von Torsten Förster | 31. Mai 2020 | Idioms
Idioms Blog. Heute “GET HIM ON BOARD” „Wir erklären ihm unseren Plan und müssen ihn ins Boot holen“ „Let’s explain our plan to him and get him on board“. It’s always amusing to see that some idioms reflect and literally use the same expression. If you think...Weiterlesen
von Torsten Förster | 31. Mai 2020 | False Friends, Vokabeln lernen
Germans often mix up the word “handy” and “cell phone or mobile phone”. For some reason, in Germany the portable phone is called a “handy”, whereas handy in English means something is useful and practical. It has nothing to do with a mobile phone. In the US, we often...Weiterlesen
von Torsten Förster | 28. Mai 2020 | Rätsel Englisch
What’s a pun? A pun is an amusing use of a word or phrase that has more than one meaning or that sounds like another word. A very popular pun is the one in our clip. For puns to work, words have to be similar in spelling, sound or meaning, such as homophones, homonyms...Weiterlesen
von Torsten Förster | 27. Mai 2020 | Vokabeln lernen
Be careful with the word thong! “Hey mate, grab your thongs and let’s go to the beach!” If you hear this sentence in Australia, you shouldn’t be surprised because Down Under, “thongs” is the word they use to describe what we say “flip-flops” in America and in Germany....Weiterlesen
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