2009年4月18日 星期六

giveaway, freesheets, getaway, service conspicuous consumption

Practical Traveler

By MICHELLE HIGGINS

To counter customers’ reluctance about jetting off for conspicuous consumption, travel companies are pushing trips that emphasize service.



It must be Maine for a wonderful winter getaway.



The thief, who was never caught, must have used up a lifetime's worth of luck in his getaway. If he is still alive amid today's economic troubles, I imagine he's spending his old age in bleak circumstances. Or maybe he is standing in line dreaming of hitting the jackpot once again.



Get In On Google's Holiday Giveaway
Washington Post - United States
Google is feeling the holiday spirit with a sticker giveaway that may warm the heart of your favorite nerd this holiday season. ...



The recent rise of giveaway papers known as freesheets has also eaten into the tabloids' franchise. Gone are the days when London streets reverberated with Cockney accents shouting out tabloid news headlines. Today's street distributors are every inch as effective as they thrust free papers at passersby. In July, three London freesheets -- the Metro, Thelondonpaper and London Lite -- boasted a combined circulation of 1.65 million daily.


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give sth away (FREE) phrasal verb [M]
to give something to someone without asking for payment:
The shop is giving away a sample pack to every customer.
Nobody wants this type of heater anymore - I can't even give it away!

giveaway Show phonetics
noun [C]
something that is given free to a customer

giveaway Show phonetics
adjective [before noun]
describes a price that is very low:
The furniture shop's offering three-piece suites at giveaway prices.


getaway
n.
  1. The act or an instance of escaping: made a quick getaway.
  2. The start, as of a race.
  3. A place appropriate for a vacation.

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