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Flirt English (2. Staffel): 3. Fitness & Flirting
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Exercise 1Try to find the missing expressions.Afterwards,watchthefirstsceneandcorrectyour
expressions. Check youranswersindividually.
Lily: So itsounds like you’re all getting on like a house on fire.
Hannes: Lily, that’sanotheroneofyour funny sayings.
Lily: I’m sorry,love. Itmeans„well“.
Hannes: That’seasier. Shorter!
Lily: So, I hopeyou’remanagingtokeepupwithmylittlelistforthecleaning.
Hannes: Don’tworry Lily, Elzhasitundercontroland I havemade a spreadsheet.
Lily: Anddon’tforgetaboutmyorchidsnoworthere’llbetrouble.
Hannes: Elzislooking after theorchids. Shesaysitisthemostimportantjob.
Lily: And so itis. So, howareyou all doingformoney?
Hannes: It’s still a bit…
Lily: A bittight.
Hannes: Yes. A bittight. Elizabeth hasgot a part-time job in a clothesshop. And Nino isgoingfor a jobinterview.
Lily: Wishhimluckfromme. NowI’vegottodash! I’vegotto check in on mySilver Surfers group in Spain. Norestforthewicked!
Exercise 2Write newsentenceswiththeexpressionsfromabove. Usethemaccordingtotheirmeaning in theconversation. Translatetheminto German.
German translation
- to get on like a house on fire = dickeFreundesein / sichsehr gut verstehen
- love = Liebling (umgangssprachlichalsKosenamefüreinenahestehendePersonengebraucht)
- tokeepupwith = Schritt halten können
- spreadsheet = Tabelle
- there’llbetrouble = das gibt Ärger (umgangssprachlich)
- howareyoudoingformoney = habtihrgenug Geld
- I havetodash = ich muss pressieren / ich muss (sofort)gehen
- norestforthewicked = keine Ruhe für die Schuldigen (Redewendung, die besagt, dass man ruhelos ist und immer weiterarbeiten muss)
Exercise 3 Giveyour German sentencesto a fellowstudentandlet her/himtranslatethem back into English. Check yourresultstogetheranddiscussthem.
Individual answers
Exercise 4Find anothermeaningfortheexpressionsfromexercise 1andusethem in a sentence.
However, someexpressionsmay not a have a secondmeaning.
The followingexpressionsdon’thave a secondmeaningandcantherefore not beused in a different context.
- toget on like a house on fire
- spreadsheet
- howareyoudoingformoney
- norestforthewicked
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