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Hi Finn, I'm so happy. I'm going to buy a brand new computer this afternoon and he's very very cheap.

Well, what a bargain Lee. this afternoon and he's very very cheap.

Wow, what a bargain Lee.

Where are you going to buy it?

Can I go with you?

I'm going to meet a friend of my neighbor's cousin.

He is selling it.

Oh, do you know this man, Lee? No, but he sounded very nice

on the phone. He's nice, but a big clumsy. All right, why?

He told me the computer fell off the back of his

lorry, but it works perfectly.

It fell off the back of a lorry.

Yes, but it came in a very strong box and he said it was in perfect condition.

Lee, the computer didn't actually fall off anywhere. It was taken.

What do you mean? Well, in English, when you say something fell off the back of a lorry or if you say something is off the

back of a lorry what you mean is that it was received in suspicious circumstances. It was probably stolen.

Stolen!

Mm-hmm. In the US and Australia they say fell off the back of a truck, but it means the same thing.

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