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day 43at the counter

unit 6 · food, shopping & money

    at the counter

    Buy clothes at the counter, pay and keep the receipt, and say something is bound to happen with 勢必, 必定 and 必然.

    today’s words

    • 市面 shìmiàn · the market (what is on sale)
    • 銀子 yínzi · silver; money (old-fashioned, jokey)
    • 單據 dānjù · receipt, voucher
    • 付款 fùkuǎn · pay (a sum)
    • 估價 gūjià · estimate (the price), quote
    • 貨品 huòpǐn · goods, merchandise
    • 售貨員 shòuhuòyuán · shop assistant
    • 套裝 tàozhuāng · suit (matching set), outfit
    • 西服 xīfú · Western suit
    • 選購 xuǎngòu · choose and buy, shop for
    • 必然 bìrán · inevitably, necessarily
    • 必定 bìdìng · surely, certainly
    • 瞪 dèng · glare, stare
    • 分辨 fēnbiàn · tell apart, distinguish
    • 光芒 guāngmáng · rays of light, radiance
    • 考量 kǎoliáng · consideration; consider
    • 耐 nài · resistant to, durable
    • 外在 wàizài · external, outward (appearance)
    • 演變 yǎnbiàn · evolve, develop
    • 搖晃 yáohuàng · shake, sway
    • 遺忘 yíwàng · forget (written)
    • 勢必 shìbì · be bound to, will certainly

    sentences

    • 油漲價了,很多東西勢必也會變貴。 · Fuel has gone up, so lots of other things are bound to get dearer too.
    • 他答應的事,必定會做到。 · When he promises something, he always does it.
    • 這家小店慢慢演變成了一家大餐廳。 · The little shop slowly grew into a big restaurant.
    • 市面上有很多這種產品,你要會分辨。 · There are lots of products like this on the market: you need to be able to tell them apart.
    • 修車以前,先請師傅估價。 · Before the repair, get the mechanic to give you a quote.