fill out/ packed/ run down/ sticky/ by sheer coincidence/ laid off/ litigation backgr

[vil]

Dear teachers,

Would you be kind enough to tell me whether I am right with my interpretation of the expressions in bold in the following sentences?

1. I’ll just have to fill out this form for our records. What’s your name?

fill out = write all the required information onto a form

2. Sorry! The canteen was absolutely packed and I had to wait for ages. Then when I got to the front of the queue they had hardly any food left. So I had to get you a slice of pizza. I’m sorry.

packed = crowded

for ages = for an extended period of time

3. Now following on from what we were discussing last week in Susan’s tutorial on approaches to marketing, you were going to give us a quick run down on a new strategy for pricing which is now being used by many large companies known as “revenue management” … before we go on to your actual tutorial paper on Sales Targets. Is that correct?

run down = a point-by-point summary

revenue management = yield management

4. Threads which are important but rarely receive posts are sticky [stuck]. A sticky [stuck] thread will always appear in front of normal threads.

sticky = painful or difficult

5.By sheer coincidence Nayef’s last day at Lehman Brothers' was also the firm's last day.

by sheer coincidence = by pure coincidence

6. I was laid off and I can’t find a position with low firm. I take a company even with my litigation background.

laid off = having lost your job

litigation background = prosecution experience

Thank you for your efforts.

Regards,

V

[Raymott]

3. Now following on from what we were discussing last week in susan’s tutorial on approaches to marketing, you were going to give us a quick run down on a new strategy for pricing which is now being used by many large companies known as “revenue management” … before we go on to your actual tutorial paper on sales targets. Is that correct?

Revenue management = yield management
maybe. Since it is presented as a "new strategy for pricing which is now being used by many large companies" it quite possibly has some specific trendy factors, and has been proposed or popularised by a particular economist. So, it's not just any old revenue/yield management strategy - it's a particular one.


4. Threads which are important but rarely receive posts are sticky [stuck]. A sticky [stuck] thread will always appear in front of normal threads.

Sticky = painful or difficult no, "sticky" is used in the sense of "adhesive" - "stuck" as you say. It's not necessarily difficult; it's important, so it's pasted/ glued/ stuck/ permanently attached in a prominent place.

the rest are close enough

r.