Serial returner

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🗓️ 14 January 2020

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Learn a phrase about exchanging clothes.

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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.
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0:12.0	Hello. See Learning English. English. .com. Hello and welcome to the English we speak.
0:17.4	With me, Faye.
0:18.4	And me, Neil.
0:19.8	Nice coat you were wearing this morning by the way.
0:22.0	Oh, thanks. In this program we have an
0:24.6	expression which describes a certain kind of shopper who likes to return items
0:29.4	they've bought and get their money back. What's wrong with that? Nothing if there's a problem with the items.
0:35.4	But shops, particularly online retailers, say they're losing lots of money because people are
0:41.1	regularly returning items, possibly even after they've used them.
0:45.5	They're called serial returners.
0:47.5	And this isn't about breakfast cornflakes, is it?
0:50.5	No, Neil.
0:51.5	The cereal in this expression means repeat. You might have heard the
0:55.9	expression a TV serial. It means there are many episodes. And that was a nice new
1:01.3	coat you had on yesterday by the way, Faye.
1:03.4	Oh, thanks.
1:04.6	Very different from the one you were wearing the day before that.
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