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I'm Jaying.

And I'm Neil, a legend in my own lifetime. A legend in your own lifetime.

Uh, Neil, are we talking about you? Yeah, I'm famous and still living and that's what I mean by a legend in my own lifetime.

So you're famous just for being alive.

No, no, famous for presenting this amazing the English we speak program.

Hmm, you are well and truly alive, but I'm not sure about famous.

When we describe someone as a legend in their own lifetime, we mean they are a living person

who is incredibly well known and admired for something, or were admired when they were alive.

Such as, for example, Tim Bernice Lee who invented the

World White Web. And me! Let's have some examples about some real legends.

Elvis was a legend. legends.

Elvis was a legend in his own lifetime.

For some football fans, Rinaldo is a legend in his own lifetime.

The athlete has made such an impression at the Olympics that she's become a legend in her

own lifetime. This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English and we're discussing the phrase

a legend in one's own lifetime which describes someone who is incredibly famous for something in their lifetime.

Neil, you really have to do something amazing to be a legend in your lifetime.

Well, I can make a great cup of tea and bake quite tasty cakes.

Ah, that makes you a legend in your own lunchtime.

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