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Shopping supermarket /su.prmr.kt/ noun
Topic

Vocabulary

Shopping store

Phonetic

/str/

noun

Definition

Examples

a large store that sells many different Dictionary example:

foods and other products used in the
home
I have to stop at the supermarket on the way home.
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
The supermarket is on Church Street near the post office.
a building or part of a building where Dictionary examples:
you can buy things
a shoe/jewelry/hardware/electronics store
grocery/convenience/department stores
Are you going to the store?
I'll stop at the store and pick up tissues on my way home.

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Shopping shopping

/p./

noun

the activity of buying things from

shops

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

Yesterday I went to a store, and I bought some new clothes.
Dictionary examples:
The store is open for late night shopping on Wednesdays.
My daughter and I go shopping together.
I was out shopping this afternoon.
I need to do some shopping on Saturday.

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Topic

Vocabulary

Phonetic

Parts of
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Definition

Examples
My granddaughter helps me with my grocery shopping.

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Shopping pay

/pe/

verb

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

She likes to go shopping with [a] friend.
[I or T] to give money to someone for Dictionary examples:
something you are buying or using, or
because you owe them money
Helena paid for the meal.
He paid $200 for the tickets.
Do you want to pay by cash or card?
Did you pay the telephone bill?

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Shopping open

/o.pn/

adjective

[never before noun] available for

business or serving customers

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

I [don't] have to pay. It's free.
Dictionary examples:
The supermarket is open till 10.00 p.m.
Our phone lines are open until 9 pm Central time.

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Shopping go

/go/

verb

to visit stores in order to buy things

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

They are open all day and all night.
Dictionary example:
We went shopping last Saturday.

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Shopping get

Phonetic

/get/

Parts of
speech

verb

Definition

[T] to obtain or buy something

Examples
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
We often go shopping.
Dictionary examples:
I'll get some bread on the way home.
Did you get the tickets for the concert?

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Shopping expensive

/kspen.sv/

adjective

1 costing a lot of money

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

We could get the afternoon ticket.
Dictionary examples:
expensive jewelry
He buys very expensive clothes.
It's expensive to own a car.
She has expensive taste.

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Shopping credit card

/kred.tkrd/

noun

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

My mother bought the glass for me last year and it's very expensive.
a small plastic card that allows you to Dictionary example:
buy something and pay for it later
I paid by credit card.

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Shopping closed

Phonetic

/klozd/

Parts of
speech

adjective

Definition

not open for business

Examples
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
The wallet contains all my credit cards and my ticket to London.
Dictionary example:
All the stores were closed, so we couldn't buy any food.

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Shopping cheap

/tip/

adjective

costing little money or less than is

usual or expected

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

He went to the school for his suitcase, but it was closed.
Dictionary examples:
I got a cheap flight at the last minute.
Food is usually cheaper in supermarkets.
Children and the elderly can get to cheap tickets.
Her new car gets 40 miles per gallon, so its pretty cheap to operate.

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Shopping buy

/b/

verb

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

The house rent is very cheap.
to get something by paying money for Dictionary examples:
it
Eventually she had saved enough money to buy a small car.
They bought the house for $240,000.
He's buying flowers for his mother.
I bought my camera from a friend of mine.
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Shopping box

Phonetic

/bks/

Parts of
speech

noun

Definition

a square or rectangular container

Examples
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
I bought it five years ago.
Dictionary examples:
a cardboard box
a box of chocolates

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Shopping bookstore

Shopping bag

/bk.str/

/bg/

noun

noun

a store where books are sold

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

I got clothes and a box of chocolates.
Dictionary example:
We are going to the bookstore on Nineteenth Street to hear an author
speak about his latest book.

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

I'll be free all night, so we[can] meet at a bookstore near my house at 7
p.m.
a container made of paper, plastic,
Dictionary examples:
leather, etc., used for carrying things a paper/plastic bag
a bag of apples/nuts
He packed his bags and left.
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
I put my bag in the hall under the chair.

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