Web www.englishdaily626.com   [ Movie Reviews | Common Sentences | Glossary of Correct Usage | High School Vocab | Questions & Answers | Sample Letters ] [ Movies Lines | Advertisements | Words Differentiation | Common Errors | Songs | Links ] <<Prev Conversation Next>>     TOEFL Vocabulary   English Daily Conversation   Learn grammar by example   Learn American idioms       We'll meet you halfway !!! Mr. Armstrong We can offer you ten thousand pieces for immediate delivery at $500 per thousand. Mr. Hawkins Four hundred fifty dollars would be a fairer price. We could get them from Vortex for that price. Mr. Armstrong But you know as well as I do that the Vortex company is in no position to offer immediate delivery. Mr. Hawkins Five hundred dollars is considerably more than the market rate and we're not going to pay more than that. Mr. Armstrong OK, we'll meet you halfway : $475 Mr. Hawkins We can live with that. You've got a deal. Explanation :   If you meet someone halfway, you accept some of the points they are making so that you can come to an agreement with them.   Example :  The Democrats are willing to meet the president halfway.     Make it up to you Laid up in the hospital I want to sleep in We'll eat in Over the top Take you up on that offer Tied up at the moment I'm not messing around Pain in the butt He wouldn't budge This guy is top-notch   Conversation 01 Conversation 02 Conversation 03 Conversation 04 Conversation 05 Conversation 06 Conversation 07 Conversation 08 Conversation 09 Conversation 10 Conversation 11 Conversation 12 Conversation 13 Conversation 14     Common English mistakes   Ancient Chinese stories   Learn English Proverbs   American Slang expressions

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