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Vocabulary: going shopping - English lesson
Whether we do it in order to buy clothes, food, or for our leisure, out of obligation , pleasure or necessity, wherever we live we have to go shopping. We can fill a trolley, or just buy an item, very often or on rare occasions... For some people, it's a pleasure! For others, it's a real drudgery... The problem is that however we do the shopping, what we buy is vital for us to live...
Window shopping To do the shopping Selection of the products...
The shopping | To do the shopping(BE)/ to market (AE) |
To go shopping | To shop at X |
To make a shopping list | To shop for something/ to look for something |
To shop around for something | To go window shopping |
Save 50% "The" bargain... Next to nothing!= Hardly anything!
A bargain/ a good buy | To get a good bargain |
It's good value for money | The sales |
To buy stg for a song To buy stg for next to nothing | To sell off To sell at a good price |
To be reduced (BE)/ on sale (AE) | A discount |
To give a 25 % discount on stg | To knock £15 off the price |
A reduction/ a discount | At a reduced price |
To be on sale // to be for sale
Standing in line at the checkout
Usual vocabulary...
To display | A display |
To be on display | A shop/ store window |
To be in the window | A stall |
A shelf=> shelves | The checkout |
The cash register/ the till | The cashdesk |
To haggle/ to bargain | To bargain with sby |
Sales A display A till
The STAFF and the instruments used...
A shopkeeper | A dealer |
A shop walker (BE) A floor walker (AE) | A shop assistant (BE) A (sales) clerk |
A salesman/ saleswoman | The customers/ the clientele |
A shopping basket/ bag | A (carrrier) bag |
A (shopping) trolley (BE) A cart/ a caddy (AE) | A line checkout |
Let's offer wonderfully wrapped presents...
A parcel | Wrapping paper |
String | A knot |
A bow | To wrap stg (up) |
"Is it a present?" | "I had it (gift) wrapped" |
Of course, you can do your shopping by yourself in shops, or order through a "drive" or by phone or through the Internet for a home delivery.
Things are changing just now and new habits are got into.
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