Black Friday

Glossary

blissful

A blissful situation or period of time is one in which you are extremely happy.

- We spent a blissful week together.

- There's just nothing more blissful than lying by that pool.

grim

A situation or piece of information that is grim is unpleasant, depressing, and difficult to accept.

They painted a grim picture of growing crime.

There was further grim economic news yesterday.

The mood could not have been grimmer.

jolly

Someone who is jolly is happy and cheerful in their appearance or behaviour.

She was a jolly, kindhearted woman.

doorbuster

A person who breaks into a room or building;

gluttonously

If you think that someone eats too much and is greedy, you can say he is a glutton.

[disapproval]

I can't control my eating. It's hard when people don't understand and call you a glutton.

ravenous

If you are ravenous, you are extremely hungry.

She realized that she had eaten nothing since leaving home, and she was ravenous.

void

COUNTABLE NOUN [usually singular]

If you describe a situation or a feeling as a void, you mean that it seems empty because there is nothing interesting or worthwhile about it.

His death has left a void in the cricketing world which can never be filled.

...an aching void of loneliness.

2. COUNTABLE NOUN

You can describe a large or frightening space as a void.

He stared into the dark void where the battle had been fought.

The ship moved silently through the black void.

Observers have found in the universe giant voids about 500,000,000 light-years across.

3. ADJECTIVE [verb-link ADJECTIVE]

Something that is void or null and void is considered to have no value or authority.

The original elections were declared void by the former military ruler.

The agreement will be considered null and void.

trample

To trample on someone's rights or values or to trample them means to deliberately ignore or destroy them.

They say loggers are destroying rainforests and trampling on the rights of natives.

Diplomats denounced the leaders for trampling their citizens' civil rights.

They do not want to see the good name of their club trampled underfoot.

showcase

If something is showcased, it is displayed or presented to its best advantage.

[journalism]

Restored films are being showcased this month at a festival in Paris.

Black Friday Conversation Questions: Part 1

What have you bought during Black Friday?

Do you think that Black Friday is pure consumerism?

Have you ever bought online during Black Friday?

What do you think about black Friday deals?

What’s the Cyber Monday?

Do you get excited about sales and discounts?

Do you shop online? What kinds of things do you buy online?

Are the Black Friday deals really that good?

How long would you wait in line for a store to open?

What do you think of going shopping when it’s crowded?

Why does shopping make so many people happy?

Are we all becoming too focused on buying things?