ESL Podcast 750 – After Christmas Sales Flashcards
to stand up from a sitting or lying position, especially to wake up and
get out of bed
Roxana: ……! We’re going to miss out on the best deals if we don’t get to the
stores when they open.
Kurt: What? I’m sleeping. Leave me alone.
- Vince wants to find a job where he won’t have to get up until at least noon.
to not be able to have or participate in something, usually
because one missed an opportunity and was not aware of something or did not
act on it
Roxana: Get up! We’re going to …. on the best deals if we don’t get to the
stores when they open.
Kurt: What? I’m sleeping. Leave me alone.
- How did we miss out on the grand opening? I thought the restaurant wasn’t
going to open until next month?
bargain; a price that is lower than usual for something that has great value
Roxana: Get up! We’re going to miss out on the best…..if we don’t get to the
stores when they open.
Kurt: What? I’m sleeping. Leave me alone.
- Wow, are those computers really only $300? That seems like a great deal!
one or more days immediately following Christmas
(December 25th) when a store sells things at prices that are lower than usual
Roxana: Get up! We’re going to miss out on the best deals if we don’t get to the
stores when they open.
Kurt: What? I’m sleeping. Leave me alone.
Roxana: You need to get up now and come with me to the store for the ……. You know that they slash prices and everything is on sale.
- Ruth likes to plan ahead, so she uses the after Christmas sales to buy
Christmas gifts for next year.
to greatly reduce or lower the price of something; to sell
something for much less money than usual
Roxana: Get up! We’re going to miss out on the best deals if we don’t get to the
stores when they open.
Kurt: What? I’m sleeping. Leave me alone.
Roxana: You need to get up now and come with me to the store for the after
Christmas sales. You know that they …….. and everything is on sale.
Apparently, the dealership ordered too many cars, so the managers are
slashing prices on last year’s models.
being sold at a price that is lower than usual for a short period of time
Roxana: Get up! We’re going to miss out on the best deals if we don’t get to the
stores when they open.
Kurt: What? I’m sleeping. Leave me alone.
Roxana: You need to get up now and come with me to the store for the after
Christmas sales. You know that they slash prices and everything is ……
Stores put a few items …… to bring in more customers, because they know
that most of those customers will buy other things, too.
to buy and store a lot of something for future use
Roxana: You need to get up now and come with me to the store for the after
Christmas sales. You know that they slash prices and everything is on sale.
Kurt: We just spent the past few weeks shopping for Christmas presents and
now you want to shop some more?
Roxana: We can …… for next year. There’ll be deep discounts on all of the
Christmas decorations and supplies, not to mention all of the winter clothing and
seasonal toys. Let’s go!
- Luther found a great price on toilet paper, so he stocked up and now he has
enough for an entire year!
a large reduction in the price of something that is for sale
Roxana: You need to get up now and come with me to the store for the after
Christmas sales. You know that they slash prices and everything is on sale.
Kurt: We just spent the past few weeks shopping for Christmas presents and
now you want to shop some more?
Roxana: We can stock up for next year. There’ll be ……. on all of the
Christmas decorations and supplies, not to mention all of the winter clothing and
seasonal toys. Let’s go!
Sometimes students can get deep discounts at museums by showing their
student identification card.
something used to add color and beauty to a room or an object,
especially for a special event or holiday
Roxana: You need to get up now and come with me to the store for the after
Christmas sales. You know that they slash prices and everything is on sale.
Kurt: We just spent the past few weeks shopping for Christmas presents and
now you want to shop some more?
Roxana: We can stock up for next year. There’ll be deep discounts on all of the
Christmas …….. and supplies, not to mention all of the winter clothing and
seasonal toys. Let’s go!
- Each October, the Thorpes put pumpkins by their front door as a decoration for
Halloween.
related to a certain period of time in the year, especially winter,
spring, summer, or fall
Roxana: You need to get up now and come with me to the store for the after
Christmas sales. You know that they slash prices and everything is on sale.
Kurt: We just spent the past few weeks shopping for Christmas presents and
now you want to shop some more?
Roxana: We can stock up for next year. There’ll be deep discounts on all of the
Christmas decorations and supplies, not to mention all of the winter clothing and
…… toys. Let’s go!
Chef Ramon cooks only with seasonal vegetables from local farmers.
to help another person by protecting him or her from other
people or defending him or her from criticism
Roxana: We can stock up for next year. There’ll be deep discounts on all of the
Christmas decorations and supplies, not to mention all of the winter clothing and
seasonal toys. Let’s go!
Kurt: You go. What do you need me for?
Roxana: I need you to ……. while I go for the best bargains and to
hold all of the bags and packages while I shop. What else?
As a public relations officer, Kari spends most of her time running interference
for the company’s top executives when they make unpopular decisions.
a deal; a price that is lower than usual for something that has great
value
Roxana: We can stock up for next year. There’ll be deep discounts on all of the
Christmas decorations and supplies, not to mention all of the winter clothing and
seasonal toys. Let’s go!
Kurt: You go. What do you need me for?
Roxana: I need you to run interference while I go for the best….. and to
hold all of the bags and packages while I shop. What else?
* If you’re patient, you can find great bargains by buying gently used furniture
instead of buying new furniture.
an informal phrase used when one believes that the concept one
just explained was very obvious and the other person should have known it
without asking about it
Roxana: We can stock up for next year. There’ll be deep discounts on all of the
Christmas decorations and supplies, not to mention all of the winter clothing and
seasonal toys. Let’s go!
Kurt: You go. What do you need me for?
Roxana: I need you to run interference while I go for the best bargains and to
hold all of the bags and packages while I shop. …….?
What are you going to do with all that paint?
* - I’m going to become a world-famous artist, of course. What else?
a phrase often included in the promises a husband and
wife make to each other during their wedding ceremony, meaning that they will
continue to love and support each other in their marriage, whether good things or
bad things happen
Roxana: We can stock up for next year. There’ll be deep discounts on all of the
Christmas decorations and supplies, not to mention all of the winter clothing and
seasonal toys. Let’s go!
Kurt: You go. What do you need me for?
Roxana: I need you to run interference while I go for the best bargains and to
hold all of the bags and packages while I shop. What else?
Kurt: When I agreed to “…………,” I didn’t anticipate this!
- During the wedding ceremony, Dan and Christine each said to the other: “I
promise to love, honor, and respect you for better or for worse, in sickness and in
health, until death do us part.”
to predict; to believe that something may or will happen in the
future
Roxana: We can stock up for next year. There’ll be deep discounts on all of the
Christmas decorations and supplies, not to mention all of the winter clothing and
seasonal toys. Let’s go!
Kurt: You go. What do you need me for?
Roxana: I need you to run interference while I go for the best bargains and to
hold all of the bags and packages while I shop. What else?
Kurt: When I agreed to “for better or for worse,” I didn’t …… this!
- Why didn’t more economists anticipate the economic downturn?
