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Hello, I'm Rob.

And I'm Faye, and this is the English we speak.

So Faye, what are you doing this weekend?

I thought I'd do some sightseeing in London. I never get time to see

my home city so that's what I'm going to do. A good idea. You mean the Tower of

London, St Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey.

Yes, and especially Big Ben.

I've always wanted to stand underneath and hear the clock strike 12.

Do you know what?

I might do the same thing. When you're there, give us a bell and I'll come and meet you.

Give us a bell? There's no way I can give you a bell. Do you know how heavy it is?

I don't want a bell do you know how heavy it is? I don't want a bell from the clock tower. I just

meant give me a call on your phone. Give us a bell. Why didn't you just say that?

A bell originates from the days when phones had a bell that rang when somebody called it.

So when I say a bell, I mean a call.

So will you give us a bell?

Let me think about that while we hear some more examples.

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