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An example use of bike in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… oh no I've got my pop bike stuck in a …”
Bike is a type of two-wheeled vehicle with pedals and a chain connecting the front and rear wheels.
the word bike occurs in english on average 18.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that bike can be often used in the following areas:
1) leisure and entertainment;
2) transport and travel;