Take the bull by the horns

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Take the bull by the horns

: to deal with a difficult situation in a very direct or confident way.

Sample Sentence:

“She decided to take the bull by the horns and try to solve the problem without any further delay.“

 

Translate the Text: Übersetzen:

Susann, Faten, Rico, Heike, Simone and Frank.

Hobbies:

Nein, ich male nie.

Nein, Ich koche nie.

Schwimmst du immer? Schwimmen Sie immer?

Malst du immer?

Schwimmst du oft?

Kochen Sie immer? Kochst du immer?

Ja, mein Bruder Schwimmt oft.

Meine Schwester Schwimmt oft.

 

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Business English Words of the Week:

Geschäftsenglisch Wort der Woche:

HOMEWORK = Find the German, then write them in a sentence:

Revenue = income, especially when of an organization and of a substantial nature.

“Traders have lost £10,000 in revenue since the traffic scheme was implemented.“

Similar: income, takings, receipts, proceeds, earnings, profit, profits, returns, return, rewards, yield, interest, gain, bunce,

Opposite: outgoings, expenditure,

  • a state’s annual income from which public expenses are met.

    “His priority was to raise government revenue and to lower expenditure.“

  • the department of the civil service collecting state revenue.

    noun: the revenue.

    Sample Sentence:

    “When the revenue makes a demand for tax, that demand is implicitly backed by the powers of the state.“

    Find the words in German.

Profit =

Profitability =

Redundant =

Lay off =

Workforce =

Staff =

Blue-collared workers =

White-collared workers =

Strike =

 

Law English Word of the Week

Gesetz Englisches Wort der Woche:

Magistrate (s)

 

Vocabulary for Contracts:

Wortschatz für Verträge:

Acceptance of goods/services
As soon as goods/services have been delivered, any problems should be notified to the supplier immediately. Preferably this notification should be in writing and if verbal, confirmed in writing, immediately. The longer the delay in rejection the more difficult it will be to argue that your silence did not imply acceptance of the goods/services delivered.

Where, as part of the acceptance process, there is commissioning and acceptance testing, these should be completed within an agreed timescale and any problems notified, in writing. Only when the acceptance tests have been completed will the formal acceptance and hence the performance of the contract be complete.

 

Vocabulary for Negotiations:

Wortschatz für Verhandlungen:

Compromise means each party gives up certain demands in order to reach an agreement.

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Word of the day: Wort des Tages:

GPS or Sat. Nav. (In English = Satellite Navigation = the short English form is GPS); the  German = NAVI (Navi Sat).

  

Phrase of the day: Satz des Tages:

“It will all come out in the wash.”

1.) — used to say that a problem is not serious and will be solved in the future. “Don’t worry about it. It will all come out in the wash.“

2.) — used to say that the truth will be known in the future. “No one knows who was responsible, but surely it will all come out in the wash.“

 

Idiom of the day: Redewendung des Tages:

“to take the bull by the horns.”: to deal with a difficult situation in a very direct or confident way. He decided to take the bull by the horns and try to solve the problem without any further delay.

 

Wit, wit, wit

Witz, Witz, Witz

“They couldn’t find the artist so they hung the picture.” Quote by Frank Zappa.

 

Slang word of the day: Slangwort des Tages:

Nincompoop = informal. : This strange English word = a stupid or silly person: a fool, a simpleton … an example is below in the picture:

 

Cockney rhyming slang: Cockney Reimender Slang:

What he said was absolute “Eartha Kitt” from start to finish. Written by “an oil tanker“ without a doubt (I just made that one up). Guess what this means?

 

 Quote of the week: Zitat der Woche:

“You can only overcome a negative by replacing it with something better.”

(from “The Art Of Thinking Brilliantly”) by Graham Cooke.

 

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