2015-09-06
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I. Shop assistant: Are you being served?
Customer:
Shop assistant: I can do the size, but not the colour. These come in navy blue and dark green.
Customer:
Shop assistant: Certainly I'll get you a navy blue blouse size 12.
Customer:
Shop assistant: Here you are. The fitting room is at the back if you want to try the blouse on.
Customer:
Shop assistant: How does it fit?
Customer:
Shop assistant: Very good. Would you like to follow me to the cash desk? How would you like to pay?
Customer:
Shop assistant: Yes, we do. We take a Visa, a Master and an Express.
Customer:
Shop assistant: Here is your receipt. Thank you for shopping with us.
Customer:......
II. Customer: Hello. Could you help me?
Shop assistant:
Customer: I'm looking for a pair of black low-heel shoes for everyday wear.
Shop assistant:
Customer: 7 1\2
Shop assistant:
Customer: I like this pair. They are just what I want. May I try them on?
Shop assistant:
Customer: They are a bit tight on me, I am afraid. Can I have a pair half a size larger?
Shop assistant:
Customer: They feel wonderful. How much are they?
Shop assistant:
Customer: I'll pay cash.
Shop assistant:......
Customer: Thank you for your help. Goodbye.
Read words, look them up and then study the word combinations and sentences to know how to use them.
1. worth (adj): a house worth 50 000 pounds, to be worth several pennies, to be worth doing sth, for all someone is worth. The picture is worth much more than I paid for it. The statue is worth at least 1 000 000 dollars. The book is worth reading. The film is worth seeing. It is not worth getting angry with her. Is it worth visiting Moscow? I ran for all I was worth but came second in the race.
2. outfit ['autfit] (n): a sports outfit, a child's cowboy outfit, a camping outfit, bridal outfit. She looked great in her white bridal outfit.
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3. fancy dress (n): a new fancy dress, to buy a fancy dress. These are different types of fancy dresses.
4. fancy-dress (adj): a fancy-dress party, a fancy-dress ball. When are we going to have our annual fancy-dress party?
5. immense (adj): an immense size, an immense place, an immense improvement. Pumpkins can grow to an immense size. Your decision is of immense importance.
6. reluctant (adj): a reluctant promise, a reluctant helper. John was very reluctant to help but he had to agree.
7. reluctance (n): with a certain reluctance, with great reluctance. John agreed to meet Aunt July, but with great reluctance.
8. to attach (u): to attach sth to sth; to attach labels to the luggage, to attach a document to the letter. She attached a cheque to the order form.
9. attached: a) to be attached to sth; a house with a garage attached. In old schools children sat at desks with wooden benches attached to them. Be careful with the handle — it's not very well attached. b) to be deeply attached to sb; to be attached to old customs, to be attached to one's car. I became quite attached to the little girl. The English are very attached to their national traditions.
10. to detach (v): to detach sth from sth; I can't detach the handle from the frying pan. Can you help me?
11. detachable (adj): a detachable collar, detachable cuffs
12. detached (adj): a detached attitude, a detached house, a detached view of an event. David looked detached and not interested in what was going on.
13. to tie (v): to tie sth to sth; to tie sth round sth; to tie a knot [not], to tie a bow [Ьэи], to tie shoelaces, to tie a tie, to tie a hair-ribbon, to be tied with string/rope. The mysterious parcel was tied with thin string. We are going to tie this letter to a brick and throw it out of the window.
14. a tie (n): a dark tie, a bow tie. Ties are worn mainly by men. Nick was wearing a dark jacket and a dark blue tie.
15. starch (n): to contain starch. Starch is found in bread, potatoes, pasta and rice.
16. to starch (v): to starch linen, to starch tablecloths
17. starched (adj): starched collars, starched cotton. The nurses in the hospital wore starched white caps.
18. stiff ( adj): a) a stiff collar, a pair of stiff boots, stiff brown paper. Shoes are often stiff when they are new. b) a stiff back, a stiff leg. I can't play the piano as I used to — my fingers have gone stiff. He felt very stiff the day after his first weight-training class.
c) a stiff smile, stiff manners. There was a stiff smile on Jane's face.
19. to chew (v): to chew one's food; to chew on sth. Chew your food well before you swallow it. Don't try to bite more than you can chew. John started to chew a piece of meat. He was still chewing on his cake.
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20. chewing gum: Chewing gum is a kind of sweet which you can chew for a long time but which you do not swallow.
21. ridiculous (adj): a ridiculous idea, a ridiculous answer, to look ridiculous. Don't be ridiculous! They sold their house at a ridiculous price.
22. to flap (flapped, flapping) (v): to flap in the wind, to flap in the breeze,
to flap the blanket. The bird flapped its wings. The sails were flapping against the mast. The curtains were flapping at the open window.
23. funeral (n): to hold a funeral. The old lady's funeral was held at the local church. A funeral procession, a funeral march, a funeral rite.
24. dignity (n): beneath one's dignity, to keep one's dignity, to lose one's dignity, to stand on one's dignity. A man's dignity depends not upon his wealth or rank but upon his character. The dignity of the occasion was spoilt. Mrs Robinson is an old lady of great dignity.
25. dignified (adj): a dignified old lady, a dignified manner. The Headmaster of the school was a white-haired dignified gentleman.
