Tongue in cheek
means in an ironic, flippant, or insincere way.
SAMPLE SENTENCE
“We suspect that she was writing with tongue in cheek.“
NOTE: Business English etc.
can be found below the translation exercises.
Translate the Text into English: Übersetzen:
Susann, Rico, Heike, Simone, Frank and Tom.
Lounge
Flood (High Water)
Connection
Connection
Round trip / Return trip
Annoy
Sign
Cough
Cough Sweets
Chairman
To sign/Signature
Contract
Negotiations
Scare
Fright
Frighten
Afraid
Worry
no worries
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Business English Word of the Week:
Geschäftsenglisch Wort der Woche:
“Preparation is everything” – my quote when considering how to go about creating a presentation in Business.
An itemised bill – Bewirtungsbeleg
Law English Word of the Week:
Gesetz Englisches Wort der Woche:
A law word/phrase = implemented measures
Sample Sentences:
“vastly scaled-down and these were only carried out if the implemented measures directly led to higher returns and stable cash flows.”
“Thanks to ongoing analyses and stress tests and to the implemented measures.”
“Concerning employment incentives (labour supply channel), measures implemented by Member States have focused on.”
“The auditors also reviewed the internal control system in accordance with SOX, as well as measures implemented by the Executive Board to detect business risks at an early.”
Vocabulary for Contracts:
Wortschatz für Verträge:
A word/phrase for contracts = as stipulated in the contract
Sample Sentences:
“If the delivery item cannot be used as stipulated in the contract for reasons attributable to the Purchaser as a result of negligent or incorrect execution of proposals and consulting.”
“written request after acceptance and presentation of the final accounts as stipulated in the contract, when Contractor has performed the work stipulated in the contract.”
“and service deadline from the buyer, when the buyer does not fulfil necessary requirements as stipulated in the contract.”
“consignment or due to any other condition of the consignment being contrary to the conditions as stipulated in the contract.”
Vocabulary for Negotiations:
Wortschatz für Verhandlungen:
“They overplayed their hand.”
Sample Sentence:
“Some people tend to overplay their hand when they negotiate.“
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Word of the day: Wort des Tages:
E.D.C. = Every Day Carry
Phrase of the day: Satz des Tages:
To round it up
means to allow a debt or bill to accumulate.
Similar words are:
accumulate, accrue, amass, collect, gather, stockpile
tot up – achieve a particular score in a game or match.
Sample Sentence:
“They ran up 321 runs for the loss of six wickets.”
make something quickly or hurriedly, especially a piece of clothing.
Sample Sentence:
“I’ll run up a brand new dress for you.”
Sample Sentence:
“The company ran up debts of over £1000,000.”
Idiom of the day: Redewendung des Tages:
“Many hands make light work.”
This idiom is used to say that people can do things more quickly and easily when they work together.
British English / American English Vocabulary:
Britisches Englisch / Amerikanisches Englisch Wortschatz:
British English (B.E.) = Level crossing (of a railway line)
American English (A.E.) = Grade crossing.
Special Grammar Tip of the Week:
Spezieller Grammatik-Tipp der Woche:
More and more faster = is wrong, but = much faster is correct.
Pronunciation tip: Aussprachetipp:
Purchase
Components
NOTE: These will be pronounced by me in the lesson.
Etch – edge
While – whilst
Multi-choice – multiple choice
Diarrhoea.
False Friends Tip of the Week:
Falsche Freunde Tipp der Woche:
German Translation False Friend (F.F.) Meaning of F.F.
Haus House Haus company/office
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Wit, wit, wit – Education:
Witz, Witz, Witz – Ausbildung:
“Seventy-eight per cent of our high school students in a recent nationwide multiple choice test, identified Abraham Lincoln as a ‘kind of lobster’. That’s right nearly three-quarters of our nation’s youth could not directly identify the man who invented the telephone.”
Quote by Dave Barry.
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Slang word of the day:
Slangwort des Tages:
A pen-pusher is someone who has an office job that is not very interesting or important and involves a lot of paperwork: The ‘Blue Collar workers’ are more likely to use this way of speaking.
Sample Sentence:
“The ad made the job sound exciting, but I’m just a glorified pen pusher.”
Colloquial / Colloquialisms:
Umgangssprache / Umgangssprache:
to stay indoors – means to stay inside.
Sample Sentence:
“I’m not feeling so well, so I think I’ll stay indoors today.”
Cockney Rhyming Slang:
Cockney Reimender Slang:
Cock and Hen = ten
Sample Sentence:
“I’ll see you in the pub by Cock and Hen!”
NOTE: I think it would be much easier just to say the number ten…
Quote of the week: Zitat der Woche:
“While money can’t buy you happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.”
Groucho Marx.
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