50 lines
1.9 KiB
Markdown
50 lines
1.9 KiB
Markdown
- [[English Lesson]]
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- warmup
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- who **has an eye for bargains**?
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- to have an eye for sth. - be good a judging sth.
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- second hand vintage furniture
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- did you **do the weekly shop** last weekend?
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- to collect requests
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- who **made supplies of groceries** for the week ahead?
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- (food) leftovers -> Eintopf
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- food scraps = e.g. egg shells, peels, cores
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- to scrap = discard, throw away
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- asparagus
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- PURCHASE/ACQUIRE (formal)
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- She purchased a new computer.
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- We acquired the firm last year. [= it does not necessarily mean that you paid money for it]
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- I seem to have acquired several copies of that album.
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- to purchase (verb), a purchase (noun)
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- to acquire (verb), an acquisition (noun)
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- an acquired taste
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- TO SHOP FOR STH/GO SHOPPING FOR STH
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- To express the idea of going out with the intention of buying specific things you can use
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- I hate to shop in the evenings.
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- He shopped for birthday presents.
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- She went shopping for a wedding dress.
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- "this will **MAKE** a lovely b'day gift for Jerry"
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- STOCK UP
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- People are stocking up on supplies in anticipation of the hurricane. [=buy large amounts of something so that they have it when they need it.]
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- a bread spread
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- Liptauer
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- homemade vs store-bought
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- BUY UP
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- buy everything that is available
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- he bought up all the land in the area
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- vs SELL
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- Are you selling that car? I'm interested in buying it. (temporary or plan)
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- vs TO HAWK STH (inform)
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- There were lots of street vendors hawking cold drinks.
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- SOLD OUT
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- We couldn't get seats - the concert was sold out. = We couldn't get seats - the concert was a sell-out.
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- be sold-out
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- be a sellout
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- be a sellout
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- FOR SALE
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- **for sale** vs **on sale** vs **in sale**
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- on sale (2)
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- on sale = available to buy
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- at a reduced price (amerian)
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- on sale (american)
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- in the sale (UK)
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- a discount |