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cisgender

What do the informal acronyms below stand for?

YOLO

FOMO

Hochschule / high school

Translate the following sentences:

1. Es gibt über 400 Hochschulen in Deutschland.


2. My 11-year-old daughter is starting high school in
   September.

Look at the sentences below. What do you notice about

the verb forms?

1. I stopped to have a chat with my neighbour.


2. I stopped smoking two years ago.


3. I remembered to buy bread on the way home.


4. I remembered meeting her as a child.

How do you pronounce the words below?

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Translate the following sentences into English:

1. Wen möchtest du zu deiner Feier einladen?


2. Er hat mich zu einem Date eingeladen.


3. Ich lade euch heute ein.

What would a speaker of American English say?

“I am your stereotypical

middle-aged, cisgender,

suburban dad.”

ring / bell-ringer finger

sing / singer linger

Canadian-English speaker:

“You can pay with a loonie

or a toonie.”

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