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Feifei: Hello. I'm Feifei and this is The
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English We Speak.
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Neil: And I'm... ouch... Neil.
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Feifei: Oh, Neil, are you in pain?
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Neil: Yeah. I cut my hand yesterday. Blood
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everywhere. Look at this cut!
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Feifei: Yuk! That's horrible. So tell me how
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it happened.
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Neil: Well, my shower has been leaking for
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ages. I'm not good at fixing things so I got
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this plumber in to fix it. I found his details
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on the internet - D. Odgy Plumbers - "Got a
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leak? We'll make you pay for it."
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Feifei: Hmm. That doesn't sound like a
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very reputable plumber.
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Neil: Well, he wasn't. He bled me dry!
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Feifei: What? You mean he attacked you
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and that's how you cut your hand. Oh,
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Neil, you need to tell the police.
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Neil: Don't panic, Feifei. He didn't touch
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me, but what he did do was a very bad job,
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he made lots of mess and then charged
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me lots of money for doing it - he
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basically charged me a whole month's
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salary - that's what I mean by 'bleeding
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me dry'.
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Feifei: So you gave him the money - he
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didn't steal it?
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Neil: Yeah - not exactly, but somehow he
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managed to extract all my money from
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me. Let's hear some examples, shall we?
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My old car keeps breaking down. It's
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bleeding me dry!
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John is taking legal action against the
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company. He wants to bleed them dry for
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all the pain he has suffered.
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This divorce has bled me dry - I can't even
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afford to go on holiday now.
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Feifei: This is The English We Speak from
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the BBC and we're finding out about the
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phrase 'to bleed someone dry', meaning
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to extract or drain all of someone's
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money. But Neil, why did you pay the
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plumber if he did such a bad job?
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Neil: Well, he was a big guy and... well, I
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don't like to complain or make a fuss.
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Feifei: Oh, how very English! But how did
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you cut your hand?
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Neil: After he left, I tried to use the shower
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but I slipped over because of all the
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water.
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Feifei: Oh, poor you. Shall we go for lunch
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and take your mind off things?
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Neil: Sorry, Feifei. I can't afford it - the
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plumber bled me dry, remember!
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Feifei: My treat!
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Neil: Oh, come on. Let's go. See ya.
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Feifei: Bye.
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