Bottled Water Flashcards

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Refreshing

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Refreshing in this context means making You feel cooler after being hot.

There’s nothing more refreshing than an ice cooled bottle of water straight out of the vending machine.
I enjoy a refreshing cup of tea in the mornings.

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Enriched

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Enriched means improving the quality of sth by adding to it.

It’s enriched with salts & minerals that are very beneficial to your health.
Breakfast cereals are enriched with vitamins & minerals.

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Manufacture sth

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If you manufacture sth, you make it in large amounts in a factory.

The company manufactures Willington boots… .
Manufactures the demand for bottled water … .

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Scare sb off

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If You scare sb off, You make them go away by frightening them.

The dog barked fiercely & scared off the two burglars.

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Regulated

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Regulated means controlled.

She claims that tap water is more regulated than bottled water.
The sales of tobacco is tightly regulated by the governments.

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Sth comes up trumps

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If sth comes up trumps, it means it produces a good result often unexpectedly.

So tap water comes up trumps.
My lottery ticket came up trumps again.
Why don’t you just get a glass of water from the kitchen tap?
People are choosing to buy bottled water @ the supermarkets rather than fizzy drinks.
@ the top end, there’s water from a 4000 years-old Norwegian Iceberg ,it costs around 80£ a bottle.
As cheap as that!
I’ll pop out & get some later.

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