…to legalize or legalise drugs
…they have a very high standard of living (Lebensstandard)
…to be strictly against it/sth.
…technology (Technik, Technologie) BUT: you have a good skiing technique
…they’ll lose their jobs lose, lost. lost BUT: loose (lose, wackelig,…)
…suicide rate – to commit suicide (Selbstmord begehen)
…Monday, February, in winter, in summer, in the First World War or WWI, Green Day
…I go to university (say ju) – so: a university BUT: an exercise (a,e,i,o,u)
…the – Bitte wenig Artikel verwenden!!!!!
…the USA, the government wants to reduce…
…Firstly,
…whether (ob) … the question arises if to whether this is a good idea… die Frage erhebt sich
BUT: we are having nice weather at the moment, isn’t it?
…Attention: FALSE FRIENDS
whirlpool (Stromschnelle) Jacuzzi (der Whirlpool)
standing ovation!, No plural!
mobile/cell phone (das Handy) handy means: handlich
tuxedo, dinner suit (der Smoking)
… he has a negative side But: camping site (Campingplatz)
….football site/ground/ pitch Attention: NOT: bitch!!!!
…Wirtshaus: pub, inn, restaurant BUT NOT: local!!!! means örtlich! the local hero/ heroes
…discriminate (between) … unterscheiden
…to discriminate against … diskriminieren
to be discriminated against … diskriminiert werden!
…it’s …it is
BUT: its (sein, seine, seinen)
e.g. Every dog has its day (Auch ein blindes Huhn findet einmal ein Korn)
Please don´t translate proverbs!!!!!!
…from … I come from Carinthia/ Vienna, Styria, Tyrol, the Burgenland, Upper/Lower Austria, ..
…it’s a picture form my sister = you got it from your sister
…BUT: it´s a picture of my sister! ... she is on it -
...to take a photo Not: make!!!!! just what you make/produce with your hands!!!!
…we are going through hard times …. harte Zeiten durchmachen
…to throw/ threw/thrown ….werfen, warf, geworfen
…omnipresent poverty … allgegenwärtige Armut
…address .. die Adresse, interesting, nonsense, before, cigarette, negative, always, …
…she is beautiful…. She sings beautifully (WIA?) , wonderful, helpful, ... But: to be full of sth.
No ly with: fell, taste, look, stay, seem, remain,…
to find out easily (adverb WIA?)
NO PLURAL:
data, furniture, cattle, information, advice (but to advise), fish,…
Attention:
some words have the Latin Plural: e.g. medium … the media (die Medien)
…Present Tense 3. Person Se.g. England wants to…BUT: they want
…it is fun … the party was great fun!
Funny … komisch, lächerlich… a funny dress, a fancy dress party
…es gibt: there is/ there are ….
… it gives you the feeling of being strong ... es gibt dir das Gefühl...
…this … Plural these
…that … Plural those (zeitlich, räumlich weiter weg)
…to go by bus BUT: to drive a car (lenken)
…they have many problems
…they have much trouble NO: troubles but: the troubles of life! The Troubles in Ireland!
…this is quite ok (ok) BUT: the street is quiet (leise, still,…)
…this is the opinion of the people on the street
…meaning … (Bedeutung) … she means everything to me!
BUT: in my opinion, I think, I blieve (AE)
…handsome boys – beautiful girls
…outgoing – kontaktfreudig BUT: they are often going out
…to begin with… at the beginning … in the end (schlussendlich),
...Finally, they managed to ...
…there was a happy ending – the end ...
…for example, for instance … Aufzählungen
…know – no –now
…drug dealer ...Wörter immer trennen! No: Donaudampfschifffartskapitän in English!
…money (Geld) – currency (Währung) – to pay cash
…to wear trousers
…to carry a suitcase
…country (das Land e.g. Austria) … land (Grund und Boden) … state (Bundsland, der Staat)
…sensible…vernünftig – sensitive … sensible, empfindsam
…to betray… im Stich lassen, preisgeben: Judas betrayed Jesus
…factory (Fabrik) – fabric (Struktur eines Stoffes)
…at a farm (Bauernhof) – agriculture is important (die Landwirtschaft)
…bei: at my aunt’s (house) NOT: by!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
…at my girlfriend’s (house)
…a aunt of my mother – my mother´s aunt
…ant - Ameise
...in the middle of the picture there is ...
Im Englischen wörtlich: in der Mitte des Bildes DORT ist! Klingt komisch - ist aber so :)!
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