Core Words: How to Say "Search Engine," "Jewelry Store," and More!

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Hi everybody, my name is Alisha. Welcome to the "2000 Core English Words and Phrases" video series. Each lesson will help you learn new words, practice, and review what you've learned.

Okay, let's get started.

First is

shoe store

Shoe store

A shoe store is a specific kind of store where you can go to buy shoes

Shoe stores usually sell shoes of different kinds though

You might find a sports shoe store in a formal shoe store and they often sell things like socks and stockings as well

Here's an example

The woman is shopping for shoes at the shoe store

Jewelry store

Jewelry

store a

Jewelry store is a shop that sells things like necklaces

rings

bracelets earrings

Pretty accessories that are usually worn by women but occasionally by men as well. Here's an example

We bought our wedding rings at the jewelry store

Mall

Mall a

Mall is a shopping center sometimes inside sometimes outside

It's usually one maybe two floors that have many different shops inside. Here's an example

There are a large variety of stores at the mall

Sample

Sample as a noun means something like a taste or a test of something bigger

So when you're not sure if you want to buy something like food, for example

You can try a sample piece of that a small piece of that to see if you like it or not. Here's an example

Show me a sample of what you're trying to sell me

Text

Text can be both a noun and a verb

Let's talk about the verb form in this lesson to text means to write a text message on your phone

So here's an example

It's dangerous to text while you drive

It is dangerous to text while you drive

Internet cafe

An Internet cafe is a place you can go to access the Internet

Internet cafes usually of course have fast internet access and usually some soft drinks coffee

Maybe a few things to read and comfortable chairs to use. Here's an example sentence

Keep in touch with friends on the web at an Internet cafe

Wireless

Wireless is an adjective. It means something that does not have a wire

We usually use this word when we talk about

Electronics like phones and computers maybe microphones as well when we talk about our internet connection

So something that usually has to have a wire to create a connection that does not have a wire is called a wireless

Version of that thing. Here's an example sentence. I use a wireless connection when I work in a coffee shop. I

Use a wireless connection when I work in a coffee shop

I use a wireless connection when I work in a coffee shop

Blog

Blog a

Blog is a place online a website online where someone can write their opinions can share their ideas about

Topics blogs usually look like articles, but people might include pictures and videos

Perhaps even interviews to support their ideas. Here's an example

People can write a blog about anything they want to

Social networking site

A social networking site is a site like Facebook Instagram Twitter

Snapchat and so on these are websites where lots and lots of people can come together around the world to share ideas

pictures videos and so on so social networking sites are places where you can go to

socialize and create networks

Here's an example

Facebook in my space are social networking sites

Facebook and my space are social networking sites

Search engine

Search engine a

Search engine is a tool you can use to search the internet for information

Very popular search engines include Google perhaps even Yahoo

There's another one that's called Bing there are many different search engines, but Google is probably the most popular

Here's an example sentence. The Google search engine is fast and detailed

The Google search engine is fast and detailed

Let's review. I'm going to describe a word or phrase in English

See if you can remember it then repeat after me focusing on pronunciation ready

Do you remember how to say the name of the place where you can buy things like shoes socks stockings and so on

Shoe store

Shoe store and

How to say the kind of shop where you can buy things like necklaces bracelets rings and earrings

you

Jewelry store

What about the kind of shopping location where there are usually many shops lined in a row on maybe one floor or perhaps

two floors

Mall

Do you remember how to say the word that means a small taste or a small test of some other product

Sample

Let's try the verb that means to write a message to someone on your phone

Text

What about the expression for the type of cafe you can go to to access the Internet

Internet cafe

Now, let's see if you remember how to say the adjective that means a connection that you don't need a wire for

Wireless

Another one. What about the kind of website that people use to write their ideas and they can be supported with pictures and

Videos and interviews as well

Blog

Do you remember how to say the expression that refers to websites like Facebook myspace

Instagram Twitter and so on

Social

Networking site

Social networking site and

Finally, do you remember how to say the type of service that we use to search for information on the Internet?

Search engine search engine

Well done! See you next time. Bye!

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