1. My mother tried to warn me, but I didn't take her advice. 2. I love your friends. They are so funny! 3. Their grades weren't very good, but they did work hard. 4. The girl's story was unbelievable, but their experience is true. 5. We claimed our baggage when we got off the plane. 6. That computer over there is mine. 7. I trust John's judgement but not his big ideas. 8. I put my hand on the car's hood and its engine was still warm. 9. The message of our book is that friendship is magic. 10. Claudia told me that Pam is her best friend. 11. They tried to take credit but the idea was ours.

The author most likely included these details in order to read the excerpt from "justin lebo." it was a bmx bike with a twenty-inch trame. its original color was buried beneath five or six coats of gunky paint. now it showed up as sort of a rusted red. everything the grips, the pedals, the brakes, the seat, the spokes-were bent or broken, twisted and rusted, highlight the amount of money justin had to spend to restore the bicycle llustrate why justin wanted to give the bicycle away to someone else. emphasize how hard justin had to work to restore the bicycle. show why justin may have made a mistake in buying this bicycle