Elementary 2 - Retail & Travel

Here you will learn some English words about retail and travel, such as "cash", "customer", and "baggage", prepared for elementary level students.

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Elementary 2
cash [noun]

money in bills or coins, rather than checks, credit, etc.

Ex: She paid for the groceries in cash .

a shop or store that sells clothing

Ex: I saw your favorite brand in the clothes store .

a bag made of cloth, paper, or plastic with two handles, used for carrying what you buy

Ex: She prefers paper shopping bags to plastic ones .
sale [noun]

an occasion when a shop or business sells its goods at reduced prices

Ex: The furniture store announced a sale on dining sets .

a plastic card, usually given to us by a bank, that we use to pay for goods and services

Ex: I use my credit card mostly for online purchases .
bill [noun]

a form of currency made of paper

Ex: She gave the homeless man a five-dollar bill .
customer [noun]

a person, organization, company, etc. that pays to get things from businesses or stores

Ex: The restaurant treated every customer like family .

someone traveling in a vehicle, aircraft, ship, etc. who is not the pilot, driver, or a crew member

Ex: The bus was crowded with passengers during the morning commute .
baggage [noun]

suitcases or other bags, containing our clothes and things, that we carry when we are traveling

Ex: He had to pay extra for his baggage because it was over the weight limit .
international [adjective]

happening in or between more than one country

Ex: The international airport serves flights to and from various countries around the world .
platform [noun]

the raised surface in a station next to a railroad track where people can get on and off a train

Ex: The announcement indicated that the train to Berlin would arrive at platform 3 .
railroad [noun]

a system or network of tracks with the trains, organization, and people needed to operate them

Ex: The railroad construction project was expected to be completed by next year .

to decide or tell that something arranged before will now not happen

Ex: He canceled the reservation at the restaurant because they were running late .
wheel [noun]

any of the circular objects typically found under vehicles like cars, bicycles, buses, etc., used to make movement possible by turning

Ex: They replaced the old wheels with new ones for better performance .