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Welcome to the English we speak.
I'm Beth.
And I'm fei.
Fei.
We have a word used when something is a disappointment.
It's the noun blow.
In a blow.
A blow.
Can you give us some context, Beth?
Well, I've been trying to buy a new car.
I saw one I really liked and I was just about to buy it, but I've just found out that it sold yesterday.
It's a bit of a blow.
It does sound like a blow.
How disappointing.
A similar thing happened to me when I was looking for a flat.