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30.03.2009
- Topics Covered: Daylight saving / Finance
- Handouts: Daylight Saving article / Unit 6 Finance from Intelligent business
- Vocabulary:
- overhead - Gemeinkosten
- interest - Zins
- retain - behalten
- research and development (R+D) - Forschung und Entwicklung
- notion - Meinung / Vorstellung
- to boost - erhoehen / heben
- convenience store - Verbrauchermarkt / Bedarfsartikelgeschäft
- to thrive - bluehen / Erfolg haben
- benign - freundlich / gutartig
23.03.2009
- Topics Covered: Fat Cats / Furniture (and prepositions of place)
- Handouts: Furniture / Fat Cats
- Vocabulary: See handout.
16.03.2009
- Topics Covered: Strategies
- Handouts:Business English test
- Vocabulary:
- determined - entschlossen
- impatient - ungedultig
- threat - Gefahr / Droehung
- participant - Teilnehmer
- inherit - erben
- maternity leave - Mutterschaftsurlaub
- severence pay - Abfindung
- profit - Gewinn
- turnover/sales - Umsatz
- revenue - Einnahme/Einkommen
09.03.2009
- Topics Covered: Strategies / Nike Goddess
- Vocabulary:
- errand - Besorgung
- grid - Gitternetz
- undisputed - unangefochten
- goddess - Gottin
- core - Maut
- turnover - Umsatz
- retire - in Rente gehen
02.03.2009
- Topics Covered: RFID
- Vocabulary:
- reliable - zuverlaesig
- genuine- echt (real, opposite of reliable)
- barrier - Absperrung
- retail - einzelhandel
- toll - Maut
- jeopardize - gefaehrden
16.02.2009
- Topics Covered: What went wrong handout / LEDs at EBV
- Vocabulary:
- Mercury - Quecksilber
- haven - Zufluchtsort (wo man sicher ist)
- sore - weh / schmertzhaft
- ache - Schmerz
- rust - Rost
- Windscreen (br) windshield (am) - Windschutzscheibe
02.02.2009
- Topics Covered: Machines (Shapes and Dimensions)
- Vocabulary:
- snow plow - Schneepflug
- shovel - Schaufel
- sled - Schlitten
- to go sledding - Schlitten fahren
- Akku - rechargable battery
- column (arcitecture )- Saeule
- gear - Zahnrad
- hands (of a clock) - Zeiger (an der Uhr)
- point - Spitze
- fasten - festmachen
- case / shell - Gehaeuse
26.01.2009
- Topics Covered: Instructions
- Vocabulary:
- to be worth it - sich lohnen
- inhibited - gehemmt
- to screw (unscrew) - anschrauben (aufschrauben)
- hose - Schlauch
- cover / cap (usually fitted) - Deckel
- boot (british) / trunk (american) - Kofferraum
- lay off - jmdn entlassen/ jmdm kuendigen
19.01.2009
- Topics Covered: EU language policy, Instructions
- next week: be prepared to give the instructions for something.
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