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city at night" even though the danger is from people like thieves, attackers, rapists.
It’s more natural to say “It’s not safe” rather than “It’s not secure.”
Finally, the word security also refers to something stable. If you have job security,
it means your job will last a long time and you probably will not lose it.
sale / sell
Sell is a verb and sale is a noun:
I’m going to sell my car and buy a new one.
She’s selling bottles of water at the football game.
Yesterday I sold all of my old college textbooks on the internet.
The bookstore is having a Christmas sale - everything is 20% off.
(20% off = 20% discount)
The sales of our new product are slowly increasing.
This watch is normally $100, but it’s on sale for $70.
(on sale = there is a discount)
There’s also a pronunciation difference between sale and sell.
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