Reported Speech
Set this sentence in reported speech:
Mr. Heijn: "The green grocer's charges too much"
Mr. Heijn said [that] the green grocer's charged too much.
What store would you visit to buy meat (de slager)
The butcher's
These three letters stand for the highest-ranking administrator in a company, known in Dutch as the 'hoofd van een bedrijf'.
CEO
The English verb for "kopen"
to buy
The English verb for 'kiezen'
to choose
Set this sentence in reported speech:
Lemnouar: "She is saving up for a new jacket "
Lemnouar said [that] she was saving up for a new jacket.
Complete the sentence: I need to mail this parcel and buy some stamps, so I am heading over to the...
The English word for 'salaris', which is the fixed regular payment you receive from your employer.
salary
Complete the sentence: The jacket was originally $100, but I got a 20% ...
discount
A closer synonym for the verb 'to resolve' or 'to settle on a choice', translated in Dutch as 'beslissen'.
to decide
Set this sentence in reported speech
Steef: "The entrepreneur decided to sign yesterday"
Steef said [that] the entrepreneur had decided to sign yesterday
If you need to wash a large duvet that won't fit in your home machine, you would take it to this self-service laundry business
the laundrette (US: Laundromat)
This noun refers to the regular money you receive from a job, investments, or business
Income
While 'to borrow' means to take something with the plan to return it, this word means to give something temporarily
to lend
Complete the sentence: I promised my parents I would study, but I don't really want to. I'll just ... to be asleep if they walk in.
to pretend
Set this sentence in Reported Speech:
The students: "We have run out of bread, Sean is getting more"
The students said [that] they had run out of bread, [and] Sean was getting more.
This shop is the British equivalent of a pharmacy, where you buy medicine and cosmetics.
Complete the sentence: The startup is looking for a[n] ... who is willing to risk their own money to help grow the business.
Investor
It's the small piece of paper the cashier hands you after you pay, proving what you bought.
This English verb means to intentionally stay away from someone or something
to avoid
Set this sentence in Reported Speech
Nina: "I promise that I will pay for the coffee"
Nina said [that] she promised that she would pay for the coffee
The place you visit when you want to buy or sell a house.
the estate agent's
A formal, legally binding agreement between two parties
Contract
This three-word phrase means you don't have enough of something, like cash at the register
What is "to be short of"
This British-English verb means "to like" or "to want" something in the moment, as in: "Do you ________ a cup of coffee?"
to fancy