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📙 Part 2: Describe a trip you took by bike

Rory recalls a bike ride in the Russian summer that was far from relaxing! Hear him describe going stir-crazy, swallowing bugs, and navigating a few hairy moments on the road to a local resort.

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📙 Part 2: Describe a trip you took by bike
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This episode's vocabulary

Stir-crazy (adj.) - upset or angry because you have been prevented from going somewhere or doing something for a long time.

Accessible (adj.) - able to be reached or easily got.

Cooped up (adj.) - if you are cooped up somewhere, you are in a small closed space from which you cannot escape, or you feel as if you are.

Entail (verb) - involve (something) as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence.

Pleasant (adj.) - enjoyable, attractive, friendly, or easy to like.

Hairy (adj.) - frightening or dangerous, especially in a way that is exciting.

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