---
id: 67861d7d58b8a871619c146a
title: Task 117
challengeType: 19
dashedName: task-117
lang: en-US
---

<!-- (Audio) Tom: If they get new investors, it might help, but it doesn't look likely. -->

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and answer the question below.

# --questions--

## --text--

What does Tom think about getting new investors?

## --answers--

It doesn't seem possible or probable.

---

It is guaranteed to happen.

### --feedback--

`Doesn't look likely` suggests the opposite — it means something is improbable, not certain.

---

It will definitely fail.

### --feedback--

`Doesn't look likely` means it's improbable, but not a guaranteed failure.

---

It seems highly probable.

### --feedback--

Tom's phrase means the opposite — he believes it is not very probable.

## --video-solution--

1

# --explanation--

The phrase `doesn't look likely` means that something seems improbable or unlikely to happen. For example:

- `It doesn't look likely that we'll finish the project on time.` - It seems improbable that the deadline will be met.

- `With this weather, it doesn't look likely that we'll have a picnic today.` - The rain or bad weather makes a picnic seem improbable.

Tom uses this phrase to emphasize the low probability of securing new investors, even though it might help if it did happen.


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