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„False Friends & Tricky Translations“

Lösungen:

  1. „Pleased/Nice to meet you, Mr. Bond! I am Gwendolyn Monneypenny.“
  2. „We have never met before, have we?“
  3. „What line of business are you in/What do you do?“
  4. „What/Which projects are you currently working on?“
  5. „I have to postpone/reschedule the appointment with the real estate agent/property agent/realtor.“
  6. „I suggest that we advance/advancing the appointment.“
  7. „Such a high commission must/should never be accepted!“/“You must/should never accept such a high commission!“
  8. „I made a total fool of myself in my last job interview.“
  9. „I simply lacked the necessary/required self-confidence.“
  10. „Mr Bean shows a lot of commitment and reliability.“
  11. „He is such a likeable/nice/pleasant colleague.“
  12. „Only few colleagues are as sensitive as he is.“
  13. „His instant dismissal/dismissal without notice was a consistent step.“
  14. „We have decided/determined to resume the negotiations.“
  15. „I have to file/hand in/submit the filled-in form by Friday at the latest.“
  16. „Please remind me to meet/stick to the deadline!“
  17. „The economic consequences cannot be predicted/are not predictable.“

Setzten Sie die korrekte grammatikalische Form ein:

„I come (come) from Arkansas and live (live) in Little Rock.“ „Where do you come (come) from?“

„I work (work) for a small advertising agency called Early Bloomers. „How long have you been working/have you worked (work) there?“

„I have never heard (hear) from that agency.“ „Since when have you been (be) in this business?“

„When did you start (start) working there?“ “ What did you do (do) before?“

„Do you enjoy working (work) there?“ „Do you look forward to starting (start) a new project?“

„If you had (have) the chance to change your job what would you rather do (do)?“

Was ist das Gegenteil?

  • sun: shade (Schatten)
  • even: odd (ungerade)
  • rough: smooth (glatt)
  • dry: moist/damp/humid (feucht)
  • generous: economical/thrifty (sparsam)
  • wasteful: mean/miserly/penny-piching/stingy/tight-fisted (geizig)
  • wide: narrow (eng)
  • self-confident: insecure/self-conscious (unsicher)
  • demanding: modest/unassuming (bescheiden)
  • to accept: to decline/reject/turn down (ablehnen)
  • to admit: to deny (leugnen,verneinen)
  • to shorten: to lengthen/extend (verlängern)