In the world’s worst barter, I traded my comfy chair for my dad’s “life advice,” which came with no refund policy and lots of lectures.
The lunchroom turned into a wild barter bazaar where one pudding cup was somehow worth two cookies, a cheese stick, and someone’s eternal friendship.
We had a sibling barter agreement: I wouldn’t tell Mom about the broken lamp if my brother wouldn’t tell her about the mysterious green stuff in my closet.
At the school fair, I used pure barter economics to turn one sad balloon into three stickers, two erasers, and a mysterious plastic dinosaur.
In a desperate barter, Dad traded his last piece of chocolate for ten minutes of family silence, and we still talked anyway.
Cold rain fell. A boy held a cracked jar and offered a barter: the jar for a warm blanket. The seller set down the blanket and smiled at the simple barter. She offered a second barter — two hot pies for the jar. Happy, the boy accepted the barter; both left warm, their small barter finished.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
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