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sale discount sell preferential price to make a discount benefit shopping product deliver package shop window consumer salesman basket counter cashier change cash

winter wintertime frosty snowy winter snowfall snowman snow snowdrift snowflake snowstorm frost blizzard cold bitter cold extreme cold sledge snowboard ice skates

winter sports ice hockey hockey player ice rink snowboarding snowboard speed skating figure skating ice skating skater curling bobsled alpine skiing sledging ski jumping biathlon figure skater

a Molotov cocktail a rally a protest a strike anti-government protests a placard a demand to take the battle to the streets to chant to revive to set on fire teargas a bullet to retire, to quit to judge

a machine (an exercise machine) weights a treadmill a stationary bicycle (an exercise bike) a cardio stepper an elliptical machine a dumbell a barbell a bar plates a collar a bench an inclined bench a kettlebell a shaker a chin-up bar (a pull-up bar) dip bars a rope a cable machine a Smith machine a

bargain hunting – looking for products that are good value for money, usually because they are on sale at a lower price than normal to shop around – compare prices before buying something retail therapy – the practise of buying things in order to make yourself feel better when you are unhappy to go on

a lifelong friend – a friend that you have had for most of your life a relationship of trust – a connection with another in which you have faith and confidence to arrange a dinner date – plan to share an evening meal a shoulder to cry on – someone to sympathize with you a

a ballot – a piece of paper that lists all the options that can be voted for (same as ballot paper)  a ballot box – the container that is used to hold all the used ballot papers  a bill – a draft from of a law before it has been approved by a vote  a

a literary genre – a style of expressing yourself in writing paradigmatic – relating to or serving as a typical example of something a haiku – an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines literary – relating to or characteristic of creative writing a folktale – a traditional story or legend circulated by word