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My name is Anna and you're listening to Week 23, Day 1 of your English Fiver Day, the second season.
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The bailiffs arrived early to carry out the eviction as the court had ordered.
It was painfully clear the squatter had been living there for months without permission.
Along the way, neighbours had tried to help but nothing could stop the legal process.
All right, let's begin the deep dive with the noun bailiffs.
We spell this B-A-I L-I-F-F-S bailiffs.
Bailiffs are officials who can remove people from a property or take belongings when someone doesn't pay money they owe.
So for example if you are a landlord and I haven't paid my rent for months you can send bailiffs around my house to have me And my property removed.
The bailiffs can take the property to sell it in order to cover the debt.
It's quite a scary thing, I imagine.
I've never personally had to deal with bailiffs knocking on my door.
But I can imagine it's quite an ordeal.
So here's an example sentence.
The bailiffs removed the furniture after several warnings.