WORD OR EXPRESSION
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DEFINITION
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Demand
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The amount of a product or service that
consumers purchase at a specified price.
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Economic goods
|
Products and services generated by economic activity.
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Emerging country
|
Country with a developing economy.
|
Entrepreneur
|
People who combine labor, land and capital resources to start
businesses.
|
Hire
|
engage
services of [sb]
The
company hired one hundred workers for the bridge.
|
Income
|
Personal
earnings
|
mankind
|
Humanity
|
Multinational
|
Company that act outside
of their country of origin and are present in many other countries.
|
Oversee
|
Supervise
|
Ownership
|
Being owner.
|
Plentiful
|
Abundant
|
Profit
|
Benefit
|
raw
|
unprocessed,
pure
|
risk
|
Hazard, degree
of danger
|
Scare
|
Few, lacking.
|
Services
|
Activities carried out by humans to benefit society (education,
healthcare…).
|
Supply
|
The amount of a product that producers offer
for sale at a price.
|
The break up
|
disintegrate,
separate
|
tides
|
ocean
current
|
Wage
|
Payment
|
Well-being
|
health,
happiness
|
widespread
|
covering large area
|
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Geography. Unit 2. Economy. Vocabulary.
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Unit 3: Choices, choices.
word
|
Meaning
|
Example
|
|
|
|
Bargain
|
Something sold at discount
|
These shoes were a bargain!
|
be
married
|
|
Paul is married.
|
be
worth
|
have the value of)
|
The dealer said the vase was
worth £200
|
borrow
|
When
you borrow something, you take it from someone.
When
you lend something, you give it to someone.
|
|
Brands
|
style, manner
|
What are your favourite brands?
|
charge
|
To ask
for money
|
The waitress didn't charge me for
my drink.
|
Choice
|
Posibility, option
|
There was a good choice of desserts.
|
Discount
|
reduced price
|
I get a
20% discount on all merchandise.
|
get married
|
To become somebody´s
husband or wife
|
Paul will
get married next year.
|
Half-price
|
at a 50% reduction in cost
|
I bought this
dress half-price in the sale.
|
join
in
|
To participate
|
Anyone could
join in the club.
|
miss
out
|
To lose an opportunity
|
I don´t want to miss out the party.
|
pick
up
|
To improve, make
better
|
A lesson topick up the skills
|
Reminder
|
Something
to remember something.
|
|
Sales
|
reduced price offering
|
I love sales in January.
|
save
up
|
To put money aside
|
I am trying to save up for a new wifi.
|
sort
out
|
To solve, organize or plan.
|
Julia intended to go home early
in order to sort out the dinner arrangements.
|
take
up
|
(start: a hobby)
|
He took up swimming
after the accident with the bike.
|
Tight
|
Close-fitting
|
She looked good in her tight jeans.
|
try
out
|
To attempt
|
I was keen to try out wakeboarding
|
waste
|
(use inefficiently)
|
Don`t waste your money in one day.
|
New sports:
|
archery, rock climbing, wakeboarding,
trail biking
|
A taste of world
|
sour, spicy, mild, nutritious, all
mouth-watering, to set up food stalls, vegetable curry wrapped in Indian
bread.
|
Where are you from?
|
|
Norwegian
|
From Norway
|
Dutch
|
From Holland
|
Belgiam
|
From Belgium
|
Finnish
|
From Finland
|
Welsh
|
From Wales
|
EXPRESSIONS
|
|
I
can´t afford it (I can´t pay it…)
|
|
Is
it worth?
|
|
What
a bargain!
|
|
How
to suggest:
Why
don´t we….? Why don´t we go to the
cinema?
Shall
we do…?
How
about…?
What
about…?
I
suggest…
|
Answers.
That`s not a bad
idea, but … how about…?
That could be a bit
difficult. What about…?
That sounds like a god
plan / great idea.
That woks for me / doesn’t
work for me.
|
I`ve
got my eye on…
|
|
We`re
after…
|
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Friday, February 24, 2017
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