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/ˈɔːr.dɚ/ play_circle_filled1. Order = buy something and ask for it to be delivered from a shop (Verb)
Order something = Place an order for something
- Hello, I ordered a coffee machine from your shop eight months ago. It stopped working even though I haven't had it for very long. I expected it to last much longer than this.
- Here is the catalog we usually use to order office equipment. I just used it yesterday to order some staplers.
M: Hello, I placed an order for a wireless speaker on your Website on July 4th. My credit card statement said that I was charged twice for that purchase. W: I'm really sorry to hear that, sir. Actually, we had a problem with our electronic payment system on that date. So, all of the online transactions were repeated automatically. |
W: Hello, I'm calling about a blender I ordered from your online store two weeks ago. It suddenly stopped running, but I am not sure why. M: If you live near one of our stores. You can take it to the repair center. Every store has one. |
2. Order = a product or a meal that has been asked for by a customer (Countable Noun)
- I got an email saying that the order has been shipped.
- Enjoy 20% off sitewide. If your order qualifies for bulk discount, you will receive the greater of the two discounts.
- Is this order for here or to go?
Hi Lucas, Thank you for shopping with Indigo Bookstore, your order number is ABC-99478. Your order will be dispatched from our warehouse soon, and we'll let you know once it's on its way to you. You can view your order status online. |
3. Order = ask for something to be made, supplied in a restaurant, or delivered from a restaurant (Verb)
The following phrases are often used
(1) Take one's order
(2) Please wait in this line to place your order
(3) a large/small order of
(4) Place a delivery order
- The waiter still hasn't come to take our order.
- Our server took forever to take our order.
- Hello, may I take your order?
- Please wait in this line to place your order.
- I'd like a large order of French fries, please.
- I'd like two small orders of French fries, please.
- Hello, I'd like to place a delivery order. The address is 7939 Donald Drive, and the nearest cross streets are Blundell and Gilbert.
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play_circle_filledOrder something = Place an order for something = buy something and ask for it to be delivered from a shop
- Hello, I ordered a coffee machine from your shop eight months ago. It stopped working even though I haven't had it for very long. I expected it to last much longer than this.
- Here is the catalog we usually use to order office equipment. I just used it yesterday to order some staplers.
M: Hello, I placed an order for a wireless speaker on your Website on July 4th. My credit card statement said that I was charged twice for that purchase. W: I'm really sorry to hear that, sir. Actually, we had a problem with our electronic payment system on that date. So, all of the online transactions were repeated automatically. |
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play_circle_filledCash register/Register/Till = a machine in a shop or other business that records sales and into which money received is put
- I'm sorry, I'm closing this register. My colleague can ring you up at the next one.
- Carla, next time you have the register open, could you give me some quarters?
- Our new cash registers will be installed over the weekend so that we can start using them next week.
- The line at the cash register was so long and just not moving fast enough.
- I just got a part-time job at a restaurant, and I have to take orders and work the till.
- I recently started volunteering behind the till at a charity shop and I'm finding it hard to count out the change and be polite and bright to customers at the same time. It's really stressing me out.
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play_circle_filledThe phrasal verb "pick up" has multiple meanings and uses, depending on the context.
1. Physically lifting something off a surface.
- James, could you pick up the clothes on the floor and hang them up?
2. Getting goods or meals.
- People can now order meals via food delivery apps. The courier will pick up meals at restaurants and deliver them to doors.
- Foodpanda promises that the courier will pick up and drop off the meal within 60 minutes.
- The courier is here. I'm gonna pick up my meals now.
- When you're in town could you pick up the books I ordered?
- We need to pick up the mail before the post office closes.
- I will be away next month. Can you pick up orders for me next week?
3. Buy something casually or without planning
- I'm going to a convenience store to buy some drinks and food. Do you want me to pick up something for you from the store while I am there?
- Honey, could you also pick up some take-out food for dinner on your way here? I don't feel like cooking tonight.
4. Going to a location to get someone and take them to another place, often used in the context of giving someone a ride.
- Alex, could you pick me up after work?
- I have a very busy schedule this afternoon. First, I have to pick up a client from the airport. Then I have to drop him off at our office. Finally, I still have to pick up my kids at school.
5. Accepting an incoming call.
- I've been calling you, but you never pick up your phone.
6. Learning something informally or quickly
- If you want to pick up a new language, the best way is to live in the country where the language is spoken.
- Children pick up new languages much easier than adults.
- You seem to pick up playing basketball pretty fast.
- You have been picking up some bad habits from your friends lately.
7. Starting where something left off.
- We'll pick up this conversation when I come back.
- I'd like to pick up where we left off.
- Let's pick up where we left off yesterday.
8. Initiating a social or romantic interaction, often with a connotation of casualness.
- He likes to go to the nightclub and pick up girls.
9. Increasing the speed of something
- We need to pick up the speed a little bit. We're losing him.
- The wind started to pick up, making it even colder.
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play_circle_filledRing up the sale/Ring up the purchase/Ring + a product+ up = use the cash register to calculate the cost of products
M: Welcome to Cosmos. Is there anything I can help you with? W: No, thank you. I was looking for a particular brand of milk that I normally buy, but I couldn't find it. Luckily, a stock clerk helped me with that. M: Great. Well, I'll go ahead and ring up your purchase. Okay…Your total comes to $49.80. |
- The cashier rang up my purchase, and I left.
- If you don't mind, I will ring up your purchase at the front of the store.
- Just when I realized that I didn't have enough money, the cashier had already rung up the sale.
- I placed the items on the counter, and the cashier rang them up.
- I'm sorry, I rang up the wrong amount.
Ring someone up/Ring up someone = helps customers pay the bill and get the goods they buy at a store
- The gentleman over there can ring you up on the second register.
- I will ring up the last two customers and close the store.
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