English term
pro (in the tennis shop)
"Her brother Leander is a pro in the tennis shop.”
The speaker is talking about a country club in the US. Now, my first question is: "shop" is normally British English, whereas the US would use "store" - or then the "shop" here means some kind of a workshop. So what exactly is a tennis shop in an American country club?
The main problem, however, is the "pro". Normally, I would assume it to mean a professional (player), but here they seem to be saying that Leander WORKS in the tennis shop. So what kind of a role is working as a pro?
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Charlotte Fleming
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Edward Bickett (X)
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Dec 1, 2021 13:45: writeaway changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Other" , "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "Sports / Fitness / Recreation"
Non-PRO (1): Yvonne Gallagher
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United Kingdom
Travel, wine and scuba specialist.
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish)
Works in: Italian to English, English
professional
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Yvonne Gallagher
: a "pro" out on the course gives advice/lessons and in the shop gives advice on equipment. Just need direct translation
15 mins
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Thanks, Yvonne!
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AllegroTrans
24 mins
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Thanks, AllegroTrans!
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Tony M
: In this case, I think 'shop' is correctly used in AE to indicate that this is in some way just an outlet within the tennis club, rather than being an actual fully-fledged 'store' in its own right.
1 hr
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Thanks, Tony.
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Anastasia Kalantzi
6 hrs
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Thank you!
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Tina Vonhof (X)
13 hrs
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Thank you!
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avid expert
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writeaway
: the pro in this case is giving advice and selling tennis equipment
14 mins
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AllegroTrans
: No, in relation to a golf club this is a specific person who works there
54 mins
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Ok understand
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