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bargain
معنی و توضیح
The word “bargain,” in this podcast, means something that has a very low price and costs much less than it normally does: “Her airline ticket was a bargain! She paid only $250 to fly across the country.” A “bargain” is also an agreement between two people to do something for each other: “They made a bargain that he would cook and she would wash the dishes.” As a verb, “to bargain” means to negotiate, or to argue and discuss prices until both the seller and buyer agree on the final price: “Do you like bargaining at farmers’ markets?” Finally, the phrase “to bargain on (something)” means to believe that something will happen and to prepare for it: “They planned an outdoor wedding, bargaining on sunshine.”
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 355: Finding a Bargain.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 355. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Visit our website at eslpod.com. There you can download a Learning Guide for this episode to help you improve your English even faster.
This episode is called “Finding a Bargain.” It’s a dialogue between Manuel and Georgia about Georgia’s trip to the store. Let’s get started.
Manuel: Wow, I’ve never seen so many shopping bags in my life. I can guess where you’ve been.
Georgia: I did go overboard a bit today. I went to the outlet mall and I found some real bargains. Nearly everything was discounted. I was in shopping heaven!
Manuel: I can see that.
Georgia: My favorite store had reduced prices for all of its sweaters, so I bought five. They were already on sale, but the store knocked another $5 off the price. I got them at half-price! I was going to
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