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Hello and welcome to the English we speak.

I'm Jayin, but there's no Neil.

I'm waiting for him to arrive.

Sorry I'm late. I've had a bit of a disaster.

Oh no.

Yeah, I've been doing some DIY.

DIY. That means do it yourself. You've been doing your own building and repair work. That sounds dangerous.

Not really. All I was doing was putting up some bookshelves. but I put one of the nails through a water pipe, and water started spraying everywhere.

Disaster! It sounds like a botch job.

Oh, is that bad?

Very bad. A botch job is a job or a task that's done badly or without much care.

You can also make a botch of something.

It looks like you'll need to call in a plumber, but let's hear some examples first.

Oh no, you've made a bot botched job of the decorating. We'll have to start again.

My girlfriend made a botched job of the cake. She used the wrong ingredients and then baked it too long. I guess it's

the thought that counts. Our builder came highly recommended, but when the ceiling fell in I knew he'd done a botched job.

This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English. We're learning about the phrase a botch job which describes a task

that's done badly or carelessly it's what Neil has done putting up some

bookshelves. So Neil, did you call a plumber?

No, far too expensive. I just put some sticky tape over the hole.

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