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„False Friends & Tricky Translations“
Lösungen:
- „Pleased/Nice to meet you, Mr. Bond! I am Gwendolyn Monneypenny.“
- „We have never met before, have we?“
- „What line of business are you in/What do you do?“
- „What/Which projects are you currently working on?“
- „I have to postpone/reschedule the appointment with the real estate agent/property agent/realtor.“
- „I suggest that we advance/advancing the appointment.“
- „Such a high commission must/should never be accepted!“/“You must/should never accept such a high commission!“
- „I made a total fool of myself in my last job interview.“
- „I simply lacked the necessary/required self-confidence.“
- „Mr Bean shows a lot of commitment and reliability.“
- „He is such a likeable/nice/pleasant colleague.“
- „Only few colleagues are as sensitive as he is.“
- „His instant dismissal/dismissal without notice was a consistent step.“
- „We have decided/determined to resume the negotiations.“
- „I have to file/hand in/submit the filled-in form by Friday at the latest.“
- „Please remind me to meet/stick to the deadline!“
- „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)