Neste episódio, Jack fala sobre 10 verbos frasais que você pode usar para falar sobre compras.
Hello and welcome to inglês que vc usa. My name is Marcelo and I’m making this podcast for you to learn or revise English vocabulary. You can find a transcript of this podcast on the podcast description ou na descrição do podcast.. Today, I want to focus on some A2 phrasal verbs that you can use when you are going shopping.
I’m going to present this language through a short dialogue and then I’ll look at each of the phrasal verbs and then you can listen to the dialogue again.
The phrasal verbs I’m going to focus on today are:
pop in; look for; pick up; shop around; set you back; look
out for; sell out; queue up; try something on; and take something back
When you listen to the dialogue, try
to notice these phrasal verbs.
Jack: Are you doing anything this
afternoon?
John: Yes – I was going to pop into town to do a bit of shopping.
John: Oh yes? Are you looking for anything in particular?
John: Well, it’s my sister’s birthday next week so I wanted to pick up something for her. She likes Ugg boots, but they are a
bit pricey so I like to shop around.
John: Yeah – they can set you back a bit.
John: I know. I’m always looking out for a bargain. When there’s a sale on, you can sometimes
find a pair that aren’t too expensive.
John: But they do sell out quickly. You’ll be lucky to find a pair today.
John: I know. I may try and find her something else.
John: What about some gloves from that new leather shop?
John: That’s not a bad idea, I’m sure she’d like some of
those. The only thing is the shop is always so busy.
John: I know, it’s always packed in there.
John: And it takes so long to pay. You always have to queue up for ages.
John: And do you know her size? It’s a bit risky buying
gloves without
trying them on.
John: Yeah, but she can always
take them back and exchange them if they don’t fit her.
The first was to pop in or pop into. To pop in means to visit something quickly,
just for a short visit. It’s informal and implies that the visit was not
planned a long time before. If you are walking through town and see something
in a shop window that you like the look of, you might just pop in to see it. We
use pop in without an object. I was walking past and decided to pop in. If you
say the place, you can use pop into. I decided to pop into the pub for a quick
pint on my way home from work. You can also pop round which means to make an unplanned
visit to someone’s house. For example: I’m going to pop round my dad’s later to
ask to borrow his camera.
is look for. If you are looking for
something, you are trying to find something. In a shopping context, it means
you want to buy something. So you could visit a music shop and tell the
assistant that you are looking for the new album by … your favourite band.
To pick up something in the context of shopping means to buy
something. This is a separable phrasal verb so you can pick something up and
pick up something. It is quite informal and so we normally use it for small
purchases that don’t require a lot of planning. I might pick up a small treat
for the kids or I might pick up some milk if we have run out. However, pick up
can also mean collect so if you buy a new car, you might have to order it and
then go and pick it up later. To shop around means to look in different shops to
find the best price or best option. As different shops sell things for more or
less money, you can shop around, you compare prices and find the cheapest deal.
You can shop around in the town centre or you can shop around online if you can
compare prices on different online stores. I like finding a bargain online so
probably spend too much time shopping around.