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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 778: Getting Your Pocket Picked.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 778. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

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This episode is called “Getting Your Pocket Picked,” it’s when somebody steals something from you, usually your wallet. Let’s get started.

Lenny: Wait a second. Where’s my wallet?

Anita: It’s not in your back pocket?

Lenny: No, it’s in none of my pockets. My pocket’s been picked!

Anita: It must have happened when our attention was diverted by those boys fighting over there.

Lenny: I should have been paying more attention in a busy market like this. I felt someone bump me from behind, but it never occurred to me that someone could be lifting my wallet.

Anita: I’ve been clutching my purse, worried about