Vocabulari i Verbs de Compres: Guia d'Anglès per a Estudiants

Vocabulari

on impulse: per impuls.

swap: intercanviar.

retailers: venedors al detall.

goods: mercaderies o béns.

window shopper: persona que mira aparadors sense comprar.

bargain hunter: caçador de gangues.

shopaholic: persona amb impuls a comprar que no pot controlar-ho.

brand-new: completament nou.

salaries: sous.

used: acostumava.

wages: guanyar diners a la setmana.

exchange: intercanviar.

second-hand: de segona mà.

barter to: intercanviar.

resolution: propòsit.

customers (buyers): compradors.

purchase (buy): comprar.

bargain (very good price): ganga.

cash (money): diner.

stores (amount of business): rebaixes.

sales (shops): vendes.

purchasing power: poder adquisitiu.

trendsetter: creador de tendències.

concept: concepte.

promote: promocionar.

label: etiqueta.

Exercici de vocabulari

1. If you have enough money to pay something, you can afford (permetre's) it.

2. Buyers pay for things, sellers charge (cobrar) for them.

3. When you buy or use goods, you consume them.

4. If you argue with someone to get a very good price, you haggle (regatejar) with them.

5. At certain times of year shop owners discount their prices to increase the amount of business they do.

6. Even if they have no intention of buying anything, some people still like to browse (mirar) around shops.

Phrasal verbs

take back: return something you have bought to a shop.

rip off: cheat or charge someone too much money for something.

sign up: join an organization.

pass on: give someone something that you received from someone else.

clear out: make a place tidy, remove unwanted things.

use up: use all of something.

give away: give something you no longer need to someone.

put off: make someone not want to do something.

Reporting verbs

1. "Alright, I'll cycle to the festival if that's what you want", said Ron. AGREE

2. "You should take a plastic sheet to sit on", Lucy said to Harry. ADVISE

3. "I'm sorry I didn't phone earlier", said Rachel. APOLOGIZE

4. "Don't pick up any broken bottles", I told Jim. WARN

5. "I confess I never recycle anything", said Robert. ADMIT

6. "No, I won't lend you any money", Sue told Lara. REFUSE

Economia i negocis

1. The total amount of a product that people want: DEMAND

2. The money a business pays for its activities: RUNNING COSTS

3. When the income of a business is higher than its costs: PROFITABLE

4. The quantity of sales that a company has: TURNOVER