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I'm Rob and hello, I'm Fei.
Fei.
We're here to teach you a real English phrase.
Rob, if you don't mind me saying, you look a bit rough.
Rough?
Well, you would be if you'd had the night I've just had.
Oh yes.
What happened?
Well, I went out for dinner with Neil, then we went to a pub and then I lost my wallet.
And to cut a long story short, I got home at 2:00 this morning.
Oh dear.
But why cut the long story short?
I want to hear the whole story.
No you don't.
It would take too long and we haven't got time.
And anyway, it's not that interesting.