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Chan-Seung Lee
Joined: 03 Dec 2005
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 Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:47 am Post subject: hit the market |
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| Three new Asian-based magazines have just hit the market, a surprise to readers who watched the Dow Jones' Far Eastern Ecomomic Review and Time Warner's Asiaweek disappear in the last several years. |
1. What does 'hit the market' mean? I couldn't look it up in my dictionary.
2. And also I'd like to know 'hit the market' is a common word among native speakers.
3. What word does 'a surprise' indicate in the quote? I think that it indicates 'three new Asian-based magazines' or 'Three new Asian-based magazines have just hit the market'. But I'm not sure.
Could you teach me?
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Lorikeet
Joined: 08 Oct 2005
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Location: San Francisco
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| Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:49 am Post subject: Re: hit the market |
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| Chan-Seung Lee wrote: |
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| Three new Asian-based magazines have just hit the market, a surprise to readers who watched the Dow Jones' Far Eastern Ecomomic Review and Time Warner's Asiaweek disappear in the last several years. |
1. What does 'hit the market' mean? I couldn't look it up in my dictionary.
2. And also I'd like to know 'hit the market' is a common word among native speakers.
3. What word does 'a surprise' indicate in the quote? I think that it indicates 'three new Asian-based magazines' or 'Three new Asian-based magazines have just hit the market'. But I'm not sure.
Could you teach me?
Thanks. |
Three new Asian-based magazines are now offered for sale. This is a surprise (having 3 new Asian-based magazines) because two similar magazines disappeared. "Hit the market" is a common expression in the U.S. |
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