shop
/ʃɒp/noun
उच्चारण शॉप
दुकान; कारख़ाना
Basic word
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[C] especially BrE
a building or part of a building where you can buy goods or services (American usually store); a place where things are made or repaired
दुकान; कारख़ाना
- a sweet shop
- a repair shop
- There is a small shop at the corner of our street.
+ 2 more examples
- The shop opens at nine and closes at eight.
- He runs a shop that sells electrical goods.
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¶Idioms 1
talk shop
to talk about your work with the people you work with, especially when you are also with other people who are not involved in it or interested in it
काम-काज की बातें करना (विशेषकर अनुचित समय पर)
- Please don't talk shop at the dinner table.
- Whenever the two doctors meet, they talk shop.
→Phrasal verbs 1
shop around (for sth)
to compare the prices or quality of goods in different shops before buying
(ख़रीदने से पहले) कई दुकानों में भाव देखना
- It pays to shop around before you buy a phone.
◇Word family
§Grammar and usage
British and American English: shop (British) and store (American).
British और American English में shop (British) और store (American)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Like a bull in a china shop (very clumsy, likely to break things or upset people), shut up shop (close a business), talk shop (talk about your work in a social situation), all over the shop (British informal, untidy or confused), set up shop (start a business).
Idioms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: like a bull in a china shop (बहुत अनाड़ी, चीज़ें तोड़ने या लोगों को परेशान करने वाला), shut up shop (व्यापार बंद करना), talk shop (सामाजिक अवसर पर अपने काम की बात करना), all over the shop (British अनौपचारिक, अव्यवस्थित या उलझा), set up shop (व्यापार शुरू करना)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A person who owns or runs a shop is a shopkeeper; a person who steals from a shop a shoplifter.
दुकान का मालिक या चलाने वाला shopkeeper (दुकानदार); दुकान से चोरी करने वाला shoplifter।