SHOPPING AND TRADE by Cristina Galindo Martnez

consumer society trade sth in

extravagance on approval If you buy something on
approval, you can return it without payment if it
home shopping ordering goods from a
is not satisfactory.
magazine, a television programme, or
from the Internet bulk buy buy in large amounts
impulse buy I hadn't intended to get one - it a good/bad buy
was an impulse buy.
shop around
mail order usually from a catalogue
good value for money
order form printed form which a customer
uses to request goods or a service To put all your eggs in one basket

purchase buy To shoplift.

retail therapy buy special things for yourself Shopping therapy

in order to feel better when you are unhappy Does it have a warranty?
subscribe Do you have a refund policy?
importation The ladies / gents changing rooms are
patronise to be a regular customer of a shop or over there.
restaurant, etc We always patronize Beaumont's it doesn't fit him, it's too small.
invest in sth Mutton dressed as lamb.
order sth in to order food that is ready to eat Dressed to kill.
to be brought to your home or to the place
where you work Fit like a glove
pick sth up buy something cheaply May (can) I be of assistance?
stock up buy a large quantity of smthing

VOCABULARY I: parts of clothes

o I went on a drinking/shopping/spending spree on Saturday.

o Its a pirate copy.
o Maybe thats why the pictures so fuzzy.
o It mustve fallen off the back of a lorry at that price.

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o She was done for (put into prison) benefit (money given by the government to
people who need financial help) fraud.
o They're just worried it'll dent reduce an amount of money their profits.
o You don't think it makes my bum look big?
o Hey, if you've got it, flaunt it! No lo tienes / no es tuyo? Pues
lcelo!
o It's a bit flimsy. Es muy fino / ligero. (una prenda de vestir)
o It cast a bit of a shadow over things. No queda limpio, hace
arrugas.
o My / your etc. treat something that I/you etc. buy or pay for for
another person No, you paid for dinner last time - this is my treat.
o the bottom drops / falls out of the market If the bottom drops out of the market of a product,
people stop buying it The bottom has fallen out of the fur coat market.
o under the counter Things bought under the counter are bought secretly and illegally He'd
managed to get cigarettes under the counter.
o come/go under the hammer to be sold at an auction (= public sale where objects are bought
by the people who offer the most money) A private collection of her early paintings is expected
to go under the hammer next year.

o supply and demand the idea that the price of goods and services depends on how much of
something is being sold and how many people want to buy it

business

o My brother's in business / He's in the frozen food business.

o The two brothers established / set up / started up a clothes retailing business.
o Our firm does a lot of business with overseas customers.
o Eventually they found a consultant they felt they could do business with (= with whom they
could work well) .
o Currently, there are fewer firms in business (= operating) in the area than ever before.
o This new tax will put a lot of small firms out of business (= they will stop operating) .
o She set up in business (= started her own company) as a management consultant.
o How is business (= Are you selling much) at the moment?
o Business is good / brisk / booming / flourishing (= I'm selling a lot) .
o Business is bad / slack / quiet (= I'm not selling much) .
o I'm in Baltimore on business.
o a business appointment