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Business English Lesson – Advanced Level's archive

Supermarkets

1 If you ask someone for their on supermarkets as

opposed to the small corner shop, you will get varying

replies

standing

stand

stance

status

2 The first question you have to ask is who are the

customers that they are each trying to

target

hit

aim

deliver

3 When you tell the inhabitants of a small village that the

little local store is going to close, many will express

dispute

disdain

dislike

dismay

4 There will naturally be in the various sections of

the community as to the benefits or disadvantages of

losing the little store

cuts

splits

slices

pieces

5 Of course we all get with endless leaflets through

the door telling us of bargains at the local supermarket

plagued

attacked

stormed

bothered

6 Big discussions take place in the area as to whether a

supermarket will come to the area and waiting for the

outcome can be quite for the small shop owner

nerve killing

nerve hurting

nerve racking

nerve splitting

7 Inquiries are held which seem to go on forever and you

only wish that the procedure could be

speeded through

speeded along

speeded up

speeded in

8 Protest meetings are held but invariably they end in a

because they are not organized properly

disgrace

shambles

chaos

fall

9 Then the final result is announced that there is to be a

between EASISHOP and GOSHOP, which will then

become a super supermarket

joiner

combine

link

merger

10 The confused customer is now in a terrible

because in the old days there was just one brand of butter

to buy and now there is a choice of 24

distress

disturb

dilemma

disturbance