Desireandlove  +  795515 Thu, 25 Jun 09 11:07 PM But talks have hit a brick wall, forcing the European champions to try to cash in now rather than let him leave on a free next summer. Concede. Reports in Spain say Inter Milan and Manchester United are keen on the 28-year-old, but concede City are the only club prepared to pay £30m and meet his huge pay demands. Can someone here explain me shortly what concde and "hit a brick wall" mean in this text? Thank you. Desireandlove Joined on Sat, Jun 7 2008 Junior Member 57 Context, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Summer

	Mr Wordy  +  795529 Thu, 25 Jun 09 11:19 PM The second "concede" has the usual dictionary meaning, but I have no idea what purpose the first is serving. It looks as if the text has been garbled. Are you sure you copied it correctly?   "to hit a brick wall" is a stock expression meaning "to come to an end because of insurmountable problems". In this case, presumably they couldn't agree terms.     Mr Wordy Joined on Tue, May 27 2008 Senior Member 2,359 Native British English speaker Expressions

	Desireandlove  +  795779 Fri, 26 Jun 09 03:31 AM Hi, I meant the second one. The first one isn't right at all; I think I must have copied it in the text without knowing it.What does it mean anyway? Desireandlove

	Mr Wordy  +  795829 Fri, 26 Jun 09 04:24 AM It has sense 2a/2b at http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concede.   In other words, these reports accept/admit that it's true that City are the only club prepared to pay £30m. The extent to which this is accepted grudgingly (i.e. not willingly; sense 2b) is open to interpretation, but does not seem particularly great to me here. Mr Wordy

	Desireandlove  +  795867 Fri, 26 Jun 09 05:03 AM Thank you guys for helping me, I really appreciate it. I understand the words now. Desireandlove