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Please teach me some idioms with 'second hand', which are used quite often.
For example: secondhand car, secondhand smoke
Thanks for your time!😉
Please teach me some idioms with 'second hand', which are used quite often.
For example: secondhand car, secondhand smoke
Thanks for your time!😉
For example: secondhand car, secondhand smoke
Thanks for your time!😉
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29 Apr 2020
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anything that is used can be secondhand
I bought this secondhand purse at the Thrift Shop.
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anything that is used can be secondhand
I bought this secondhand purse at the Thrift Shop.
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secondhand smoke
My uncle is a hardcore smoker. (He smokes a lot)
He often drives when he is smoking.
He smokes while I'm in the car. (the smoke caused from his cigar, is blown into the air. I breathe it in. I wasn't the person smoking, so it is secondhand)
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