by Christine Burgmer | Jul 17, 2017 | Allgemein |
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” Mahatma Gandhi
by Christine Burgmer | Jul 16, 2017 | Allgemein |
“How to eat breakfast like a weltmeister”? That’s the title of this Deutsche Welle video clip. Learn what Germans eat for breakfast. And how breakfast at the weekends might differ. (You’ll also learn how to pronounce the name of that famous...
by Christine Burgmer | Jul 15, 2017 | Allgemein |
Did you know that a limerick is a humorous poem with five lines? The first, second and fifth lines generally have seven to ten syllables and rhyme with each other. The third and fourth lines are shorter and only have five to seven syllables and have to rhyme with each...
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by Christine Burgmer | Jul 14, 2017 | Allgemein |
I’m not an expert in text messaging. And I’m not a friend of abbreviations and acronyms because they’re not understandable for everyone. That’s why I was surprised to get 8 out of 12 right (as you can...
by Christine Burgmer | Jul 13, 2017 | Allgemein |
When I first came to Germany and was asked to translate a letter into English, I came across the German word beziehungsweise or the short form bzw. and had absolutely no idea how to translate it in an adequate way. So let’s form a sentence with the German word:...
by Christine Burgmer | Jul 12, 2017 | Allgemein |
If you’re a lover of to-do lists, you might like the idea of drawing them in future, rather than writing them. According to this article in greatist.com, researchers believe that drawing pictures can help you to remember things better. So there’s really no...
