A building had a complete renovation, which was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. To brush against something literally means to sort of make contact with something as you move past it. A ballroom is like a fancy looking room where formal dances are staged. The Regency Ballroom dates back to the 18th century sometime.
A conversation with my (lovely) mum in which we generally witter on about a number of different things including some British history, ways of describing rain, different expressions for talking (like rambling and wittering), my mum's accent, what she thinks of this podcast and some of her podcast recommendations. Vocabulary is explained after the conversation and there is a vocabulary list available.
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