The New Best Shots 4 unit 1

für 4dhif x gruppe

to fuel a massive change

=to cause a big shift = einen riesigen Wandel fördern (Bsp:Social media helped to fuel a massive change in shopping habits.)

to offer warranties

=to give legal guarantee for smth-Garantie anbieten (Bsp:Reliable companies offer warranties on their electronics.)

to have an unlimited returns policy

=to allow customers to return items anytime-unbegrenztes Rückgaberecht haben (Bsp:Stores use unlimited returns policy to attract buyers)

to have/face a recession

=to experience an economic downturn-eine Rezession durchmachen (Bsp:Many Businesses struggle when the country faces a recession.)

to verify smth

=check smth is true-etw überprüfen (Bsp: Always verify your answers twice in exams.)

to strongly rely on product reviews

=to depend heavily on customer rating-sich auf rezensionen verlassen (Bsp: Customers strongly rely on product reviews before buying expensive stuff!)

to ban photo retouching

=to forbid changing fotos digitally-Fotoretusche verbieten (Bsp: Some celebrities ban photo retouching on their own photos.)

to be resistant to smth

=not getting affected by smth

to be fickle

=changing preferences often/quickly-launisch sein (Bsp: Trends change quickly because fashion consumers can be fickle.)

to be driven by the influencer community

=Influenced by social media creators-von Influencers angetrieben werden (Bsp: Sales of this trend are driven by the influencer community.)

to be remedied by fast fashion

=solved or fixed by cheap trendy clothes-durch Fast Fashion gelöst werden (Bsp: Bad moods can’t be remedied by fast fashion.)

to be thrifty

=careful with money-sparsam (Bsp:Students need to be thrifty when buying groceries.)

to be frowned upon

=to be disapproved of by people-nicht gerne gesehen sein (Bsp: Cheating on exams is frowned upon.)

young people’s shopping behaviour is alien to some consumers

=Older shoppers don’t understand how teens shop.-einkaufsverhalten jünger menschen ist anderen konsumenten fremd (Bsp: Buying virtual items in video games is alien to some consumers.)

beyond all reason

=Logical or sensible limits crossed.-jenseits aller Vernunft (Bsp: Spending entire savings on shoes is beyond all reason.)

to be gullible

=Easily tricked or persuaded.-leichtgläubig sein (Bsp: Unrealistic ads target costumers who are gullible.)

to top up one’s self-esteem

=to boost confidence-Selbstwertgefühl aufbessern (Bsp:Buying luxury items is sometimes used to top up one’s self esteem.)