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   Theo Theo: There's an idiom with corner. Cheese in the corner? My mind's blank.
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   Nadia Nadia: Headline for the cheese report?
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   Theo Theo: My client sells almost all the town's cheese. Cheese king?
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   Nadia Nadia: A king is fun.
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   Theo Theo: There's an idiom with corner. Cheese in the corner? My mind's blank.
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   Narrator Theo has the facts.
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   Narrator One seller supplies almost all the cheese in town.
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   Narrator Corner the market: five things to know.
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   Narrator First, the meaning.
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    Narrator A seller controls most sales, or most supply, of one kind of product.
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    Narrator Sales went up five percent.
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    Narrator That's a good month, not cornering the market.
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    Narrator Now a seller that supplies nearly every shop.
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    Narrator Rivals have almost no room left.
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    Narrator For a small lead, use ordinary words like lead or outsell.
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    Nadia Nadia: Does anyone else sell cheese in town?
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    Theo Theo: A few shops, but they sell very little.
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    Nadia Nadia: Then the idiom fits. Write it down.
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    Theo Theo: Okay. What goes after market? In? On?
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    Narrator The idiom has a fixed shape.
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    Narrator After the market, add in or on, then the product.
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    Narrator A small family firm cornered the market in handmade violin cases across Europe.
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    Narrator Both in and on work.
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    Narrator In often goes with trades and products.
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    Narrator On often goes with services.
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    Narrator A tech startup has cornered the market on automated medical appointment scheduling.
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    Narrator Always keep the before market.
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    Narrator You may add a word between the and market, like European.
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    Narrator Skip at, with and toward.
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    Narrator Choose in or on.
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    Narrator Hey. Hey. The dukes are trying to corner the market.
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    Narrator The trader warns that the Dukes want to buy so much that they control the whole market.
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    Narrator That is what corner the market means.
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    Narrator In fast speech, the is weak and short.
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    Narrator The strong sounds are corner and market.
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    Narrator Your turn.
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    Narrator Listen, then say it out loud.
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    Narrator That mill has cornered the market in flour.
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    Narrator One shop cornered the market in umbrellas.
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    Narrator Choose the best answer.
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    Narrator Think about who controls the sales.
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    Narrator B. This café supplies most of the coffee, so rivals have no room.
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    Narrator A busy summer isn't enough.
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    Theo Theo: Look. He cornered the market in local cheese.
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    Nadia Nadia: Nice. Is it still true today?
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    Theo Theo: Yes! He still sells most of the cheese.
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    Nadia Nadia: Then we can say it another way.
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    Narrator Theo's client still leads today.
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    Narrator That gives us another way to say it.
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    Narrator For a finished event, use the past simple, cornered.
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    Narrator The regional cooperative cornered the market in cold-pressed walnut oil.
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    Narrator For a lead that still matters, we often use the present perfect.
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    Narrator That's has or have, plus cornered.
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    Narrator That software developer has cornered the market on warehouse inventory scanners.
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    Narrator After has or have, use cornered, not corner.
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    Narrator Fred's cornered the market on it.
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    Narrator He says Fred's cornered the market.
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    Narrator The present perfect "has cornered" shows Fred now controls all of it, so nobody else can
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    Narrator compete.
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    Narrator Choose the best answer.
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    Narrator Think about when the lead ended.
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    Narrator A. The lead is finished, so use the past simple: cornered.
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    Narrator The studio cornered the market on animated educational shorts.
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    Narrator That sentence praises the studio.
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    Narrator It doesn't accuse anyone of a crime.
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    Narrator Writers use it for good strategy, better delivery, or early technology.
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    Narrator Words like illegally can add the crime.
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    Narrator The idiom alone doesn't.
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    Narrator Officials checked if the supplier illegally cornered the market in heating oil.
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    Narrator Law is different.
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    Narrator A monopoly is a legal word for total control.
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    Narrator In legal writing, use it only when the law defines one.
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    Narrator A head start is only an early start.
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    Narrator It isn't control of sales.
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    Narrator Later, a big automaker took the sales.
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    Narrator That is cornering the market.
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    Narrator Having the upper hand is different too.
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    Narrator It means you are in a stronger position when you make a deal.
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    Narrator In a report, add numbers.
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    Narrator Without them, the phrase can sound like a big claim.
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    Narrator With ninety percent of contracts, the vendor has cornered the market in waste sensors.
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    Nadia Nadia: Does the report have numbers?
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    Theo Theo: Yes. Nine out of ten shops buy his cheese.
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    Nadia Nadia: Good. Numbers make your claim stronger.
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    Theo Theo: Then I'll put that number in the headline.
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    Narrator Choose the best answer.
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    Narrator Think about who sells more now.
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    Narrator A.
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    Narrator Selling first is just a head start.
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    Narrator Others now sell more, so it hasn't cornered the market.
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    Nadia Nadia: Ready to present to the client?
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    Theo Theo: Yes. Our client has cornered the market in local cheese.
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    Nadia Nadia: Perfect. And no cheese in the corner this time!
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    Theo Theo: Let's celebrate. Coffee is on me.
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    Narrator Now a dictation.
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    Narrator Listen and write the sentence.
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    Narrator Check your sentence.
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    Narrator Did you write the before market, and cornered with ed?
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    Narrator It means one seller controls most sales in one kind of product.
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     Narrator Keep the fixed shape: corner the market, then in or on.
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     Narrator Use cornered for finished events.
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     Narrator Use has cornered to show a lead that continues.
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     Narrator Next, practice this idiom with the exercises on the lesson page.
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   In which business scenario is the idiom corner the market used accurately?

   A A regional boutique increases sales by five percent over the summer holidays. B An industrial supplier purchases nearly all local gravel quarries and supplies every road project. C A restaurant chain introduces two seasonal salads that attract favorable customer feedback.
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