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com. Hello and welcome to the English. English. . . .

Welcome to the English we speak.

You are Rob.

And you are Faye, hello.

So another year over, Rob?

Yes, and what a year it's been, and there's just one more thing to do before the next year begins party

Yes New Year means party season. So are you going to a party Rob? Yeah, Richard's invited me to his New Year bash at his house.

Everyone's going, apart from you of course. And I've even invited John.

Oh dear. Why do you say that? Well if she goes there will be fireworks.

Fireworks are great. Not great Rob. When we say there will be fireworks we don't always mean the colourful exploding

things we see in the sky. Sometimes fireworks describes a lot of angry shouting.

So if John turned up at the party, there's bound to be some shouting and arguing.

Here are some more examples of fireworks.

The fireworks started when I told her what I really thought about her boyfriend.

Ah, I'm going to be late again. The boss is going to be furious when I get to work. There's going to be fireworks.

There's a public meeting about the new building plans tonight, and there's bound to be fireworks.

This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English. And I'm with Rob who's off to a party where there might be fireworks. That's a lot of angry shouting.

Enjoy the party Rob.

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