FAITH HOPE & LOVE
What do you put your Faith in? Do you have any faith at all?
What do you understand by the English word HOPE? I will offer you my interpretation of HOPE, this is a positive imagination.
Who do you love? Did you know that there are three different Greek words for LOVE?
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Eros refers to physical or sexual love. The word eros was commonly used in the Greek-speaking world of New Testament times. …
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Philos means warm affection or friendship. …
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Agapē is the sacrificial, unconditional love of God.
The Ancient Greeks had eight words that corresponded to different types of love:
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Eros (romantic, passionate love) …
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Philia (affectionate love) …
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Agape (selfless, universal love) …
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Storge (familiar love) …
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Mania (obsessive love) …
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Ludus (playful love) …
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Pragma (enduring love) …
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Philautia (self love)
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See the quote of the week at the bottom of this blog.
Vocabulary for Contracts:
Wortschatz für Verträge:
Standardisation
The elimination of unessential differences between the end user’s requirements and available products, with the aim of moving towards the purchase of more readily available goods and services. This can then enable a greater aggregation of demand and reduction of stock holdings.
Stock turn
The number of times the total stockholding of an item is used in a year, is calculated by dividing the total annual usage by the average stockholding.
Stockout
The situation where all stocks of an item have been exhausted.
Supplier appraisal
Also known as supplier assessment or evaluation, or vendor appraisal/ assessment/evaluation. It is the process of establishing whether a supplier is capable in all key respects of providing the goods or services required. If firms are appraised for inclusion on approved lists (also known as trade lists or eligible lists) the process is called pre-qualification.
Tender/bid
The formal offer to supply goods or services issued by a vendor, seller, supplier, manufacturer, agent, stockist, or other organisation or person with the legal capacity to do so. It is usually received in response to the buyer’s invitation.
Vocabulary for Negotiations:
Wortschatz für Verhandlungen:
Agent = a person or a company that acts for another and provides a specific service.
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Word of the day: Wort des Tages:
Two words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings:
Stationery = pens, paper, paperclips, staples, a rubber (B. E.), a ruler, basically all ‘Office equipment.
Stationary = to stand still, to not move.
When filling out a car insurance form after a crash one might say, “I was standing stationary at the red traffic light when the car hit me from behind.“
Phrase of the day: Satz des Tages:
“But, at the end of the day” is something that you say before you give the most important fact of a situation: “Of course, I’ll listen to what they have to say, but at the end of the day, it’s still my decision to make.”
Idiom of the day: Redewendung des Tages:
“To put someone on the spot” means to ask someone a question that is difficult or embarrassing to answer. “I’m going to put you on the spot and ask what you would have done in her position.”
Women, do this all the time to men, for example, when they ask them the question whilst buying a pair of new jeans, “Do you think my bottom looks big in these jeans?”
British (B.E.) / American (A.E.) Vocabulary:
Britisches Englisch / Amerikanisches Englisch Wortschatz:
B.E. ‘Biscuits‘ pronounced BIS-KITS (Keks in German).
A.E. ‘Cookies‘ (Keks in German). Of course, there are some products called “Merryland Cookies” that are sold in the UK, called “chocolate chipped cookies“, which I personally have no problem calling ‘Cookies‘.
Someone posted on Facebook, “No wonder I am getting fat, as every time I go into a new website I have to accept all the cookies!”
False Friends Tip of the Week:
Falsche Freunde Tipp der Woche:
Stark (English) & Stark (German = strong)
“Stark” (English) means severe or bare in appearance or outline:
“The ridge formed a stark silhouette against the sky.“
Meaning complete; sheer:
“He came running back in stark terror.“
„Stark“ (German = strong) stark, kräftig, fest, solide, stabil, robust, dick, stark, dicht, dickflüssig, mächtig, voll, mächtig, stark, kraftvoll, leistungsfähig, kräftig, machtvoll.
Wit, wit, wit
Witz, Witz, Witz
“Many people think they have religion when they merely have Dyspepsia.”
Quote by Robert G. Ingersoll.
Dyspepsia (literally, “bad digestion”) refers to an episodic or recurrent pain or discomfort arising from the proximal gastrointestinal tract related to eating and is associated with heartburn, acid reflux, regurgitation, indigestion, bloating, early satiety, or weight loss.
Slang word of the day: Slangwort des Tages:
“A hangover” means a severe headache or other after-effects caused by drinking an excess of alcohol.
A custom, habit, feeling, etc. that survives from the past.
“This feeling of insecurity was in part a hangover from my schooldays“.
Colloquial / Colloquialisms:
Umgangssprache / Umgangssprache:
“I feel like death warmed up” means (British English) (Americans will say, ‘like death warmed over’) (informal) very ill or tired: “I feel like death warmed up today, but I’m still going to go to the party anyway.”
Cockney rhyming slang: Cockney Reimender Slang:
“Brahms and Liszt” – to be “Brahms and Liszt” or for short to be “Brahms”.
It’s always good to learn the short version as Londoners will often do this. “I can’t come now darling”, a man says to his wife, “I’m on the Dog!” (Dog meaning telephone) or “Cor Blimey my ‘plates’ are killing me!” (plates = feet) or “What yer fink? I just bought me a new ‘Titfer’ today!” (meaning “what do you think? I just bought myself a new hat today!”)
So what does “Brahms and Liszt” mean? To be very drunk – “pist” in fact!
Quote of the week: Zitat der Woche:
FAITH
HOPE
LOVE
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