My own shop — running a small business
Business nouns in plain sentences: the amount was low, quality first. Numbers stay friendly.
New core words in this lesson
advertisementamountcompetitionincreaselistlosslowmanagerofferownerpaperprintqualitytradevalue
Read the sentences below, then practice the whole lesson with audio.
- 1I want to be my own manager.
- 2The owner before me ran this place for thirty years.
- 3Our trade is simple: good bread at a good price.
- 4Quality first — the rest comes after.
- 5They made me an offer for the shop.
- 6The amount was low, so I said no.
- 7There was a small increase this month — we're moving!
- 8One bad month isn't a loss of hope.
- 9The new advertisement goes up tomorrow.
- 10Competition keeps us sharp — I'll say that for them.
- 11Know the value of your work, and say it out loud.
- 12We put every price on a clean printed list.
- 13Paper says one thing; people say different things — listen to people.
- 14Because we're small, we can care more.
- 15Build a thing you'd want to walk into.
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