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Quiz: "steep" or "stiff"?

03.08.2010
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The correct answer is: stiff

Google’s Android operating system is proving to be stiff competition for the Apple iPhone OS.

This means it is providing competition which is more severe than usual.

Informally we say something is steep if we think it is too expensive:

"I really love the food at our local Indian restaurant, but I find the prices a little steep."

stiff competition = harter Wettbewerb
steep (prices) = gepfeffert

 

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