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- Fri May 30, 2008 10:24 pm
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: gleam in a grocer's eye
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5286
- Sat May 10, 2008 1:33 am
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: dock a portable into a desktop
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4171
dock a portable into a desktop
'the user who wants to `dock' a portable into a desktop setup and use its drives and printers in a sort of client/server networking fashion.' These 'portable' and 'desktop' mean 'portable computer' and 'desktop computer'? Does this person want to connect a portable computer WITH a desktop computer? ...
- Fri May 09, 2008 9:05 am
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: money paid in discharge of a claim
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3368
money paid in discharge of a claim
'money paid in discharge of a claim'
I wonder what this 'claim' means.
'Request for payment'?
Thank you.
I wonder what this 'claim' means.
'Request for payment'?
Thank you.
- Fri May 02, 2008 11:39 am
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: politically explosive
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5742
politically explosive
"The idea was politically explosive."
I wonder what 'politically explosive' means.
Thank you.
I wonder what 'politically explosive' means.
Thank you.
- Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:14 am
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: buyer-attracting panda
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3264
buyer-attracting panda
We have a term something like 'buyer-attracting panda'
in Japanese. It refers to anything designed to attract
people to sell something.
Is there any similar term in English?
Thank you.
in Japanese. It refers to anything designed to attract
people to sell something.
Is there any similar term in English?
Thank you.
- Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:29 am
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: gleam in a grocer's eye
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5286
gleam in a grocer's eye
"Not every gleam in a grocer's eye becomes a store."
Is this a proverb? I wonder what it means.
Thank you.
Is this a proverb? I wonder what it means.
Thank you.
- Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:27 am
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: keep half an eye
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4284
- Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:25 am
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: keep half an eye
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4284
keep half an eye
"He kept half an eye on the house as he worked."
I wonder what this means. Is he a carpenter?
He is not working seriously?
Thank you.
I wonder what this means. Is he a carpenter?
He is not working seriously?
Thank you.
- Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:17 am
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: fall over oneself
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4635
- Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:55 am
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: fall over oneself
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4635
fall over oneself
"I gave them the full treatment, and they were just falling over themselves."
I wonder what was happening to them in the last part.
Were they in a state of panic (confused) or were they doing their best?
Thank you.
I wonder what was happening to them in the last part.
Were they in a state of panic (confused) or were they doing their best?
Thank you.
- Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:41 am
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: owner chef
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3511
owner chef
'the chef who owns his restaurant'
Is it called the 'owner chef'?
Does the 'managing chef' work to
mean the same thing?
Thank you.
Is it called the 'owner chef'?
Does the 'managing chef' work to
mean the same thing?
Thank you.
- Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:06 am
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: a vested interest in
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4808
- Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:05 pm
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: a vested interest in
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4808
a vested interest in
"Banks have a vested interest in the growth
of their customers."
This is very difficult for me.
"Banks are indispensable for the customers'
growth"?
Thank you.
of their customers."
This is very difficult for me.
"Banks are indispensable for the customers'
growth"?
Thank you.
- Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:13 am
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: be dealt with on his own term
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3846
- Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:10 am
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: be dealt with on his own term
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3846
be dealt with on his own term
"He could only be dealt with on his own terms."
I wonder what this means.
"If you were to deal with him successfully,
you ought to follow his own ideas"?
Thank you.
I wonder what this means.
"If you were to deal with him successfully,
you ought to follow his own ideas"?
Thank you.