A small silver-colored pistol beside a yellow cap and one upright brass cartridge on a mint-green background.

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Clerk

These are brand new; we just got these in. That's a good gun. Just touch the trigger, the beam comes on and you put the red dot where you want the bullet to go. You can't miss. Anything else?

— The Terminator ‧ 1984

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A seller talks up a newly arrived firearm, stressing how easy it is to use: touch the trigger, a beam appears, and the red dot shows where the bullet will go. The claim that the buyer can't miss is a confident pitch, closing with a brisk offer of more.

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