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to give someone the hard sell
– try to sell someone something in a forceful way 
- When I said I needed to go away and think about it before buying the car, the 
salesman 
tried the hard sell 
on me. 
shoplifting
- take goods from a shop without paying for them 
- My cousin was caught 
shoplifting
again and might be sent to prison this time. 
shop online / internet shopping
– to buy things over the internet 
- It’s really popular to do your grocery 
shopping online
these days and have it 
delivered to your house. 
- The increase in 
internet shopping
is leading to many local shops closing down 
to order
– to request a product over the internet or from a shop when the required 
item is not in stock 
- I must remember to go online and 
order
the computer game my brother wants for 
his birthday or it won’t arrive in time. 
Shopping Vocabulary Pronunciation
Shopping Vocabulary Set 2: People
shopper
– a person who is shopping 
- It was the start of the summer sales and the high street was packed with 
shoppers
. 
customer 
– a person who buys goods or services from a shop or business 
- I like to do my shopping early in the morning before the shops get busy 
with 
customers
. 
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retailer
– a business or person that sells goods to individual customers, as opposed to 
a wholesaler or supplier, who normally sell their goods to another business 
- Although supermarkets are primarily food 
retailers
, they also sell many other 
things such as electrical goods and clothing. 
bargain hunter
– someone who is looking for goods that are very good value for 
money, usually because they are on sale at a lower price than normal 
- My sister is a keen dedicated