WORDS; IDIOMS; PHRASES ETC. OF THE DAY
by Mark Brislin | Feb 17, 2021 | 2021, Allgemein, Britisches Englisch / Amerikanisches Englisch Wortschatz, Falsche Freunde Tipp der Woche, Geschäftsenglisch, Rechtsenglisch, Satz des Tages, Spezieller Grammatik Tipp der Woche, Umgangssprache, Wort des Tages, Wortschatz für Verträge und Verhandlungen |
“Bonkers” is a colloquial way of saying that
someone is mad/crazy verrückt/fetzig/ wahnsinnig.
NOTE: MAD is an Acronym = Mutually Assured Destruction.
Translate the Text: Übersetzen:
Susann, Andreas, Nadine, Heike, Simone and Reiner.
Die Frau und der Mann.
Die Frau trinkt.
Das Mädchen trinkt.
Das Brot.
Der Junge und das Mädchen.
Die Frauen.
GREETINGS:
Auf wiedersehen!
Tschüß, bis später!
Guten Morgen, wie geht’s?
Danke und Tschüß OR
Danke und auf Wiedersehen!
Kein problem! Bis später!
Guten Morgen, wie geht’s?
LANGUAGES:
Ihr Polnisch ist wirklich perfekt.
Polnisch ist nicht einfach.
Dein Englisch ist toll!
Dein Türkisch ist wirklich toll!
Mein Englisch ist wirklich perfekt.
Französisch ist nicht schwer.
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NOTE: Mad means to be angry with someone. Alice is clearly paranoid.
Word of the day: Wort des Tages:
Implemented meaning: Forced or compelled or put in force.
put (a decision, plan, agreement, etc.) into effect.
Sample Sentence:
“The scheme to implement vaccination centres.“
Phrase of the day: Satz des Tages:
to get something ‘sorted’ (out) = like to sort something into a logical order, but also to solve a problem.
Idiom of the day: Redewendung des Tages:
To do the ‘donkey work’ = for example: to do all the boring work such as compiling facts and figures from miles and miles of computer data. Many Professors at universities give all the ‘donkey work’ to lower members of staff to do or when someone is on a training program at a company, the trainee gets all the ‘donkey work’ to do e.g. entering hundreds of information on a database.
British (B.E.) / American (A.E.) Vocabulary:
Britisches Englisch / Amerikanisches Englisch Wortschatz:
Pavement (B.E.) / Sidewalk (A.E.)
(In American English, when they say, the ‘Pavement’, they mean the road surface that you are driving on).
Special Grammar tip of the week:
Spezieller Grammatik-Tipp der Woche:
Do not try and use your own language’s rules for British Grammar.
(Even in American grammar, there are some small differences from British grammar). Sentence building is often very different – the order of the words!
Wit, Wit, Wit
Witz, Witz, Witz
“It might be an idea of Miss Winterson to get out her brushes and set to painting her masterpiece as soon as possible. Because the signs are, right now, that she certainly isn’t ever going to write one.“
Quote: Julie Burchill.
JOKES / PUNS:
Blondie Joke:
A plane is on its way to Toronto, when a ‘blonde’ in economy class gets up and moves to the first class section and sits down.
The flight attendant watches her do this and asks to see her ticket.
She then tells the blonde that she paid for economy class and that she will have to sit in the back.
The blonde replies, “I’m blonde, I’m beautiful, I’m going to Toronto, and I’m staying right here.”
The flight attendant goes into the cockpit and tells the pilot and the co-pilot that there is a blonde bimbo sitting in first class, who belongs in economy and won’t move back to her seat.
The co-pilot goes back to the blonde and tries to explain that because she only paid for economy, she will have to leave and return to her seat.
The blonde replies, “I’m blonde, I’m beautiful, I’m going to Toronto, and I’m staying right here.”
The co-pilot tells the pilot that he probably should have the police waiting when they land to arrest this blonde woman who won’t listen to reason.
The pilot says, “You say she is a blonde? I’ll
handle this. I’m married to a blonde. I speak blonde.”
He goes back to the blonde and whispers in her ear, and she says, “Oh, I’m sorry,” and gets up and goes back to her seat in economy.
The flight attendant and co-pilot are amazed and ask him what he said to make her move without any fuss.
“I told her, first class isn’t going to Toronto.”
Pronunciation tip: Aussprachetipp:
Do not try and pronounce any new word in English using your own language’s rules for pronouncing the letters of the Alphabet. It just doesn’t work! There is software for computers and smartphones which will pronounce the word for you.
Slang word of the day: Slangwort des Tages:
a quid (This is Not a spelling mistake = Squid ☺). A quid means one English pound £; so 10,000 quid, 10 quid, a million quid (no “S” is needed, unless you say: “We’ve got loads of money, we’re quid’s in!”).
Cockney Rhyming Slang: Cockney Reimender Slang:
“The old tit for tat”. “The old titfer” = ‘tit for tat‘ or the short version ‘Titfer’ means a hat.
Quote of the week: Zitat der Woche:
“Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.” Evelyn Waugh.
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