So how many words do you know?
Do this free vocabulary test and find out how many words you know: http://my.vocabularysize.com/.
Tricky translations
Translating from one language to another is often tricky. Do you know how to translate the following words and phrases without looking them up in a dictionary: ‘Kofferraum’, ‘Arbeitstier’, ‘Wohnmobil’, ‘Pechvogel’, ‘ich verstehe nur Bahnhof’ and ‘er ist ein hohes Tier’?
Test yourself with this lovely little quiz.
Kind regards
Do you use the same words again and again when closing an email? Why not be a little bit more creative?
A lot of people finish their email messages with “Regards”, “Kind regards” or “Best regards”. What about using the following now and again? Of course, they have to fit!
- Best wishes
- With thanks
- Thanks again
- Thank you for taking your time
- Have a lovely day
- Keep up the good work
- Enjoy your holidays
- Looking forward to your reply
- Hope this helps
- Let me know what you think
- Take care
Do you have a favourite phrase when closing an email?
On perseverance
“We rise to great heights by a winding staircase of small steps.” Francis Bacon
How to feel at home
To feel at home in Britain, I recommend that you drink tea with milk – and perhaps a little bit of sugar. Of course, that is black tea. But nobody says that in England. Tea is tea!
By the way, I’m a milk-in-first person! And what about you?
Never give up
A little boy was watching his mother gently rub cold cream on her face.
“Why are you rubbing cold cream on your face, Mummy?” he asked.
“To make my skin more beautiful”, she replied.
A few minutes later, she began removing the cream with a tissue.
“What’s the matter?” the little boy asked. “Giving up?”
