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