ESL Podcast 941 – Types of Shopping Areas Flashcards
a store that sells discounted (with lower-than-usual prices) items
of a single brand, usually because those items did not sell well in regular stores
Sarah: Come on! We only have two more hours before the stores close, and I
want to make it to the …..
Aidan: I thought that when you asked if I wanted to spend the day together, you
meant we’d go somewhere for lunch, go to a movie, or just hang out.
The outlet stores have a lot of clothes that were trendy last season.
– to spend time with another person in a relaxed, informal way without any clear purpose or goal
Sarah: Come on! We only have two more hours before the stores close, and I
want to make it to the outlet stores.
Aidan: I thought that when you asked if I wanted to spend the day together, you
meant we’d go somewhere for lunch, go to a movie, or just …..
- I have a few hours before my next class. Do you want to hang out at the park
for a while?
an area with many stores that are close to each other
Sarah: Come on! We only have two more hours before the stores close, and I
want to make it to the outlet stores.
Aidan: I thought that when you asked if I wanted to spend the day together, you
meant we’d go somewhere for lunch, go to a movie, or just hang out.
Sarah: Isn’t this much more fun? ….are like Disneyland!
- This shopping center has everything you could need: a grocery store, a
drugstore, a home improvement store, and office supply store, and a pet store.
to be thinking about a particular thing
Sarah: Come on! We only have two more hours before the stores close, and I
want to make it to the outlet stores.
Aidan: I thought that when you asked if I wanted to spend the day together, you
meant we’d go somewhere for lunch, go to a movie, or just hang out.
Sarah: Isn’t this much more fun? Shopping centers are like Disneyland!
Aidan: This wasn’t exactly …..
- I heard you want to organize a surprise birthday party for Geraldo. What do you
have in mind?
a very large building with many stores in one building, so that
people can walk between stores without going outside, usually with a food court
(an area with many fast-food restaurants)
Aidan: I thought that when you asked if I wanted to spend the day together, you
meant we’d go somewhere for lunch, go to a movie, or just hang out.
Sarah: Isn’t this much more fun? Shopping centers are like Disneyland!
Aidan: This wasn’t exactly what I had in mind.
Sara: Just look. You have two …., retail stores, outlet stores,
department stores, and specialty stores. What more could you want?
* The shopping malls are really crowded in the weeks before Christmas, because
everybody is buying presents then.
a store where products are sold to individuals at normal prices
Aidan: I thought that when you asked if I wanted to spend the day together, you
meant we’d go somewhere for lunch, go to a movie, or just hang out.
Sarah: Isn’t this much more fun? Shopping centers are like Disneyland!
Aidan: This wasn’t exactly what I had in mind.
Sara: Just look. You have two shopping malls, …, outlet stores,
department stores, and specialty stores. What more could you want?
* Retail stores are struggling to compete with online stores.
a large store that sells many different types of things in
different areas, such as women’s clothing, men’s clothing, children’s clothing,
shoes, accessories, makeup and perfume, jewelry, textiles (sheets and towels)
and household goods
Aidan: I thought that when you asked if I wanted to spend the day together, you
meant we’d go somewhere for lunch, go to a movie, or just hang out.
Sarah: Isn’t this much more fun? Shopping centers are like Disneyland!
Aidan: This wasn’t exactly what I had in mind.
Sara: Just look. You have two shopping malls, retail stores, outlet stores,
….., and specialty stores. What more could you want?
- When Brenda and Michael got engaged, they went to a department store and
made a list of all the things they would like to receive as wedding gifts.
a store that sells a particular type of thing that may not interest
all consumers, but has many different varieties of the product and the
salespeople have a lot of knowledge about it
Aidan: I thought that when you asked if I wanted to spend the day together, you
meant we’d go somewhere for lunch, go to a movie, or just hang out.
Sarah: Isn’t this much more fun? Shopping centers are like Disneyland!
Aidan: This wasn’t exactly what I had in mind.
Sara: Just look. You have two shopping malls, retail stores, outlet stores,
department stores, and ….. What more could you want?
This is a specialty store that sells comic books and superhero figures.
expected to do
Sarah: Isn’t this much more fun? Shopping centers are like Disneyland!
Aidan: This wasn’t exactly what I had in mind.
Sara: Just look. You have two shopping malls, retail stores, outlet stores,
department stores, and specialty stores. What more could you want?
Aidan: That’s great for you, but what am I ….?
* What are teachers supposed to do when students arrive at school hungry and
tired?
to put on a piece of clothing to determine whether it fits well and looks
nice, so that one can decide whether to buy it
Aidan: That’s great for you, but what am I supposed to do?
Sarah: You can come with me, watch me…. clothes, and help me decide
what to buy. Come on, I want to go to those stores in the strip mall over there.
- Do you have a room where I can try on this dress?
a group of stores and restaurants that are connected or are very
close to each other along a busy road with a lot of parking spaces in front
Aidan: That’s great for you, but what am I supposed to do?
Sarah: You can come with me, watch me try on clothes, and help me decide
what to buy. Come on, I want to go to those stores in the …. over there.
- All these strip malls look the same: a grocery store, a few restaurants, a bank,
and hair salons.
someone or something that makes a situation more difficult and
does not add any value or provide any assistance; a burden (heavy weight) that
must be carried, but has no worth
Sarah: You can come with me, watch me try on clothes, and help me decide
what to buy. Come on, I want to go to those stores in the strip mall over there.
Aidan: Why don’t I just find a place to get a snack and wait for you? I’m just …. when it comes to shopping.
- When Jambo was hired as the new CEO, his first goal was to “eliminate the
dead weight” by firing unnecessary employees.
regarding; related to
Sarah: You can come with me, watch me try on clothes, and help me decide
what to buy. Come on, I want to go to those stores in the strip mall over there.
Aidan: Why don’t I just find a place to get a snack and wait for you? I’m just dead
weight ….. to shopping.
* When it comes to spreadsheets, nobody is as talented as Kawika.
the opposite of heaven; the place where bad people go after they die; a
very unpleasant, uncomfortable place or situation
Aidan: Why don’t I just find a place to get a snack and wait for you? I’m just dead
weight when it comes to shopping.
Sarah: But I thought you wanted to spend the day together.
Aidan: I did, but I didn’t know I’d have to go to shopping …. to do it.
- Ingrid has always loved being active and spending time outdoors, so sitting in
front of a computer for eight hours a day is her idea of hell.
