? it's a subordinate clause, to my mind...

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I can't find this PDF to download?

[@linhang3008]

''gifts were left dotted all over the town''. someone can explain it for me why we have 2 verbs here'' left and dotted, please. thanks in advance

[@atngothanh8617]

Theo mình nghĩ là LEFT là động từ chính còn dotted là rút gọn mệnh đề quan hệ. Câu đầy đủ là Gifts were left that are dotted all over the town.

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👒 The school decided to delight all the teachers on mother's day and rise the salary. 👒 Dogs are dotted all over the country. 👒 The teacher chose a random child to pull the name of the students an the party.

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