Unit 4 – Urban tribes

Watch the video again and write down any words you hear related to Shopping.

And now that we are on the subject what about learning some expressions containing the word shop?

→ talk shop
if people who work together talk shop, they talk about their work when they are not at work.
Even when they go out in the evening, they just talk shop all the time.

→ go window-shopping
to go about looking at goods in store windows without actually buying anything:
Joan said she was just going window-shopping, but she bought a new coat.

→ shop around (for something)
to shop at different stores to find what you want at the best price:
You can find a bargain, but you’ll have to shop around.

→ be like a bull in a china shop
to often drop or break things because you move awkwardly or roughly:

Rob’s like a bull in a china shop – don’t let him near those plants.