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Hello, I'm Faye Faye and this is the English we speak and I'm Neil. Oh Neil

are you in pain? Yeah, I cut my hand yesterday.

Blood everywhere.

Look at this cut.

Yuck, that's horrible.

So tell me how it happened.

Well, my shower has been leaking for ages. I'm not good at fixing things, so I got this

plumber in to fix it. I found his details on the internet. Dodgey plumbers. Got a leak. We'll make you pay for it.

Hmm, that doesn't sound like a very reputable plumber.

Well, it wasn't. He bled me dry.

What? You mean he attacked you and that's how you cut your hand? Oh Neil, you need to tell the police.

Don't panic, Faye Faye Faye, he didn't touch me, but what he did do was a very bad job. He made lots of mess and then charged me lots of money

for doing it. He basically charged me a whole month salary. That's what I mean by bleeding

me dry.

So you gave him the money he didn't steal it. Yeah not exactly but

somehow he managed to extract all my money from me. Let's hear some examples

shall we?

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