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Asking about sales

like a sale on at the moment? We don't, I'm afraid. Don't have a sale. Do you usually have sales? >> Not so much. We're an independent shop, so normally the big shops have sales...

Course: Confident real-life conversationsSection: Shopping conversationsSubtitles: en

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have

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like a sale on at the moment? We don't,

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I'm afraid. Don't have a sale. Do you

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usually have sales?

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>> Not so much. We're an independent shop,

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so normally the big shops have sales.

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[music] We don't really. What does an

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independent shop mean?

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Means it's owned by one person or a

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partnership. Right. Um, and a

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non-independent would be a company.

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>> [music]

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>> Right. I see. So, a bigger company, a

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chain brand. A chain brand. Oh, nice. I

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like these brimmed ones. Which one would

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you suggest is a good style? What's

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what's what's most popular one you Um,

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this is quite popular because you've got

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a big brim

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all the way round.

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Whereas these are trilbies

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and they have a smaller brims. Okay. And

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that's their [music] profile. Their

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profile is like that. So, that's quite

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nice. Ah, yeah. Does it come in

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different colors? Yep, different colors.

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So, we have green Mhm. and Oh, hang on.

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I'm just doing the trilbies right now.

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And cream. Nice.

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Uh, blue and green and a bit of red

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there. So, yes, we've got lots of

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different colors. Can I try on this

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green one?

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>> You certainly can.

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>> [laughter]

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>> Let's have a look.

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So, this topic brings up a really useful

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