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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:

1. In der Zeitung stand eine Kritik über sein Buch.


2. Sein Buch ist auf scharfe Kritik gestoßen.


3. Literary critics have to critique all new releases.

Look at the two sentences below with the verb tell. What

is the difference between them?

1. He told me his address.


2. She told me to stop smoking.

Read the following words aloud.

to have swallowed a / the dictionary

Translate into English:

1. Das solltest du wissen.


2. Ich sollte nicht so viel rauchen.


3. 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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