Pull a fast one
Learning English Conversations
BBC
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🗓️ 11 April 2017
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is a download from BBC Learning English. |
| 0:03.0 | To find out more, visit our website. |
| 0:06.0 | The English We Speak |
| 0:09.0 | From BBC learning English. |
| 0:11.0 | com Welcome to the English we speak. I'm Faye Faye |
| 0:16.3 | and I'm Neil. |
| 0:17.3 | Faye what do you think of my new phone? |
| 0:19.7 | Let's have a look. |
| 0:20.7 | Hmm, it looks unusual. |
| 0:24.4 | Ah, it's great. This guy sold it to me. He said it was a top secret new model. |
| 0:29.6 | It's not been released in the shops yet. Here, look. |
| 0:32.4 | Uh, how do I unlock it? Well, you just, uh... |
| 0:37.0 | It's frozen. Let me just, um... |
| 0:40.0 | No. |
| 0:42.0 | Who did you say you bought it from? |
| 0:44.0 | A guy on the street. |
| 0:45.0 | I hate to say it, Neil, but I think he pulled a fast one on you. |
| 0:49.0 | But he, uh... Oh no. |
| 0:52.0 | Sorry. |
| 0:53.0 | To pull the fast one means to deceive or play a trick on someone. |
| 0:57.0 | We say you pull a fast one on or with somebody. |
| 1:01.0 | The phone seller pulled the fast one on Neil. |
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