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Bargaining With Store Owners Connie: You speak McQuillanese. Ask the store owner the price of this vase. Ivan: All right. He says its $60. Connie: Thats actually a great price, but lets see if I can talk him down a little. You should never accept the

2012年ESL之商务英语 21 Creating an Online Store

Creating an Online Store Kay: Id say were well on our way to establishing our new online store. Greg: I cant wait for this to get off the ground. Orders will pour in and well make money hand over fist. Kay: Lets not get ahead of ourselves. Lets see w

2009年ESL之旅行交通购物 13 Having Trouble Making a Decision

13 Having Trouble Making a Decision GLOSSARY consumer review a short paragraph written by someone who has bought andused a product, sharing his or her experience and recommending that otherpeople do or dont buy it * Dido likes to read the consumer re

ESL之旅行 15 Visiting a Museum

15Visiting a Museum GLOSSARY hours of operation the time when a building is open; the hours whensomething is open* The banks hours of operation are Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to5:30 p.m. self-guided without a guide; able to see something b

2008年ESL之商务英语 01 Going Out of Business

01Going Out of Business GLOSSARY to gobelly up to fail as a business; to have to close because a business is not earning enough money* The farm went belly up when it didnt rain enough for two summers in a row. to struggle to try very hard or for a ve

2014年ESL之餐饮娱乐 20 Storing Food

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2011年ESL之商务英语 12 Recommending Someone for a Job

12 Recommending Someone for a Job GLOSSARY to put in a good word for (someone) to say something good about anotherperson; to recommend someone for an opportunity or position * The committee is going to review my artwork tomorrow. Could you please put

2008年ESL之商务英语 13 Asking About Business Hours

13Asking About Business Hours GLOSSARY business hours the time a business is open; the hours during the day customers can spend time in a store, restaurant, or other business* The stores business hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday throughF

2011年ESL之商务英语 17 Types of Business Entities

17 Types of Business Entities GLOSSARY tax accountant a person who helps many clients record their financialtransactions and fill out forms for paying taxes * Tax accountants have to work a lot of hours in March and April right beforetaxes are due, b

2011年ESL之旅行交通购物 05 Having Furniture Delivered

05 Having Furniture Delivered GLOSSARY to deliver to take something to another place and leave it there, especiallysomething that has been purchased * How long will it take for you to deliver the pizza to my house? window a period of time during whic

2012年ESL之日常生活 23 Donating to a Thrift Store

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2009年ESL之旅行交通购物 02 Going to a Home Improvement Store

02 Going to a Home Improvement Store GLOSSARY to fix up to improve something; to make something better; to repair something;to correct what is broken or needs to be updated * Were going to fix up the office with some new paint and furniture. home imp

2007年ESL之购物 03 Speaking to a Store Clerk on the Phone

03Speaking to a Store Clerk on the Phone GLOSSARY to carry to sell something at a store; to have an item in the store to buy* None of the stores in town carry Sakiras make-up, so shes going to buy itonline. selection variety; the number of different

2015年ESL之商务英语 16 Store Promotions and Giveaways

Store Promotions and Giveaways Sonia: What is all this? Paul: These are entry forms and materials for our new store promotions and giveaways. Sonia: What prizes can people win? Paul: There are different kinds, because were running several promotions

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This episode is called The Commute Home and Running Errands. 这一部分叫做开车回家和跑腿。 Commute, you know, means driving back and forth from your house to your work. 通勤，是开车从家中往返工作地点意思。 To run an err

英语博客：ESL Podcast 830 – Donating to a Thrift Store

Scott: Thats the last bag. Help me put these into the truck. I want to get these to the thrift store before they stop taking donations for the day. Nancy: Hold on! That bag has curtains in it. Scott: I know they do. Those old curtains have been sitti

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Larry和李华两人正在做菜，准备一会儿带到朋友家参加party。今天李华会学到两个常用语：to blow it和to wing it. (Cooking sounds) LH: Larry, 那是什么味道？(sniffin

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ESL商务英语: ESL Podcast 292 – Business Insurance

ESL Podcast 292 Business Insurance GLOSSARY to lose control of (something) to no longer be in control of something; to notbe able to influence how something moves or happens* When I was driving home last night, I thought I was going to lose control o

ESL Podcast 168 - The Home Improvement Store

When you own a house, there is always something that needs work . I have been putting off repainting the garage and I decided that I would do it this weekend. I went to the home improvement store early in the morning to get the supplies Id need. I wa