sour note
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsourandnote
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sour
adjective
uk/saʊər/us/saʊr/
having a sharp, sometimes unpleasant, taste or smell, like a lemon, and ...
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note
noun
uk/nəʊt/us/noʊt/
a short piece ...
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(Definition ofsourandnotefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I start on a rathersournote.
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I do not wish to end on asournote.
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There was only onesournotein the whole debate.
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I do not want to end upon asournote.
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It set the debate off on asournote.
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I do not want to end my speech on asournote.
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It will be very bad to start off something like this and introduce asournote.
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I am sorry to have to strike asournoteat this point.
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I am, as ever, reluctant to strike any negative orsournote.
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It is unfortunate that our useful debate has ended on thissournote.
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He has introduced the onlysournotewhich we have had in this debate.
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I am sorry that thissournotehas been introduced into the debate.
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But let us not introduce asournoteinto the debate at this early stage.
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He has struck a slightlysournotein an otherwise constructive debate.
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It will introduce asournoteinto the whole of the planning procedure.
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I do not want to introduce asournote, but the choice of name was unfortunate.
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The rules will add asournoteto a situation that was beginning to improve.
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That is not asournote, but it is a note of disagreement between us.
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A show trial to settle old scores would strike asournote.
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Nothing from my noble friend would ever be on asournote.
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Almost immediately the two hit asournote.
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The onlysournotethat he introduced was when he said that he had found me an immovable force.
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I shall introduce the onlysournotethis evening by saying that we are not doing enough.
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I do not want to continue the disappointinglysournotethat has entered the final stages of this debate.
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The atmosphere of co-operation is often lost, and the whole enterprise ends on asournote.
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