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Hello again, I'm Faye, and this is the English we speak. And Rob's here too.

Yes I am.

Hello. And I'm feeling a bit peckish.

Peckish? You know a little bit hungry.

Well, when we've finished, you can go down to the canteen and buy yourself a bite to eat.

What?

A bite to eat, a snack, a sandwich and a packet of crisps maybe?

And can you get me something too, please?

Nope, I won't be doing that. Not now that I'm a free gun. That means I don't pay for food. I only eat what's free.

Right. So Rob, how do you get it? Beg for it? Steal it? Of course not, Faye, I just eat food that's been wasted,

maybe thrown away by supermarkets or restaurants. You know, I hate seeing food being wasted. Me too. So a Fregen eats food that has been wasted

maybe because it is out of date or too much has been made.

Wow Rob this sounds like a good idea. Yes it is. Let's hear from some

other Frigans in these examples which are also free. I'm trying to do my bit for the environment by reducing food that's thrown away, so I'm becoming a

freegen.

My brother was so annoyed when he saw loads of food dumped in a bin at the back of the supermarket

that he decided to collect it and give it to the homeless.

I suppose you could call him a freegan.

Thrown away food isn't rubbish, it's free food. That's why I'm a freegan.

This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English. Rob is telling us about being a free-gen.

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