OVERVIEW
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Nouns.
- aisle (plural: aisles) a passageway between rows of seats, as in an auditorium or an airplane.
- bakery (plural: bakeries) a place where products such as bread, cake, and pastries are baked or sold.
- baked goods foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven.
- beverage (plural: beverages) any of various liquids for drinking.
- canned food food that is processed and sealed in airtight containers such as jars and tin cans.
- cashier (plural: cashiers) store employee who handles cash transactions with customers.
- cereal (plural: cereals) any plant of the grass family, as wheat, rye, oats, or corn, yielding an edible grain.
- checkout (plural: checkouts) a counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases.
- cosmetics products applied to the body, especially the face, to improve its appearance.
- counter (plural: counters) a flat surface on which money is counted, business is transacted, or food is prepared or served.
- dairy product (plural: products) milk and any of the foods made from milk, including butter, cheese, ice cream, yogurt, and condensed and dried milk.
- delicatessen (plural: delicatessens) a shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving.
- express checkout (plural: checkouts) a counter where you pay for a small number of things that you are buying.
- farmers market (plural: markets) a public market at which farmers and often other vendors sell produce directly to consumers.
- flea market (plural: markets) a market, usually held outdoors, where antiques, used household goods, and curios are sold.
- frozen food food preserved by freezing.
- fruit he sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food.
- greengrocer (plural: greengrocers) a grocery that sells fresh fruit and vegetables.
- groceries merchandise especially foodstuffs sold by a grocer.
- household items furniture, furnishings, appliances and personal effects that are typically found in a home.
- meats beef, lamb, veal, pork.
- mini-market (plural: markets) a store that sells food and sometimes other goods, but is not as big as a supermarket.
- organic farming the production of food without the use of synthetic chemicals or genetically modified components.
- poultry chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese raised for food.
- produce agricultural products collectively, especially vegetables and fruits.
- personal care products products used for wellbeing, beauty and cleaning such as cosmetics, skin products, hair care products, cleaning products, and fragrances.
- self-service a store, restaurant, or service station where customers select goods for themselves or service their car for themselves and pay a cashier.
- shopping basket (plural: markets) a basket provided by stores for shoppers to carry around items before purchase.
- shopping cart (plural: carts) a metal or plastic cart with four small wheels that is used for holding merchandise when shopping (as at a supermarket or department store).
- seafood edible saltwater fish or shellfish.
- snack (plural: snacks) food eating between meals.
- supermarket (plural: supermarkets) a large self-service retail market that sells food and household goods.
- toiletries articles such as toothpaste, shaving cream, or cologne used in cleaning or grooming oneself.
- vegetable (plural: vegetables) a plant or part of a plant used as food, such as a cabbage, potato, carrot, or bean.
Flea Markets
- antique (plural: antiques) an object having special value because of its age, especially a domestic item or piece of furniture or handicraft esteemed for its artistry, beauty, or period of origin.
- curio (plural: curios) a small article valued as a collector’s item; an antique.
- outdoor market (plural: markets) a marketplace, not confined to a building, with one or more individual stalls/vendors, that sell products such as new or used good, wares, merchandise, limited services, fresh food items, pre-packaged food items, flowers and/or plants.
- second-hand clothing clothes that have been previously owned by someone else.
- second-hand goods items of personal property offered for sale not as new.
- stall (plural: stalls) a small often temporary stand or booth for the display and sale of goods.
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VISUAL VOCABULARY
- Visit some famous farmers’ markets and supermarkets
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