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Hi Neil, how are you today?

Oh, hello Lee. I'm a bit worried.

All these bills to pay. There'll be no money left for my holiday.

Hey my problems are over and so are yours Neil I will pay all my bills and yours and

where do you want to go for a holiday how about Dubai

Five-star hotel by the beach drinking champagne

Well, that's very generous of you Lee, but where are you going to get the money for that?

Ha ha, I want the lottery! The lottery? That's brilliant. How much? Yes, I want 10 million US dollars. It's a lot of money Neil.

They sent me an email this morning.

An email? Yes, the only thing that the organizers are asking is for me to pay them a small fee and give them the details of my bank account

so that they can transfer the money. I'm a millionaire.

Hmm, I smell a rat.

A rat? Where?

I'm terrified of rats. Where is it? I can't see a rat. No, no, no need to stand on the chair, Lee.

There's no rat, no mouse, there are no rodents at all here.

In English, when we say we smell a rat, we mean we're suspicious of someone.

We feel there's something wrong.

Ah, so you think there's something wrong with this lottery?

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