24-7

English translation: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

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English term or phrase:24-7
Selected answer:24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Entered by: Ildiko Santana

08:01 Jan 24, 2010
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Retail / Close the store
English term or phrase: 24-7
The Japanese garden owner turned his 24-7 Apple computer accessory store down overnight and on Sundays to keep his beautiful carps safe from pond dippers.
English-Dani (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:37
(open) 24 hours, 7 days a week
Explanation:
Their store used to be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, now it's closed at night and on Sundays.
Selected response from:

Ildiko Santana
United States
Local time: 10:37
Grading comment
Thank you all, I think this man was working very hard to try and make his own luck and save his beautiful carps.
Kind regards
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5 +12(open) 24 hours, 7 days a week
Ildiko Santana


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +12
(open) 24 hours, 7 days a week


Explanation:
Their store used to be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, now it's closed at night and on Sundays.

Ildiko Santana
United States
Local time: 10:37
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Thank you all, I think this man was working very hard to try and make his own luck and save his beautiful carps.
Kind regards
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yes, i think that could be one solution. Thank you very much :-) Lisbeth


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Demi Ebrite
30 mins
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agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
32 mins
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agree  Tony M
36 mins
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agree  Sarah Bessioud: This is correct, but I'm not sure how you can 'turn' a store down, as Jack pointed out
36 mins
  -> Thank you. Yes, I'm happy I don't have to translate this weird piece! It isn't always easy to write poorly (only when I don't want to) :)

agree  Edith Kelly
54 mins
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agree  Simon Mac
1 hr
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agree  Rolf Keiser
1 hr
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agree  Thayenga
1 hr
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agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro
1 hr
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agree  Stephanie Ezrol
4 hrs
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agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
10 hrs
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agree  airmailrpl: -
1 day 4 hrs
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