What does “lose touch” mean?
Native speaker’s answer
Rebecca
In this context, "lose touch" means that Forever 21 does not understand what their main customers want anymore.
Rebecca
In this context, "lose touch" means that Forever 21 does not understand what their main customers want anymore.
03/22
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What does "mandrill" mean? Are there other animal species that have names ends with the suffix "-drill?"
"Mandrills" and "drills" are a type of monkey. They're closely related to "baboons!" There are no other animals or species that I know of that end in "drill." Ex: Drills look very scary, but apparently, they're quite shy. Ex: Mandrills are said to be the largest of all the monkeys!
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What's "have feelings" mean? Is it a good feeling?
Good question! To "have feelings for someone" is usually a good feeling. It means you like the other person romantically. You feel love and affection for them. If it were a negative feeling, it would be implied that it was bad. Ex: I have a bad feeling about John. I don't think he's telling the truth. Ex: I've started to develop feelings for Zoe. Ex: Terry has feelings for Martin, but Martin doesn't feel the same way. => Terry likes Martin, but Martin doesn't like Terry.
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What's "by" mean here and when's it used like this?
"By" is preposition that in this case, is used with a verb to indicate the amount or size of a margin or number difference. Here, it's used to express that home product sales increased significantly (by double digits, which means more than 10%). Ex: Net sales increased by 18% in the last six months. Ex: My salary has decreased by 30% due to inflation.
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What is the "Wall Street?"
To be specific, Wall Street is a street in Manhattan, New York City. However, it's used generally to refer to the financial markets and companies that trade publicly on exchanges throughout America. So, you can basically think of it as the American financial industry. Ex: My brother works as a banker on Wall Street. Ex: Stocks closed at a high on Wall Street today.
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What does "scraped together" mean?
'Scrape together' is a phrase used to describe that you collected something difficultly. It's commonly used with money. Ex: I scraped together enough money to buy a car. Ex: My mom scraped together enough money to start her own business.
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