U1a

When you are going to a store or several stores to buy things, you say, “I’m going ________.”

SHOPPING	905
TO THE STORE	60
TRADING	32
TO TOWN	16
DOWNTOWN	10
MARKETING	8
TO THE MARKET	7
TO MARKET	6
TO SHOP	6
TO BUY SOMETHING	5
TO TRADE	4
UPTOWN	4
NR	3
TO (NAME OF STORE)	3
TO GET SOMETHING	3
TO THE GROCERY STORE	3
ON ERRANDS	2
TO BUY	2
TO STORE	2
TO THE SUPERMARKET	2
WINDOW SHOPPING	2
ABROAD	1
BUTTER AND EGG DAY	1
BUYING	1
DOWN TO (NAME OF TOWN)	1
GROCERY SHOPPING	1
INTO TOWN TO GET FEED	1
LOOKING	1
ON A BUYING SPREE	1
OUT TO (NAME OF TOWN)	1
OVER TO THE STORE	1
SHOPPING AROUND	1
STORE GOING	1
STORING	1
TIGHT SHOE DAY	1
TO (NAME OF TOWN)	1
TO A DRESS SHOP	1
TO A STORE	1
TO BUY GROCERIES	1
TO DO MARKET	1
TO DO MY SHOPPING	1
TO DO MY TRADING	1
TO DO SOME TRADING	1
TO FETCH IT	1
TO GET A PAIR OF SHOES	1
TO GET SUPPLIES	1
TO LOOK FOR BARGAIN	1
TO PICK UP A FEW THINGS	1
TO PICK UP PROVENDER	1
TO PICK UP SOMETHING	1
TO SPEND SOME MONEY	1
TO THE CHEAPEST ONE	1
TO THE CLOTHING STORE	1
TO THE CORNER STORE	1
TO THE GRAB	1
TO THE SHOPPING CENTER	1
TO THE STORES	1
TO TRADE FOR SOMETHING	1

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