Glossary Unit 2

Vocabulary

Advertising:  Promote something (usually a product) thru TV, internet, flyers, etc.

Advertisements:  A picture, short film, song, etc. that tries to persuade people to buy a product or service

Ads: Informal for advertising

Publicity: the activity of making certain that someone or something attracts a lot of interest or attention from many people, or the attention received as a result of this activity.

Appear: Perform or speak where you are seen by a lot of people.

Claim: Say something is true although you might not be able to prove it.

Convince: Succeed in convincing someone that something is true.

Promote: Tell people about a service or a product to make it popular.

Recommend: Say something is good or useful.

Slogan: A catchphrase or small group of words that are combined in a way to identify a product or company

Broadcast: Live transmition of something ( video, commercial, etc)

Bargain: Something that you buy that is really cheap or is in offer.

Bid: When you are in an auction and offer money for something you are bidding.

Auction: Public sale of goods or property where ids are made to pay for the product.

Browse: Looking for something in a store while you are taking your time doing it.

Consume: Using/ eating/ putting in practice, a product you have bought before.

Purchase: Buying  a product

Refund: Returning the product you bought in exchange for the money you paid.

Supply: Quantity of products that a store is supplied.

Supplier: Company that supplies a store with its products.

Charity: Doing something to help other people in need.

Semi-detached house: A house attached to another one by one side, usually its just two houses.

Ordinary: Something that is OK, but its not great nor amazing.

Habitable: A place you can live in but its  not pretty nor extraordinary.

Old-Fashioned: A style of decorating that is "vintage" not necessarily old old.

Modern-looking: Something that looks really new and is top of the field.

Terraced: Row of small houses united to each other on one side.

Potential: Something that can be better if it has work done to it.

Stunning: Something impressive and really pretty or amazing.

Past Perfect:  Had + P. participle

Present Perfect: Have + P. participle