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I've never heard burnout used this way.

to say something like, "Sales have been on the slide for three quarters now"? I've never used "on the slide" personally.

Meaning "do a large amount of business in a short period of time"? I've never heard this before.

He's a household name in Japan. Thanks!

I need close to the park because I'll be visiting with a small child, but not freakishly expensive.

Any recommendations? Has anyone stayed at the Hilton Bay or the Maihama Hotel Club Resort? Thank you!

I'm translating a text from Japanese to English, and it refers to a company that concentrated the screw(s) that hold the racket in place on a stringing machine into one location. This was apparently a major innovation on the company's part.

Can anyone tell me if this is one screw or several? What are they called? I've found setscrew, jackscrew and screwjack in the dictionary but can't determine which is right.

Thanks so much.

I'm looking for examples for an English class. Thanks!!

I need to know what kind of paperwork you have to do at the duty-free shops. Any info would be most appreciated -- thank you!!

Steve points out how worrying a health problem the flu is.

If so, what's typical? A card? Present?

Thanks, all!

Just wondering what parts of the country use this expression -- thank you!

I've always thought it had two meanings:

a) very similar physically

b) close, intimate and often together as a result

What does everybody think?

And is it commonly used in American English?

"The air traffic guy got increasingly frustrated by the pilot’s hapless English."

Apparently this means "get revenge for something done to you, the way you were treated", but I've never heard it in conversation. What do you think, my fellow Americans?

I'm checking an English-language educational text, which refers to a "staff order form" for requesting temporary employees. Is this a correct term?

Do we still say in the States that if our ears are itching, someone is talking about us?