Useful Vocabulary

• aisle
  

• bill (money)
  

• blouse
  

• casual
  

• check
  

• coffee with cream
  

• contemporary
  

• coupon
  

• daytime
  

• downtown
  

• elevator
  

• embroidered
  

• fleece jacket
  

• garters
  

• knit top
  

• mirror
  

• nail polish
  

• neckline
  

• outerwear
  

• panties (women's underwear)
  

• pants
  

• pantyhose
  

• purse
  

• raincoat
  

• restrooms
  

• rubber boots
  

• sales clerk
  

• sales tax
  

• shampoo
  

• shopping cart
  

• sleeveless
  

• slip
  

• sneakers
  

• sport jacket
  

• store
  

• storekeeper
  

• stroller
  

• sweater
  

• sweatshirt
  

• T-shirt
  

• turtle neck
  

• undershirt
  

• underwear
  

• vest
  

• wallet
  

• washroom
  

• windbreaker
  

• zipper
  

Some Types of Store

• clothing store
  

• drug store
  

• hardware store
  

• mall
  

Places To Shop In Boston (with links to web sites)

• Copley Place
  

• Faneuil Hall Market Place
  

• Newbury Street
  

• Prudential Center
  

What Can You Buy At ?

• Ann Taylor
  

• Bill Rodgers Running Center
  

• Foot Locker
  

• J C Penney
  

• Saks
  

• Victoria's Secret
  

• Wal-Mart
  

• Yankee Candle Company
  

Going Shopping

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For more information on The Boston School or to inquire about a private shopping English lesson before your trip to London, Boston or New York  please

Telephone

Rose Nassif Travers on (+41)  044 310 30 38

or

email The Boston School

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How much is that?

How much is the sales tax?

Did you find what you are looking for?

reply - yes thank you, where can I try it on?

Do you need help?

reply - No thank you, I am just looking.

Do you have this in....?

… name another color or another size.

Can I try this on? – You will led to the fitting room

The assistant may tell you:

This looks very good on you.

It fits very well.

It makes you look thinner.

If you are unsure you can answer :

The fitting does not look quite right.

I do not like it, I will need to check another .... I saw.

For more information please telephone

Rose Nassif Travers on (+41)  044 310 30 38

The Boston School    Schaffhauserstrasse 331     8050 Zürich

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How can I wash it?

Can you iron it?

What other colors do you have?

Where are the restrooms?

Where can I pay?

Will this be going on sale soon?

It is / not / the right size

It is

.....too tight

.....too loose

.....too long

.....too short

.....the wrong color