Toringinmeanstotelephonetheplacewhere
youwork.It canalsomeantotelephonea radio
station:"Callerswereaskedtoringinwiththeir
opinions."IntheUS,theusualexpressionis
callin.
sichtelefonischmelden
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Aone-offissomethingthatisdüneormade,or
thathappens,onlyonce.Thespeakerissaying
thatthepaymentwillnotberepeated.
eineeinmaligeSache/eineAusnahme
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CD-RWistheabbreviationfor"compactdisc-
rewritable",aCDonwhichfilescanbestored
anderasedanynumberoftimes.Inspoken
English,peopleusuaflysay"rewritableCD".
wiederbeschreibbareCD
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ThecapitalofScotland,Edinburgh,is
pronouncedwithfoursyllabies:l'edlnb:lr<)J.
Theending"-burgh"isrelatedto"-borough",
"-bury"andGerman"-burg","-berg",ete.
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Tagetbymeanstomanagewithdifficultytolive
ortodosomethingwithverylimitedresources.
Inthiscase,thespeakerissayingthatthe
projectorisnotverygood,butthattheteamwill
havetomanagewithitfornow.
auskommen(mit),esschaffen(mit)
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Togetinformationstraightfromthehorse's
mouthmeanstogetinformationfromtheperson
directlyconcerned.
direktvonderQuelle/ausersterHand
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Theabbreviationonav.means"onaverage".
Thisabbreviationisusedonlyinwritten
!anguage.
imDurchschnitt
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Theexpressiongoawryispronounced
Lgo:lu~'nIIJ.1Imeansto"gowrong", 10 "go
contrat"Ytoplan":"Sadly,ourpicnieplanswent
awrywhenitstartedtorain."
"Awry"is oftenmispronounced(torhymewith
"Iony"),evenbynativespeakers,becauseofits
spelling.
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