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May 2010 - Home Routine

English German Phonetic
to get up aufstehen OWF-shteh-hen
to take a bath baden BAA-den
the razor der Rasierapparat DEHR ra-ZEER-ap-ahr-att
the breakfast das Frühstück DASS FREW-shtuk
to eat essen ES-sen
to make breakfast Frühstück machen FREW-shtuk MAH-ken
the lunch das Mittagessen DASS MIT-tag-es-sen
the dinner das Abendessen DASS AH-bend-es-sen
the routine die Routine DEE roo-TEEN-eh
to sleep schlafen sh-LAH-fen
 

April 2010 - Social Ties

English German Phonetic
the friend/boyfriend der Freund dehr FROYnd
the affair die Affäre DEE aff-FEH-reh
the friend/girlfriend die Freundin dee FROYnd-in
the engagement die Verlobungdee fehr-LO-bung
the fiancéedie Verlobtedee fer-LOB-te
to get divorced sich trennen sish TREN-en
the mistress die Mätresse dee mat-REH-se
the partner der Lebenspartner dehr LEHB-ens-part-ner
to get on well together sich verstehen sish fer-STE-hen
 

March 2010 - Household chores

English German Phonetic
to dust abstaugen AP-shtaw-gen
the housework die Hausarbeit DEE HAWs-ah-bite
to wash up abwaschenAP-vash-en
the clothes linedie Wäscheleinedee VESHE-lie-neh
to polishpolierenPOH-leer-en
to decorate dekorieren deh-koh-REER-en
to mop up aufwischen AWF-vish-un
to throw away wegwerfen VEGG-verf-en
to recycle wiederverwenden VEE-der-fer-vend-en
to wipe abwischen AP-vish-en
 

Febuary 2010 - Relationships

English German Phonetic
the argument die Auseinandersetzung DEE OWSS-eyn-ander-set-tzung
to compromise kompromittieren kom-prom-it-EER-en
the discussion die Diskussion DEE dis-kuss-see-OHN
to gossip plaudern PLOW-dern
to hate hassen HAS-sen
to kiss küssen koo-SEN
to shout schreien SHRY-en
to whisper flüstern FLUH-stern
to cuddle kuscheln KUH-sheln
to feel sich fühlen SICH FOOL-en
 

January 2010 - Appearances

English German Phonetic
fat dick DIK
thin dünn DOON
the figure die Figur dee fig-OOR
handsome gut aussehend goot AUS-say-hend
pretty hübsch HOOBsh
strong stark shTARk
fair hell HELL
tanned gebräunt geBROYnt
bald kahl KAAL
glasses die Brille dee BRIL-LE
 

December 2009 - In the kitchen

English German Phonetic
to bake backen BAK-en
the kettle Kessel (der) dehr KEH-sel
the chopping board Brett (das) das BRET
the coffee pot Kaffeekanne (die) dee KAH-fee-kan-eh
the draining board Abtropfbrett (das) das AB-tropf-brett
the can opener Dosenöffner (der) DOE-sen-oh-fner
the crockery Geschirr (das) das ge-SHEER
to peel schälen SHEH-len
the recipie Rezept (das) das re-TZEPT
the spoon Löffel (der) dehr LOH-fell
 

November 2009 - Characteristics

English German Phonetic
open-minded aufgeschlossen AUFgeshlosun
weird seltsam SELTsam
crazy verrückt ferROOKed
cheerful erfreulich errFROYlikh
grumpy brummig BRUMmig
silly doof DOWF
witty witzig VITZig
laid back gelassen geLASSen
sensible vernünftig ferNOONFtig
immature unreif unRIFE
 

October 2009 - My House

English German Phonetic
the balcony der Balkon dehr BAHL-con
the drawing room der Salon dehr SAH-lon
the porch der Vorbau dehr FOR-bow
the shower die Dusche dee DOO-shuh
the wall die Wand dee VAND
the cloakroom die Garderobe dee gah-duh-ROHW-buh
the gamesroom das Spielzimmer dass SHPEEL-tzim-uh
the fireplace der Kamin dehr KAM-een
the stairs die treppe dee TRE-puh
the window das Fenster dass FEN-stuh
 

September 2009 - Greetings and pleasantries

English German Phonetic
welcome! Willkommen! vill-KOMM-en
have fun Viel Spass! FEEL shPASS!
pleased to meet you Schön Dich kennenzulernen! shERRN DIKH ken-nen-tzoo-LEHR-nen!
to introduce vorstellen FOR-shtel-len
to hug umarmen um-ARM-en
with pleasure gerne GEHR-neh
thank you danke DAN-kuh
congratulations Herzlichen Glückwunsch! HEHrtz-likh-en GLUEk-vunsh
have a nice trip! Gute Reise! GOO-teh RIY-suh
sleep well Schlaf gut! sh-LAAF GOOT