ENGLISH FIILE INTERMEDIATE 3rd EDITION - 8A - Sell and tell

VOCABULARY (pages 74 and 75):   

 - bargain: /ˈbɑː.ɡɪn/

DEPARTMENT STORE X OUTLET:

- department store: (n) a large shop divided into departments, which sell a lot of different things.  

 

Teacher Marcelo Maciel de Almeida in front of Harrods. (Cultura Inglesa Tour, 1998)

- outlet: (n) a store selling the goods of a particular company or goods of a particular type, often one selling goods at prices that are lower than usual. E.g.: a factory outlet The company has more than 1200 retail outlets nationwide.

 - dump: (v) to suddenly end a romantic relationship you have been having with someone. E.g.: If he's so awful, why don't you just dump him?

FIT X SUIT:

- fit: (v) to be the right size or shape for someone or something. E.g.: That jacket fits you perfectly. The dress fits like a glove (= very well). Our new sofa doesn't fit through the door. I don't think another desk will fit into this classroom. My car's too big to fit in this space. 

- suit: (v) to be right for a particular person, situation, or occasion. E.g.: Corn is grown a lot in this area - the soil seems to suit it very well. The city lifestyle seems to suit her - she's certainly looking very well.

 

- receipt:  /rɪˈsiːt/

- refund: (n)  /ˈriː.fʌnd/; (v) /ˌriːˈfʌnd/

 

- in the sales: 

 

- set sth up: (ph.v.) to formally establish a new company, organization, system, way of working, etc. E.g.: A committee has been set up to organize social events in the college. She plans to set up her own business. They've set up a fund for victims of the earthquake.  to arrange for an event or activity to happen: We need to set up a meeting to discuss the proposals. The government has agreed to set up a public enquiry.

- tag:

 

- veil: /veɪl/

 

Reading - pages 76 and 77:

- complain (v); complain (n)

- cope: (v) to deal successfully with a difficult situation. E.g.: It must be difficult to cope with three small children and a job. The tyres on my car don't cope very well on wet roads. He had so much pressure on him in his job that eventually he just couldn't cope.

- catering: /ˈkeɪ.tər.ɪŋ/ (n) any job making or serving food. E.g.: I've always wanted to work in catering. Who is going to do the catering for the wedding? a high-class catering company

 catering service

 

- complimentary: /ˌkɒm.plɪˈmen.tər.i/ (adj) If tickets, books, etc. are complimentary, they are given free, especially by a business.

- courier: /ˈkʊr.i.ər/ (n) a person who carries important messages or documents for someone else. E.g.: I want to have this package delivered by motorcycle courier. 

- flattery: (n) saying good things about sb that you may not mean.  

 a faulty car

 

 - fumes:

 factory fumes

mouldy /ˈməʊl.di/ breed

 a puddle of water

PRONUNCIATION:

- admirable: (adj)  /ˈæd.mɪ.rə.bl̩/

- eccentric: (adj) /ekˈsen.trɪk/

- obsessive: (adj)  /əbˈses.ɪv/