Assessment – Bewertung the process of considering all the information about a situation or a person and making a judgement: conduct/give/make an assessment.
Sample Sentence:
“The first thing you must do is make an assessment of the situation. A detailed/thorough assessment They intend to conduct a more detailed assessment of potential clients.“
Law English Word of the Week:
Gesetz Englisches Wort der Woche:
Aid and Abet
To assistanother in thecommission of a crime by words or conduct.
Thepersonwhoaidsandabetsparticipates in thecommission of a crime by performingsome Overt Act or by givingadvice or encouragement. He or shemustsharethecriminalintent of thepersonwhoactuallycommitsthecrime,but it is notnecessaryfortheaiderandabettor to be physicallypresent at thescene of thecrime. An aiderandabettor is a party to a crimeandmay be criminallyliable as a principal, an Accessory beforethefact, or an accessoryafterthefact.
Sample Sentence:
“No relief for the defendant convicted of aiding and abetting attempted murder.“
Vocabulary for Contracts:
Wortschatz für Verträge:
“Time off in lieu” (getting time off work because you have worked overtime and not getting paid for it.) Some employers give you time off instead of paying for overtime. This is known as ‘time off in lieu‘. You agree on the terms (for example, when it can be taken) with your employer.
Sample Sentence:
“If I work over the normal eight hours a day, then my boss refuses to pay me in money, but intime off in lieu.“
Vocabulary for Negotiations:
Wortschatz für Verhandlungen:
Evaluation – Auswertung the process of judging or calculating the quality, importance, amount, or value of something:
Evaluation of this new treatment cannot take place until all the data has been collected.
Part of the rankings include evaluations by three administrators of other colleges in the same category.
Sample Sentence:
“We’ve still got to carry out an evaluation of the results.“
“In their evaluation of the project, they considered only certain aspects of it.“
verb: digress; 3rd person present: digresses; past tense: digressed; past participle: digressed; gerund or present participle: digressing:to leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing.
Sample Sentence:
“I have digressed a little from my original speech, which, unfortunately, I do quite often.”
Phrase of the day:Satz des Tages:
As heavy as lead
Sample Sentence:
“Despair fills the soldiers as they face defeat, which makes them feel as heavy as lead.”
When carrying someone you might say; “You are as heavy as lead!“
Idiom of the day:Redewendung des Tages:
To laugh up your sleevelaugh up (one’s) sleeve
1. To try to hidethatone is laughing at someoneelse.
2. To rejoice or be amusedsecretlyandcontemptuously, as at another’smistakes or misfortunes.
Sample Sentence:
1: “Doritmayseemlike a fungirl,but I bet she laughs up hersleevewhenever she’saroundsomeone she dislikes.“
2: “I know it is mean-spirited,but I cannothelpbutlaugh up my sleevewhen I seesomeoneslip on theicystreets.”
British English (B.E.) = Off licence / wine merchant
American English (A.E.) = Liquor store
Special Grammar tip of the week:
Spezieller Grammatik-Tipp der Woche:
The Present Tense = Die Gegenwartsform
The Simple Past = Einfache Vergangenheit
The Future Tense = Die Zukunftsform
The sentence structure – Die Satzbau
The definite article – Der bestimmte Artikel
The indefinite article – Der unbestimmte Artikel
A personal pronoun – Ein Personalpronomen
Coordinating – Koordinieren
Subordinating – Unterordnen
Subordinating conjunction = e.g. because Weil
The sub-clause – Der Untersatz
The dependent clause – Die abhängige Klausel
Pronunciation tip:Aussprachetipp:
Babbling baby boys blurted boldly.
Try and say this sentence ten times quickly without a mistake.
Versuchen Sie, diesen Satz zehnmal schnell und fehlerfrei zu sagen.
False Friends Tip of the Week:
Falsche Freunde Tipp der Woche:
GermanTranslationFalse Friend (F.F.)Meaning of F.F.
Fotograf Photographer Photograph Foto, Bild
Wit, Wit, Wit Business examples:
Witz, Witz, Witz Geschäftsbeispiele:
“Doubtless there are things that money won’t buy, but I cannot think of any at the moment.” Quote by Richard Needham. (Personally, I do not go along with this statement. I can easily name a number of examples that money cannot buy.)
Slang word of the day:
Slangwort des Tages:
Nosh = is a British expression for “food.”
Sample Sentence:
“Ta Mum! That’s what I call real good nosh!”
Colloquial / Colloquialisms:
Umgangssprache / Umgangssprache:
Marmite
A Marmite character is a person who other people either strongly like or strongly dislike – with no middle ground in between. This slang phrase has its origins in people’s strong opinions of Marmite. This yeast extract spread has a singular reputation in the UK; either you absolutely love or detest (verabscheuen/hassen)it; there are no half-measures. I personally love it, but it is difficult to get hold of here in Germany.
Sample Sentence:
“A good example of the meaning of Marmite is Ex-President Trump as half of the country loves him, and the other half loathes (verabscheuen) him.“
Cockney rhyming slang:
Cockney reimender Slang:
In Cockney slang “pony” means 25 £ which is “25 pounds sterling” or just “25 pounds” in common British usage.
Sample Sentence:
“Eh, Felix how much did you pay for the Vynil record (Schallplatte) down the Old Kent Road?” Felix to Chas, “I paid a pony didn’t I?” In answer Felix, “What? 25 quid for an Abba record!?”
Quote of the week:Zitat der Woche:
“Never trust a man who doesn’t drink.” W. C. Fields.
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