shopping and dining
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compras y comidas
- On all rainy days, customers can pick up a complimentary umbrella to use while shopping and dining and then return it before leaving.
- shopping and dining destination
- shopping and dining area
Examples
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You can enjoy shopping and dining at several local restaurants and boutiques in the area.
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Walk downtown and enjoy the shopping and dining Grant Ave. has to offer.
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Ogden City and the council recently adopted a joint resolution encouraging residents to do all of their holiday shopping and dining within Ogden city limits.
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The original path along the north side of the river from Main Street to Webster Street is just steps from Naper Settlement, the Municipal Center, the Nichols Library, North Central College, as well as downtown shopping and dining.
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It wins over fliers with shopping and dining options, the ease of check-in and security, and the friendliness typical of its city hub.
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During your vacation, set aside time for shopping and dining in the vibrant downtown district.
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The festival offers a variety of activities, including shopping and dining options for everyone.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The overall meaning is a straightforward composition of the known constituents: 'shopping' + 'and' + 'dining' simply lists two activities (buying goods and eating meals), so the combined sense is directly inferable. This coordination pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows normal English composition, so an average B1 learner who knows the parts will understand the phrase.
Etymology
Shopping and dining comes from the simple idea of doing shopping (buying things) and dining (eating at restaurants) together, like when malls and city centres put shops and cafes under one roof. That's why it now means 'buying goods and eating meals' as a single leisure activity.