to throw a wobbly

to throw a wobbly

NOTE: I’ll leave you to your own imagination.

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

Translate the Text into English: Übersetzen:

Susann, Andreas, Nadine, Heike, Reiner, Simone.

Haben Sie in einem Hotel übernachtet?

Wie viele Sterne hatte Ihr Hotel?

Wie waren Ihre Verpflegungsbedingungen im Hotel?

Wie lange dauerte der Flug?

Zur Beantwortung dieser Fragen können Sie Ihren Übersetzer nutzen.

Hemmungen/die Scheu

Einwohner

Zappeln,

die Fummelei,

die Hampelei

Es klingt Gleich.

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Business English Word of the Week:

Geschäftsenglisch Wort der Woche:

A business word/phrase = It is voluntary work.

Sample Sentence:

“We are asking members of staff to do some work in the local community at the weekend, but this is not paid work, it will be voluntary work.”

 

Law English Word of the Week:

Gesetz Englisches Wort der Woche:

A law word/phrase = error mistake failure –: a failing to perform a duty or expected action [a to mitigate damages] [ to prosecute] 2: a lack of success or adequacy [ of a suit]

Sample Sentence:

“She was a complete failure as a prosecuting lawyer.”

 

Vocabulary for Contracts:

Wortschatz für Verträge:

A word/phrase for contracts = key players: The key players in a particular organization, event, or situation are the most important people or things involved in it. 

Sample Sentence:

“The former chairman was a key player in the deals that enabled the bank to get to the top.”

 

Vocabulary for Negotiations:

Wortschatz für Verhandlungen:

A word/phrase for negotiations = everything goes out of the window – alles geht aus dem Fenster –

Sample Sentence:

“Everything went out of the window when the Ford car dealer heard that I was interested in a VW car.”

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Word of the day: Wort des Tages:

ID Card – Personalausweis

Sample Sentence:

“Excuse me, Sir, do you have your ID Card to show me?”

 

Phrase of the day: Satz des Tages:

“If you don’t use it, you lose it.”

Sample Sentence:

“This is a good one to remember when learning a foreign language – If you don’t use it you lose it.”

 

 

Idiom of the day: Redewendung des Tages:

Cutting corners – this idiom means a person is doing something poorly in order to save time or money

Sample Sentence:

“Instead of painting the wall with an undercoat and two layers of paint on top of that, the decorator cut corners and only added one layer of paint to the undercoat.”

 

British English / American English Vocabulary:

Britisches Englisch / Amerikanisches Englisch Wortschatz:

British English (B.E.) = tunnel – underpass

American English (A.E.) = subway (NOTE: not the Sandwich company).

German – Unterführung.

 

Special Grammar Tip of the Week:

Spezieller Grammatik-Tipp der Woche:

present tense verbs – Verben im Präsens

 

Pronunciation tip: Aussprachetipp:

Sceptical – Skeptisch

Pronunciation = Skeptikel

 

False Friends Tip of the Week:

Falsche Freunde Tipp der Woche:

German                    = barkeeper

Translation              = Barbesitzer, Gastwirt

False Friend (F.F.)   = Barkeeper

Meaning of F.F.        = barman, barmaid, bartender.

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Wit, wit, wit – Education:

Witz, Witz, Witz – Ausbildung:

“My retirement from teaching was a most blessed event. Five years, and I still thrive on the absence of students.”

Quote by Henry Holmes Smith.

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Slang word of the day:

Slangwort des Tages:

Balls up – messed up situation.

Sample Sentence:

“Oh no, Donald you made a right balls up with your negotiation with that Japanese company by mentioning WWII.”

 

Colloquial / Colloquialisms:

Umgangssprache / Umgangssprache:

Baltic – freezing weather.

Sample Sentence:

“Man, it’s really Baltic weather today!”

 

Cockney Rhyming Slang:

Cockney Reimender Slang:

Tomfoolery = jewellery.

Sample Sentence:

“That Elizabeth Taylor likes to collect a lot of Tomfoolery from all her husbands!” “Yeah mate, diamonds are a girl’s best friend!”

 

Quote of the week: Zitat der Woche:

Jackie Chan responded to a journalist’s question about whether he is satisfied with his life with these wise words:

“You know, I once heard very wise words:

Your hard work is the dream of every unemployed person;

Your restless child is the dream of everyone without children;

Your small home is the dream of every homeless person;

Your little capital is the dream of every debtor;

Your poor health is the dream of every patient with an incurable disease;

Your peace, your peaceful sleep, and your accessible food are the dreams of everyone in a country at war.

You must appreciate everything you have. After all, no one knows what tomorrow will bring.”

 

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