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Hello, welcome to the English we speak.

I'm Jai In.

And hello, I'm Neil.

Hey Neil, have you heard what Roy has planned for our Christmas party this year?

Oh no, not axe throwing again.

Maybe not.

We did it last year.

This year we're doing karaoke at a Christmas party. Roy is already practicing singing

some songs by Ariana Grande. I do not like the sound of that. What's wrong? Do you not like the sound of Roy's singing? No, I mean I don't like the idea of doing

karaoke. When you don't like the sound of something it means you don't like something you've been told or read about.

I've got it. Well, hopefully Neil, you're like the sound of these examples.

We've been told to start work an hour earlier. I do not like the sound of that.

I don't like the sound of that new shopping centre it's going to increase the amount of

traffic around here. I didn't like the sound of Enrici's camping trip. It involved

walking 10 kilometers with our tents. This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English,

and we're hearing about the expression

not like the sound of something, which means you don't like

something you've been told or read about. So Neil, why don't you like the sound of

doing karaoke? I can't sing. Don't be boring. It could be fun. Maybe you could do a

duet with Roy. I definitely don't like the sound of that. Hmm, it's impossible to

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