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mansplain
What is the more formal word for the part of the body to
which the informal words below refer?
backside / bottom / bum (UK)
critic / Kritik
Translate the following sentences:
- In der Zeitung stand eine Kritik über sein Buch.
- Sein Buch ist auf scharfe Kritik gestoßen.
- Literary critics have to critique all new releases.
Look at the two sentences below with the verb tell. What
is the difference between them?
- He told me his address.
- She told me to stop smoking.
Read the following words aloud.
to have swallowed a / the dictionary
Translate into English:
- Das solltest du wissen.
- Ich sollte nicht so viel rauchen.
- Sollen wir uns um acht am Bahnhof treffen?
What would a speaker of British English say?
“Even though I’m a doctor,
he felt the need to mansplain
medicine to me.”
head had
peck pack
set sat
South African speaker:
“I was driving to work, but I had to
wait for ages at that last robot.”
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