Shopping - Workshop Flashcards

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Ironmonger’s

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-a shop that sells tools and equipment for use in homes or gardens

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Jeweller’s

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-a person or store that sells, makes, and repairs jewellery

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Fishmonger’s

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-a shop that sells fish

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Deli (Delicatessen)

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  • a small shop that sells high-quality foods, such as types of cheese and cold cooked meat, often from other countries.

“I got the cheese from one of Paris’s top delicatessens.”

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Pharmacy

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  • a shop or part of a shop in which medicines are prepared and sold
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Empty-Handed

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  • without bringing or taking anything.

“We can’t go to the party empty-handed.”
“It store was so expensive, I left empty-handed.”

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Hit the Shops

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  • if a product hits the shops, it becomes available to buy
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Live on Baked beans

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-To live and eat poorly

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Boutique

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-a small shop that sells fashionable clothes, shoes, jewellery, etc.

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Off-licence

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-a shop that sells mainly alcoholic drinks

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Tobacconists

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-a shop where tobacco, cigarettes, etc. are sold

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Stationer’s

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-a shop that sells stationery:

“You’ll be able to get a tube of glue at the stationer’s down the road.”

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Supermarket

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a large shop which sells most types of food and other goods needed in the home

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Evaporate

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-to disappear

“Those boots were so cheap, they evaporated.”

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Lift Low Spirits

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-make someone feel more cheerful and hopeful

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Splash the Cash

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-to spend (money) freely or extravagantly (on something)

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Patisserie

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-a shop that sells cakes, etc.

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Pet Shop

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  • a shop that sells pets, food or things for pets.
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Haberdashery

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  • a shop or a department of a large store that sells thesecloth, pins, thread, etc. used for sewing
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Greengrocer’s

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a shop in which fresh vegetables and fruit are sold

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Bargain

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-something on sale at a lower price than its true value:

“This coat was half-price - a real bargain.”
“The airline regularly offers last-minute bookings at bargain prices.”

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Feel Smug

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-Self-satisfaction and feeling superior to others

prejorative

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Sneak

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-to go somewhere secretly, or to take someone or something somewhere secretly

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Window Shopping

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-the activity of spending time looking at the goods on sale in shop windows without intending to buy any of them