#45 Today’s expression
I can’t see someone riding it safely.
CONVERSATION
W : (At a flea market) You don’t want to buy that bike.
-flea market : a market, typically outdoors, selling secondhand goods.
-buy : pay someone to give up an ownership, interest, or share.
-bike : a bicycle or motorcycle.
M : Oh, why not?
W : It looks very unstable.
-look : think of or regard in a specified way.
-unstable : prone to change, fail, or give way; not stable.
M : But it’s so cheap.
-cheap : (of an item for sale) low in price; worth more than its cost.
W : I can’t see someone riding it safely.
-someone : an unknown or unspecified person; some person.
-ride : sit on and control the movement of (an animal, especially a horse), typically as a recreation or sport.
-safe : protected from or not exposed to danger or risk; not likely to be harmed or lost.
M : It may turn out to be perfectly fine.
-turn out : prove to be the case.
-perfectly : in a manner or way that could not be better.
-fine : in a satisfactory or pleasing manner; very well.
W : You need to buy a new chain and new tires first.
-chain : a connected flexible series of metal links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads.
M : That sounds expensive. I don’t want to buy that bike.
-sounds : convey a specified impression when heard.
-expensive : costing a lot of money.
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