Question

The friend has two qualities - he knows what he is doing and is absolutely sure it is good. Find the two phrases in the text which mean the same.

Answer 1

Hint: In the hilarious chapter A Bicycle in Good Repair, the author's friend smashes his bicycle while excessively mending it. Despite the author's recommendation not to fix the bicycle because it is in good functioning order, his friend insists on doing so.

Complete answer:
One of the author's friends proposed that the two go on a bike trip the next day. The author arrived half an hour ahead of his friend and was waiting in the garden for him. The author's buddy inquired about his bicycle and then shook it while holding the front wheel and fork in his hands. The author's companion caused undue damage to the bicycle, which was in fine working order. He began with the front wheel, then moved on to the gearcase, and last to the chain. He had a lot of difficulties putting these pieces back where they belonged. Then he lost his calm and tried to intimidate the cyclist.

His person was unskilled and had never fixed a bicycle before, according to the method. His friend was able to fix the various components of the bicycle after a hard battle. Before returning him to his house, the author took him to his back kitchen and cleaned him up.

The two phrases in the text which mean the same as “He knows what he is doing and is absolutely sure it is good” are:
1) Cheery confidence
2) Inexplicable hopefulness

Note: The moral of the storey "A bicycle in good condition" is that it takes a little amount of time to disfigure something, but a long amount of time and effort to repair it. A bike journey had been planned by the author and a buddy. The bicycle was disassembled and horribly damaged by the author's buddy.