CHECK OUTS RING UP FOOD BILLS BY THE TROLLEYFUL / VOCABULARY

to check out = to pay items when leaving a supermarket the checkout I hate queueing (UK) / lining (US) up at the checkout. the bill to add up/to bring /to pay the bill to bill s.o. a trolley is used to transport goods in a supermarket. to shorten = to make shorter < > to lengthen = to make longer to add (up) < > to subtract to multiply < > to divide PREPOSITION + ING He left the restaurant without paying the bill Switch off the computer before leaving ! He became an engineer after teaching for years. You might help me instead of doing nothing ! He usually falls asleep while watching TV. to unpack < > to pack >>> a package to grant = to give = to award (a prize, an oscar, a medal) tiny = very small < > huge = very big A computer contains (micro)chips (processor, memory ...). a barcode is a code identifying an item a price (noun) / to price (verb) an item = an article = goods (always plural) a shoplifter is someone who steals items in a shop Notice : Shoplifters will be prosecuted to conceal = to hide, to tuck into < > to show to monitor = to supervise = to check a monitor : a screen likely (adj) notion of probability/likelihood With so little work, he is not likely to succeed a label = a slip of paper stuck on an object to identify it a tag = a slip of paper attached to an object to identify it to stick / stuck / stuck / a sticker he's got sticky fingers (2 meanings : real and figurative) to fit : to equip, to adapt I'll have to fit a new cartridge in my printer. to be fit : to be in good health (fitness) < > to be ill, to be unwell significant = important = essential