Pulling out all the stops
Use all the resources or force at one’s disposal, as in The police pulled out all the stops to find the thief.
This term comes from organ-playing, which means “bring into play every rank of pipes,” thereby creating
the fullest possible sound. It has been used figuratively since about 1860.
Vocabulary for Negotiations:
Verhandlungen Wort der Woche:
Feasible = possible, something that can be done.
“A feasibility study” = To carry out a study to see if something can be done or not – cost, materials, time etc.
“Figure out” = Find a solution; calculate or estimate the cost.
“Know-how” = Practical knowledge or skill.
“Joint venture” = A way of entering a foreign market by joining with a foreign company to manufacture or market a product or service.
“Negotiate” = Draw attention to something (for example, the advantages of your proposal).
“Proposal” = Course of action, or plan, put forward for consideration: to make a proposal.
“Quote” = Give an estimated price (a quotation).
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Translate the Text into English: Übersetzen:
Faten, Rico, Heike, Simone and Frank.
PLACES:
Das ist kein Garten.
Das ist eine Ecke.
Die straße ist lang.
Dein Garten ist schön.
Die Kinder sehen die Gärten.
Wir sehen die Ecke.
Die Bibliothek ist groß.
Eine Schule ist ein Gebaude.
Die Bibliothek.
Die Restaurants haben Brot.
Die Straße ist kurz.
Das Hotel ist groß.
Ist der Park schön?
Das Restaurant ist gut.
Die Gebüde sind groß.
Der Park.
Das Hotel.
Die Bank ist klein.
Die Brücke ist hoch.
Diese Dörfer sind alt.
Der Bahnhof.
Haben wir einen Markt?
Sie bauen eine Schuhle.
Die Märkte.
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Word of the day: Wort des Tages:
“Conjecture” = influence, theory guess, Hypothesis, guesswork, estimation, surmise, assumption.
Sample Sentence:
“It was pure conjecture on my part.”
Phrase of the day: Satz des Tages:
If two things are two sides of the same coin, they are very closely related although they seem different: Violent behaviour and deep insecurity are often two sides of the same coin.
In German = Two sides of the same MEDAL. “Two sides of the same medallion.” “zwei Seiten desselben Medaillons.”
Idiom of the day: Redewendung des Tages:
“Pulling out all the stops” which originates from an old-fashioned church organ that has many wooden nobs, called ‘stops’ which when one was pulled outwards from the organ, then changed the sound of the organ.
British (B.E.) / American (A.E.) Vocabulary:
Britisches Englisch / Amerikanisches Englisch Wortschatz:
Rucksack = backpack (The old English word is ‘Haversack’ which Google translates as “Brotbeutel”). Other old English words are:- ‘Napsack’ ‘knapsack’ ‘Satchel ’which Google translates as ‘Tornister’.
Slang word of the day:
Slangwort des Tages:
A typical English slang expression is “Shut your cakehole” / “Shut your Dinner hole” = Shut your mouth, Halt den Mund / Halt den Klapp
“Hält die Klappe” = Shut up.
Wit, Wit, Wit Business examples:
Witz, Witz, Witz Geschäftsbeispiele:
“True, money can’t buy you happiness, but it isn’t happiness I want, it’s money.” Quote by Frank Bizarro.
Colloquial / Colloquialisms:
Umgangssprache / Umgangssprache:
A very English street language is to have a little “Chinwag” – to have a chat.
Sample Sentence:
Wife talking to her husband, “I’ll just pop next door and have a quick chinwag with our neighbour.”
Cockney rhyming slang:
Cockney Reimender Slang:
My personal favourite is the innocently used “stupid berk”
to infer someone is lacking in the grey matter – it alludes
to the once-famous “Berkshire Hunt” which rhymes with a
certain part of a woman’s anatomy. I used to live in Berkshire.
Quote of the week: Zitat der Woche:
“Remember, people do not care what you know until they know that you care.”
Quote by Kevin Dedmon from ‘The Ultimate Treasure Hunt’.
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