Cruise meaning in English
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Definition
a cruise: a boat trip, a sea journey for pleasure
a cruise ship: a passenger boat used for commercial cruises
Examples
- "Love Dove cruises are only for couples actually in love."
- "Imagine the beautiful sunsets seen from the bow of a cruise ship."
- "The Love Dove cruise ship is equipped with beauty salons, an aquarium, a golf course and jazz bars."
- "You basically represent two people at this office: Dave in the cafeteria, whom you bribed with two beers and a piece of cake, and Laura in accounts, who thought she was signing up for a cruise to Hawaii."
- "Love Dove cruises visit twelve romantic destinations from the Pacific to the Atlantic."
- "Announcer : Show your love how much you love them, take them on a Love Dove cruise."
Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks below with terms from the dialogue.
This term describes the act of persuading someone to act in your favor by paying them dishonestly. "If we are going to win the Florida elections, we're going to have to as many voters as possible."
You might go on one of these if you like boats and big ships, and if you like spending a lot of time at sea. "My husband and I went on a 2-month last year. We travelled to all the islands in the Caribbean."
This term describes the act of persuading someone to act in your favor by paying them dishonestly. "If we are going to win the Florida elections, we're going to have to as many voters as possible."
You might go on one of these if you like boats and big ships, and if you like spending a lot of time at sea. "My husband and I went on a 2-month last year. We travelled to all the islands in the Caribbean."
Fill in the blanks below with terms from the dialogue.
This term describes the act of persuading someone to act in your favor by paying them dishonestly. "If we are going to win the Florida elections, we're going to have to bribe 1 as many voters as possible."
You might go on one of these if you like boats and big ships, and if you like spending a lot of time at sea. "My husband and I went on a 2-month cruise 2 last year. We travelled to all the islands in the Caribbean."
This term describes the act of persuading someone to act in your favor by paying them dishonestly. "If we are going to win the Florida elections, we're going to have to bribe 1 as many voters as possible."
You might go on one of these if you like boats and big ships, and if you like spending a lot of time at sea. "My husband and I went on a 2-month cruise 2 last year. We travelled to all the islands in the Caribbean."
1 bribe: "To bribe (a policeman)" means to give money "illegally" to a policeman in order to get them to act in your favour. In the dialogue, when Bruno tells Leonard that he "bribed" Dave in the cafeteria "with two beers and a piece of cake". He means that he gave Dave two beers and a piece of cake so that Dave would join the union.
2 cruise: A "cruise" is a sea voyage often for pleasurable purposes. They are less common than they once were, partly because air travel is much cheaper, and partly because nobody likes to see old people drowning. In the dialogue Bruno says that Leonard recruited Laura in accounts to join the union because she "thought she was signing up for a cruise to Hawaii", this means that he persuaded Laura to join the union, because she thought she would go on a boat trip to Hawaii.
Exercise 2
In the article, the term "free-shipping" means
In the article, the term "free-shipping" means
Excerpt: Free-shipping . . . offers are expected to increase before Christmas.
This is correct. In retail terms, "shipping" refers to the transport of goods to the home of the buyer. It does not necessarily involve a ship, and items may simply be delivered by post or with the retailer's own shippers or carriers.
This is not correct. In retail terms, "shipping" simply refers to the transport of goods to the home of the buyer. It does not necessarily involve a ship, and could simply be handled by post or the retailer's own shippers. Cruise holidays aren't very ecological, by the way, and the ships usually smell of sick.
This is not correct. In retail terms, "shipping" simply refers to the transport of goods to the home of the buyer. The expression "buy one, get one free" refers to a retail promotion in which consumers are given a bonus, getting two identical products but paying for only one of them.
This is not correct. In retail terms, "shipping" refers to the transport of goods to the home of the buyer. In this case, the buyer will not be charged for the delivery of the items he has purchased.
Excerpt: Free-shipping . . . offers are expected to increase before Christmas.
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