To make a monkey out of me

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🗓️ 9 February 2016

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Rob's been asked to dress up like a monkey but it seems like someone is literally making a monkey out of him!

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
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0:06.0	The English We Speak.
0:09.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:12.0	Hello and
0:15.0	uh... Hello, I'm Lee and uh... hello I'm wrong.
0:19.0	Sorry I didn't hear that.
0:21.0	I just take this head off.
0:24.0	There, can you hear me better now?
0:26.0	Hello?
0:27.0	That's better.
0:28.0	But why are you wearing a life-size monkey costume, Rob?
0:32.0	Well, Lee, my friend said I should wear it to his son's
0:36.0	birthday party this morning. You see his son loves monkeys and it would make his
0:41.2	birthday really special if he saw one.
0:44.0	Oh well that's very kind of you Rob and how did the party go?
0:48.0	Well that's the problem.
0:51.0	As you can see I dressed up like a monkey, travelled across London on the bus, and there was no party.
0:58.0	No party!
1:00.0	It looks like your friend has been making a monkey out of you.
1:05.0	Making a monkey out of me.
1:07.0	Yes, that's a very good phrase.
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