Office supply meaning in English

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Definition

office supplies: pens, paper, Post-Its, etc. needed for office work idiom
Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks below with terms used in the dialogue you just heard!

This term refers to a storehouse, or large building used to store items: "Jim enjoys his job in the because he loves big brown boxes".

The term we're looking for here shares a similar meaning with "abroad": "When I'm older, I want to live because I hate my country".

The next term shares a similar meaning with "provisions" and was used several times in the dialogue: "I need to buy at the art shop because I've decided to become the new Van Gogh".

Fill in the blanks below with terms used in the dialogue you just heard!

This term refers to a storehouse, or large building used to store items: "Jim enjoys his job in the warehouse 1 because he loves big brown boxes".

The term we're looking for here shares a similar meaning with "abroad": "When I'm older, I want to live overseas 2 because I hate my country".

The next term shares a similar meaning with "provisions" and was used several times in the dialogue: "I need to buy supplies 3 at the art shop because I've decided to become the new Van Gogh".
1 warehouse: "Warehouse" is the right answer. A "warehouse" is a storage facility, usually in the form of a large hangar. Warehouses are used to store all kinds of things: merchandise, textiles, cars, drugs, guns just to name a few. In the dialogue, we are told that Horatio's supplies are in a warehouse. Example: "I like to keep the warehouse clean and tidy".
2 overseas: "Overseas" is the best choice here. If something happens "overseas", it happens in a "foreign country" or "abroad". In the dialogue, Horatio has ordered lots of products from "overseas". Example: "Lucy spent eight years living overseas and now she has a strange accent".
3 supplies: "Supplies" is the right answer here. "Supplies" are the "items", "articles", or "products" needed to perform a certain action. The dialogue discusses Horatio's supplies; the ingredients he needs to make his beautiful perfumes. Example: "I love stealing office supplies from work: paperclips are my favourite". Note that there is a related verb: "to supply (somebody with a product)".

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