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discount Syn:30% /1 50 etc. off/ special offer-discountat a discount (= at - reduced price) expensive Syn: pricy (pricey), dear, to cost a lot- fitto fit smb like a glove (= to fit the shape of smb's body perfectly) to fit in / into / under etc. flea market (== an outdoor market where inexpensive and/ or second-hand items are for sale) on the market (= available for people to buy) matchsmth to match (= something which matches) well-matched / ill-matched (= very suitable / very unsuitable for each other) moneyto get / to be given smb's money back to raise money (= to collect money for a purpose) to put money into smth / on a race / a horse etc. o have money on you (= to carry money with you) money doesn't grow on trees ' ' ' to marry (into) money (= to marry someone whose family is rich off-the-peg Opp:made-to-measure (BrE) / made-to-order (AmE)-
pay to pay for smb else, for example for their meal, drink, or ticket to be / get paid to pay smb £ 100 etc well / highly paid (= paid a lot) to pay for itself (= smth you buy pays for itself, it makes you save as much money as you bought it for) to pay through the nose for smth (spoken) (- to pay far too much for smth) price a retail / wholesale price price-tag (= cost) price list of (great) price (= valuable)- queue to jump a queue (= to go unfairly to the front of a queue instead : waiting) to join a queue / line (= to start waiting in it) Syn: to stand in line / to wait in line; to line up (AmE)-queue(up) to ask for / to apply for a refund sale for sale (= available to be bought) to put smth up for sale on sale (AmE) (= available to be bought in a shop, available bought at a lower price than usual) garage / yard sale (AmE) (= a sale of used furniture, clothes etc. from people's houses, usually held in someone's garage or yard) sellto sell smth for £ 100 / $ 50 etc. to sell smth at a profit / loss (= making or losing money on a sale) to sell like hot cakes (= to sell quickly and in large amounts) to sell out to be sold out (= when all the tickets for a performance or sports event have been sold) to sell by the kilo / by the dozen to be in smb's shoes (= to be in smb else's situation) shoesto put oneself in smb's shoes (= to imagine what it is like to be in smb else's position or situation) to step into / fill smb's shoes (= to do a job smb else used to do anc do it as well as they did) if the shoe fits (wear it) (AmE, spoken) (= used to say that if ; remark that has been made about you is true, then you should accept it) to put the shoe on the right foot (= apportion blame / praise etc. truly) to die in one's shoes (= by violence) where the shoe pinches (= where one's difficulty or trouble is) shop to call at a shop / to drop in at a shop / to drop into a shop store detective (= smb whose job is to watch the customers : large shop, to stop them from stealing things) shopping bag / carrier bag shopping list on the shopping list shopping spree to go on a shopping spree (= a short period of time doing smth that you enjoy, especially spending money) • These shoes are one size too big. • The shirts come in three sizes, small, medium and large. size 8 / 16 etc. • What size are you? • What size do you take? (BrE) • What size do you wear? (AmE) • I take size 10 shoes. /I ama 6 / 12 / 42. /I take a size 10. /I wear a size 10. Spendto spend money etc. on smth / on doing smth to spend time in / with etc. ut of/ in stock (= unavailable or available in a particular shop) to buy a lot of smth in order to use it later • We always stock up on cheap wine when we go to France. to suit smb down to the ground (- to be exactly right for someone) to wear smth to a party / dance / interview etc to increase / to go down etc. in value-value of value (= worth a lot of money) family values sentimental value (= if smth has sentimental value, it is not worth much money, but it is important to you because it reminds you of someone you love or a happy time in the past) to value smth at
IDIOMS a wolf in sheep's clothing the boot is on the other foot to be dressed to kill to be dressed up to the nines to be in somebody's shoes to get one's knickers in a twist to keep one's shirt on to pull one's socks up to talk through one's hat to wear one's Sunday best to wear the trousers Date: 2015-12-17; view: 1069
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