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Departments and Shops
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| Prices | Goods |
| · reasonable · fair · right · high/low · sky high · exorbitant · half/full price · to be reduced in price · a rise/a drop in the price · to cut the price · to sell two items for the price of one · to buy cheap at/in the sales/a sale · to buy for a song · to buy next to nothing · to buy at a good price · to pay through the nose · to buy a real pig in a poke · a real rip-off | · expensive/inexpensive · valuable/valueless · precious · priceless · pricey/pricy · high-/low-priced · overpriced · superior · high/low quality · genuine · cheap · shoddy/pirate/fake/counterfeit · inferior (to) · faulty · flawless · first-class lines · articles of the newest kind · to be good value for the money |
Departments and Shops
| · department store · supermarket · boutique · self-service · stall · booth · kiosk · newsagent’s · chemist’s (BrE)/pharmacy/drugstore (AmE) · bookshop · antique shop · florist’s · furrier’s · millinery shop/hatter’s · mobile shop · music shop · furniture shop · jeweller’s shop · household goods shop · ironmonger’s · lace shop · optician’s · pet shop · shoe shop · second-hand shop · shopping precinct · shopping arcade · stationer’s · tobacconist’s · toy shop | · haberdashery · hardware · hosiery · drapery · fancy goods · footwear · leather goods · perfumery · textiles · electric appliances · glassware · china · crockery/earthenware · souvenir · ready-made clothes · children’s clothes · ladies’ wear · men’s wear · underwear · sportswear · knitted goods · counter for gloves · the ribbon counter |
Exercise 1
Match the kinds of places where you can buy things with their definitions.
| 1. bazaar 2. mobile shop 3. tobacconist's 4. boutique 5. department store 6. kiosk 7. market 8. ironmonger’s 9. booth 10. shopping arcade 11. shopping centre 12. shopping precinct 13. stall 14. supermarket 15. stationer's | a) a shop that sells tobacco, cigarettes etc b) a shop that sells equipment and tools for your home and garden c) a tent where you can buy things d) a large shop divided into smaller parts, in each of which different types of goods are sold e) a large shop selling mainly food where one serves oneself f) a table or small open-fronted shop in a public place g) shop for the sale of cheap goods of great variety h) a part of town limited to shopping; often without cars i) a shop that sells stationery j) a covered moveable shop k) a small open hut, such as one used for selling newspapers l) a small shop selling fashionable clothes m) a group of shops of different kinds, planned and built as a whole n) a covered passage with a row of shops on either side o) open place where people meet to buy and sell goods, especially food |
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