And what are yours?
According to the Chinese zodiac calendar, 2014 is the ‘Year of the Horse’. China Daily’s photo gallery entitled ‘Paper cutting – The Year of the Horse‘ shows some amazing horse-themed paper cuts created to welcome the new year.
And the Guardian has eight interesting facts you probably didn’t know about the year of the horse …
“Do you believe in life after death?” the boss asked one of his employees.
“Yes, sir,” the clerk replied.
“That’s good,” the boss said. “After you left early yesterday to go to your grandmother’s funeral, she stopped in to see you.”
We know it, don’t we? If we tell a lie, even one of those small white lies, we’ll get caught in it eventually, won’t we?
Here’s another word that does not have a plural in English. ‘Furniture’ means ‘Möbel’. If you want to say ‘Möbelstück’ (a single item of furniture), then you have to call it ‘a piece of furniture’.
Examples:
He bought some new furniture yesterday.
She only had enough money for one piece of furniture and so she bought a bed.
We need a few bits of furniture for our new apartment.
