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How to offer/refuse
Would you like a Coke? - Yes, I'd love to.
Yes, please.
No, thank you.
Understanding
I didn't quite get that.
Can you repeat that, please?
I didn't understand you.
How to ask/argue
Are you saying that ...?
Can you explain that?
Sorry to interrupt you, ...
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Complex sentences
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AE: ER (emergency
room)
ankle Fußknöchel Enkel grandchild
announcem
Ansage, Durchsage Annonce advertisment
ent
auseinander,
apart apart fancy
einzeln
art Kunst Art way, sort, kind
backside Hinterteil Rückseite back
data projector
Beamer BMW (Automarke) Beamer
computer projector
trillion (AE)
billion Milliarde Billion billion (BE) = true
friend
biro Kugelschreiber Büro office
board Tafel Bord shelf
body Körper Body bodysuit
Box
box Schachtel (Lautsprech (loud)speaker
er)
good, well-
brave mutig brav
behaved, honest
brief kurz Brief letter
briefcase Aktentasche Brieftasche wallet
Schreibtisch,
bureau Büro office
Kommode (AE)
café kleines Restaurant Kaffee coffee
Gehilfe des
Souffleurs
callboy Callboy male prostitute
(Theater) oder:
Hotelboy
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(before 1916)
ordinary gewöhnlich ordinär vulgar
Packung,
packet Paket parcel
Schachtel
lächerlich, albern, emotional,
pathetic pathetisch
jämmerlich dramatic, emotive
Schirmherr,
patron Patrone cartridge
Stammkunde
personal persönlich Personal personnel, staff
petroleum Erdöl Petroleum paraffin, kerosene
photograph Foto, Bild Fotograf photographer
physician Arzt Physiker physicist
pregnant schwanger prägnant concise
principal hauptsächlich prinzipiell fundamental
untersuchen,
probe erforschen, Sonde Probe rehearsal, sample
(Medizin)
procurer Zuhälter Prokurist attorney
programme Programm
Sendung channel
(TV) (TV)
prospect Aussicht Prospekt brochure, leaflet
Versorgung,
provision Provision commission
Vorkehrung
public Öffentlichkeit Publikum audience
rabbit Hase Rabatt discount
Maß, Menge,
rate Rate instalment
Rendite
receipt Quittung Rezept
prescription
recipe Kochrezept (Arzt)
rent mieten Rente pension
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* The German "Chips" are crisps in British English, in American English the
German word for "Chips" is a true friend. Here are "Kartoffelchips" potato
chips.
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Blissful
Brave
Careful
cautious
clever
concentrating
confident
curious
ecstatic
excited
fair
fantastic
friendly
glad
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good
great
happy
honest
innocent
interesting
joyful
to be in love, lovestruck
meditative
nice
optimistic
pleasant
to be pleased
to be proud of
quiet
satisfied
sensible
serious
surprised
wonderful
negative
Angry
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aggressive
Agonized
Arrogant
Awful
Bad
Bored
Confused
Crazy
disappointed
disbelieving
Disgusted
Enraged
Exhausted
Frightened
Frustrated
Grieving
Guilty
Helpless
Horrified
Hangover
Hurt
Hysterical
indifferent
Idiotic
to be jealous of sb
Lonely
Lovesick
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Mad
mischievous
Miserable
Nasty
Nervous
Puzzled
Sad
Shocked
Sheepish
Silly
Smug
Sorry
Strange
suspicious
Stupid
Terrible
Upset
Nursery Rhymes
Parts of Speech
In the English language there are eight parts of speech. These are:
• Adjective
• Adverb
• Conjunction
• Interjection
• Noun
• Preposition
• Pronoun
• Verb
These eight categories can be expanded e.g. by Article and Numeral. In the
following tables we concentrate on the eight main categories.
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Analysing texts
These sentences can be useful for analysing texts. You only need to substitute
the red words. Have a look at Feelings and Phrases for talks for further
information.
The text
The story is about two teenagers.
The action takes place in London.
The text is divided into 5 parts.
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The characters
The main characters are Peter and Mary.
I think Peter is brave because he rescues Mary.
In line 27 he says ...
In my opinion Mandy shouldn't have gone out alone.
The characters in the story change.
At first Peter is helpless. Later he becomes brave.
Summarizing the text
The main point is that Peter likes Mandy.
The difficult thing is that Mandy doesn't see this.
The turning point in the story is when Mandy falls off the tree.
On the one hand Mandy likes Peter, on the other hand she doesn't
like his friends.
That's why ...
My opinion
I think that the story is nice.
My point of view is that ...
My first impression was ...
I like/don't like the story/poem/song.
I thought that the story would end like that.
The ending of the story didn't surprise me.
I think that this only happens in films.
I must admit that ...
The message of the story is ...
Phrases in class
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Summary writing
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English German
Alphabet Alphabet
Altar Altar
Anorak Anorak
arm Arm
baby Baby
ball Ball
ballet Ballett
band Band
bank Bank (building)
basketball Basketball
bitter Bitter
blind Blind
blond Blond
boss Boss
bring Bringen
bus Bus
butter Butter
chance Chance
code Code
computer Computer
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cousin Cousin
dessert Dessert
drama Drama
experiment Experiment
extra Extra
fair Fair
fan Fan
film Film
find Finden
finger Finger
firm Firma
fit Fit
frost Frost
function Funktion
gas Gas
gold Gold
golf Golf
hammer Hammer
hand Hand
hotel Hotel
hunger Hunger
ideal Ideal
illusion Illusion
instrument Instrument
jeans Jeans
kindergarten
Kindergarten
pre-school (AE)
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kitsch Kitsch
material Material
mental Mental
minus Minus
modern Modern
moment Moment
museum Museum
name Name
nation Nation
orange Orange
pack Packen
partner Partner
person Person
pilot Pilot
plus Plus
pony Pony
post Post
pudding Pudding
pullover Pullover
radio Radio
rest Rest
ring Ring
rose Rose
rucksack Rucksack
singer Singer
ski Ski
sofa Sofa
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spray Spray
stress Stress
talent Talent
taxi Taxi
team Team
test Test
text Text
tiger Tiger
toast Toast
toilet Toilette
trainer Trainer
uniform Uniform
vase Vase
video Video
volleyball Volleyball
waldsterben Waldsterben
warm Warm
wind Wind
winter Winter
wolf Wolf
zebra Zebra
English German
accent Akzent
alcohol Alkohol
article Artikel
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assistant Assistent
automatic automatisch
banana Banane
bed Bett
to begin Beginnen
bible Bibel
beer Bier
Biology Biologie
blouse Bluse
bomb Bombe
brown Braun
buffet Büfett
bull Bulle
bush Busch
elephant Elefant
expert Experte
fall Fallen
figure Figur (Körper)
fish Fisch
function Funktion
garden Garten
Geography Geografie
glass Glas
grass Gras
grill Grillen
gymnastics Gymnastik
hen Henne
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horizon Horizont
horoscope Horoskop
hat Hut
insect Insekt
coffee Kaffee
calendar Kalender
candidate Kandidat
carrot Karotte
card Karte (allgemein)
carton Karton
cassette Kassette
cathedral Kathedrale
class Klasse
complex Komplex
continent Kontinent
control Kontrolle
concept Konzept
concert Konzert
corn Korn
corridor Korridor
costume Kostüm
cultural Kulturell
course Kurs
cellar Keller
club Klub
lip Lippe
manuscript Manuskript
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market Markt
march Marsch
Mathematics Mathematik
medicine Medizin
metal Metall
metre Meter
method Methode
milk Milch
music Musik
nerves Nerven
oil Öl
opera Oper
ocean Ozean
party Partei
patient Patient
Physics Physik
politics Politik
president Präsident
radical Radikal
rat Ratte
respect Respekt
reception Rezeption
salt Salz
singer Sänger
smuggler Schmuggler
shock Schock
second Sekunde
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silver Silber
socks Socken
summer Sommer
sport (nicht
Sport
Schulfach!)
style Stil
storm Sturm
strategy Strategie
systematically systematisch
tactics Taktik
temperature Temperatur
title Titel
tomato Tomate
tractor Traktor
underworld Unterwelt
worm Wurm
centre, center (AE) Zentrum
2nd
May
Dear John(,)
Thanks for your last letter and the nice
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Sorry, but I have to finish.
Hope to hear from you again.
Take care,
Peter
tips:
- the date: top right hand corner (day/month-BE - or month/day-AE)
- comma after name not necessary, but begin after that with a CAPITAL letter
- ending: Take care, Cheers, Yours, Love, then a comma and your name
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