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Hello and welcome to the English We Speak with me, Faye, and me Neil. Hey Neil, would you like to try this new coconut smoothie I bought from that new cafe?

Coconut, yuck, I hate coconut.

Oh, right.

In fact, I hate that new cafe.

It's too expensive.

But it's good quality, and the staff are very pleasant. They always smile and say hello.

Oh, I hate talking to people in the morning. Oh dear Neil, you're very negative.

Hate is a very strong word. You're a perfect example of a

hater. This describes a negative person who dislikes someone or something

but not everything unlike you, let's hear from some other

haters.

I'm a real hater of restaurants adding a fixed service charge to the bill. Why can't I choose how much to tip?

My wife's a hater of horror films, so we had to go and see a romcom at the cinema instead.

So those are examples of haters.

Negative people who dislike someone or something, and sometimes without good reason, like Neil.

I hate it when you call me names, but Fay Faye Faye I am allowed to dislike things and I'm not as bad as modern

haters. These are people who write unpleasant things about someone on the internet like

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