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heavy on

English translation: have a lot of experience

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English term or phrase:heavy on
Selected answer:have a lot of experience
Entered by: alen botica (X)

13:24 Sep 19, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management / merger
English term or phrase: heavy on
Like Nestle, successful acquirers nearly always have a core M&A team that is heavy on a transactional experience.
alen botica (X)
Local time: 15:40
the members of the team have a lot of transactional experience
Explanation:
I think that the uneccessary article "a" before transactional is probably a typo.
Selected response from:

Ioanna Karamanou
United States
Local time: 09:40
Grading comment
yes it is a typo i dont have the electronic form of the book so i have to double my work... sorry
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5the members of the team have a lot of transactional experience
Ioanna Karamanou
4 +1have a lot of (transactional experience in this case)
Alexander Demyanov
4a great amount of/a lot of
Isodynamia


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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
the members of the team have a lot of transactional experience


Explanation:
I think that the uneccessary article "a" before transactional is probably a typo.

Ioanna Karamanou
United States
Local time: 09:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
yes it is a typo i dont have the electronic form of the book so i have to double my work... sorry
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
have a lot of (transactional experience in this case)


Explanation:
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Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 09:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty: only I would say "has" (only one team).
8 mins
  -> Thanks, Jack. I meant the members.
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a great amount of/a lot of


Explanation:
Like Nestle, successful acquirers nearly always have a core M&A team that has a lot of transactional experience.

The article "a" seems unnecessary here.

Isodynamia
Greece
Local time: 16:40
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek, Native in EnglishEnglish
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