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March 28

Cambodian/Khmer help

Hi! I'm trying to find the Cambodian/Khmer names of several districts.

Would someone mind checking these:

Thank you WhisperToMe (talk) 01:37, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Somebody started articles on all four districts in Khmer WhisperToMe (talk) 23:30, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Undersell the big shots

What does "undersell the big shots" mean? Context: "A Russian immigrant, she built the mart from a pawnshop into the largest furniture store in North America. Her strategy was to undersell the big shots, and she was a merciless negotiator.". Thanks 92.15.14.4 (talk) 21:03, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps you'd like to check out wikt:undersell and wikt:big shot? Lexicografía (talk) 21:20, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I was already aware of those meanings thanks, but they do not make any sense when put together in the phrase quoted. 92.15.14.4 (talk) 21:24, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It means that she set lower prices in her store to draw customers away from the larger and more established furniture companies. Lesgles (talk) 21:30, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I see, so by "big shot" is meant a large furniture chain, not a person. It's a long-winded way of just saying that she ran a discount furniture store. 92.29.126.172 (talk) 13:29, 29 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Slangy, but not long winded. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:48, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"A Russian immigrant, she built the mart from a pawnshop into the largest discount furniture store in North America." No need now for the second sentence, as it is implied by 1) her running a discount store, 2) being the expected characteristics of a successful business person (I mean, you don't last long in business if you buy dear and sell cheap), and 3) probably being journalistic invention/imagination to pad things out. As I said, long winded. 92.15.1.33 (talk) 19:33, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You've left out her strategy and skill, something a reader would not be able to reasonably infer. Clarityfiend (talk) 19:44, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Untrue, please read the previous paragraph again. Perhaps you skipped the fourteenth word, or perhaps "discount store" is not a phrase used wherever you are. 92.15.9.102 (talk) 12:29, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]