window-shopping

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window-shopping

The act of visiting stores, or looking in their windows, to see what is available without buying anything. My bank account is so sad these days that I'll only be window-shopping for a while! A: "You guys really went in that expensive boutique?" B: "Yeah, but we were only window-shopping, don't worry! We know we can't afford anything in there!"

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tineke	-	Dutch
Juan (1)	HWAHN (Spanish), JOO-ahn (Manx)	Spanish, Manx
ElİF	-	Turkish
Carolina	kah-ro-LEE-nah (Italian, Spanish), ka-roo-LEE-nə (Portuguese), ker-ə-LIEN-ə (English), kar-ə-LIEN-ə (English)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Swedish
Cosme	-	Portuguese, French
Matilde	mah-TEEL-de (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian