“To make a mountain out of a molehill.“

NOTE: This is a very common phrase in English.

NOTE: Business English etc.
can be found below the translation exercises.

 

Translate the Text: Übersetzen:

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

Which witch?

The word welch is another one that changes based on the

Noun after it. This word uses the der word endings.

Welches Kleid? Which dress?​

Where?

Asking where in German can be tricky! Let’s look at the difference between wo, wohin, and woher.

Wo ist sein Schuh?

Where is his shoe?

Woher kommst du?

Where do you come from?

Wohin gehst du?

Where are you going to?

Wo there!

Don’t be fooled! The wo‑ in question words doesn’t always mean where. Sometimes it means what.

Womit schreibt er?

What does he write with?

Worüber spricht sie?

What does she talk about?

Notice the stealthy r in

worüber

It gets stuck in there because it would be too difficult to pronounce the two vowels next to each other otherwise!

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Mark kennt alle antworten.

Whelches Kind ist es?

Wem geht es schlecht?

Wohin geht sie?

Wessen Jacke ist es?

Wem schreibst du?

Die Antwort.

Wo schwimmen sie?

Wer bist du? / Wer seid ihr? /Wo sind Sie?

Jede Frage hat eine Antwort.

Wo ist die Steckdose?

Woher kommst du?

Wann brauchst du das?

Wo ist sein Schuh?

Welche Fragen kommen?

Wann gehen sie?

Wer sind sie?

Wann ist es?

Womit bezahlen wir das Essen?

Was ist neu?

Wie viel Milch trinkst du?

Was bauen wir?

Warum antwortest du nicht?

Was? Das!

Wieso rennst du?

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Business English Word of the Week:

Geschäftsenglisch Wort der Woche:

MES Manufactoring Executive System

Sample Sentence:

“We will implement a Manufacturing Executive System within the next fiscal quarter.”

 

Law English Word of the Week:

Gesetz Englisches Wort der Woche:

Whose immigration cases had been submitted by law.

 

Vocabulary for Contracts:

Wortschatz für Verträge:

Arbitration n. settlement of a dispute by a person chosen by both parties – to arbitrate v.

Sample Sentence:

“By taking the company to arbitration, the workers got the wages they were owed.”

 

Vocabulary for Negotiations:

Wortschatz für Verhandlungen:

Rebate = Reduction or discount.

Sample Sentence:

“If we by in bulk then we should get a rebate against the end price!”

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In the USA they have a habit of shortening many words in Englsih, so AC means Air Conditioning. Some cars even have the letters AC on the button that starts and stops the Air Conditioning.

Word of the day: Wort des Tages

Sort – sought – Gesucht (to look for, to search for)

Sort – Sortieren

Sort – die Art

Words with a similar meaning: Type, kind, make, variety, style, grade, strain.

Phrase of the day: Satz des Tages:

“Fair, fat and forty”

The longer version is: “Fair, Female, Fat, Fertile, Forty, and Family History” = Which makes it more accurate. This mnemonic summarizes the major risk factors for developing ‘gall stones’ (Gallensteine) (cholelithiasis).

Cholelithiasis or gallstones are hardened deposits of digestive fluid that can form in your ‘gallbladder’ (Gallenblase). The gallbladder is a small organ located just beneath the liver (die Leber). The gallbladder holds a digestive fluid (Verdauungsflüssigkeit) known as bile (Galle) that is released into your small intestine (Dünndarm).

 

Idiom of the day: Redewendung des Tages:

“To burn a hole in your pocket”

(of money) tempt someone to spend it quickly and extravagantly. If you say that some money is burning a hole in someone’s pocket, you mean that they want to spend it as soon as possible.

Sample Sentence:

What is ‘burn a hole in one’s pocket‘ examples?

Burn a hole in someone’s pocket

• “Mark has a huge amount of cash burning a hole in his pocket.”

• “Mark and his wife had won money in a competition and it was burning a hole in their pockets.”

• “My mate has money burning a hole in his pocket, but he can’t spend it or his wife will get suspicious.”

 

British English (B.E.) / American English (A.E.) Vocabulary:

Britisches Englisch / Amerikanisches Englisch Wortschatz:

British English (B.E.) = Lost property

American English (A.E.) = Lost and Found

 

Pronunciation tip: Aussprachetipp:

“I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen.”

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:

German   Translation   False Friend (F.F.)   Meaning of F.F.

Genial             brilliant,               genial                         angenehm, froh

ingenious

Wit, Wit, Wit Business examples:

Witz, Witz, Witz Geschäftsbeispiele:

“Things got so bad that I received a letter from the ‘Reader’s Digest’, that I hadn’t been included in their prize draw.” John McGrath.

 

Slang word of the day:

Slangwort des Tages:

Gander

Means to have a look around.

Sample Sentence:

Man to the shopkeeper, “Do you mind if I take a Gander around the shop?”

Shopkeeper, “No, as long as it’s house-trained.”

 

Colloquial / Colloquialisms:

Umgangssprache / Umgangssprache:

“To stick one’s oar in”

[mainly British] to give your opinion, even if other people have not asked you for it.

Sample Sentence:

“Do you mind!? I know what I am doing and I don’t need you to stick your oar in!”

 

Cockney rhyming slang:

Cockney reimender Slang:

Lionels = Lionel Blairs (English variety performer) = flares (as in flared trousers).

 

Quote of the week: Zitat der Woche:

“Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.” Groucho Marx.

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