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Collocations for shop - noun

ADJ.

high-street | corner, local, village | busy | elegant, fine, exclusive, expensive, grand, high-class, posh, smart, stylish, sumptuous, upmarket | delightful, excellent, good, wonderful | well-stocked | trendy | old-fashioned, quaint, traditional | dingy, shabby | colourful | boarded up, disused, empty, vacant | butcher''s, greengrocer''s, etc. | gift, pet, shoe, etc. | electrical, photographic, etc. | specialist | duty-free
She bought 400 cigarettes at the airport duty-free shop.
charity
I gave all my old books to a charity shop.
junk | betting | mobile
Mobile shops are invaluable to people in rural areas.
retail | one-stop
This is your one-stop shop for all your holiday needs.

QUANT.

parade, row
The post office is at the end of the row of shops.
chain
The brothers opened a chain of electrical shops in the eighties.

VERB + SHOP

have, keep, own, run | open, set up
She opened a flower shop in the High Street. | (figurative) Some buskers had set up shop outside the station.
close, shut (up)
At 5.30 she shuts up shop and goes home.

SHOP + VERB

sell sth | offer sth
The shop offers a large selection of leather goods at reasonable prices.
specialize in sth | advertise sth | display sth | open | close, shut

SHOP + NOUN

assistant, manager, manageress, owner, staff, worker | counter, display, doorway, front, premises, shelves, sign, window | chain
a famous shoe shop chain

PREP.

around/round a/the ~
I went around all the shops but I couldn''t find a present for him.
at a/the ~
There was was a break-in at that new shop last night.
in a/the ~
She works part-time in a shop.

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