Customer: Why are the signs in your window so full of spelling and grammatical mistakes?
Storekeeper: So that people will think I’m a fool and come in expecting to get the best of me. Since I put up those signs, business has boomed.
Vocabulary Help
- boom – prosperar, dar certo
- business – negócios
- customer – freguês, cliente
- fool – idiota
- full – cheio
- get the best of me – levar vantagem sobre mim
- mistake – erro
- put up – colocar
- sign – anúncio
- since – desde que
- so that – para que
- spelling – grafia, escrita
- storekeeper – dono da loja
- think (think, thought, thought) – pensar
- why – porque
- window – janela
