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noun VERB + BICYCLE ride | get on, mount He mounted his bicycle and rode off. | get off | come off, fall off She came off her bicycle when it skidded on some wet leaves. | knock sb off | pedal She pedalled her bicycle up the track. | push, wheel I dismounted and began to push my bicycle up the hill. | park | hire BICYCLE + VERB get/have a puncture BICYCLE + NOUN ride | chain, frame, wheel | rack, shed | hire PREP. by ~ Did you come by bicycle? | on a/the ~ watching the boys on their bicycles PHRASES lean/prop a bicycle against sth
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bicycle
verbs
ride a bicycle
• Riding a bicycle is very good exercise.
get on/off a bicycle
• I got on my bicycle and cycled over to Rob’s house.
push/wheel a bicycle
(= walk beside it pushing it )
• She was wheeling her bicycle and talking to some friends.
bicycle + NOUN
a bicycle shop
( also bicycle store American English )
• His dream was to own a bicycle shop.
a bicycle ride
• They went for a 50 km bicycle ride.
a bicycle wheel/tyre
• My front bicycle tyre is flat.
a bicycle pump
(= for putting more air in a tyre )
• Where’s the bicycle pump?
a bicycle helmet
• It’s safer to wear a bicycle helmet.
a bicycle shed
(= place for keeping bicycles in )
• He built a bicycle shed in the back yard.
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