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- English Lesson
- warmup
- who got to unplug? (=managed to relax cutting down on your screen time)
- how is your friend’s refurb coming along, Matthias? full steam ahead
- who didn’t get enough sleep last night? pull through
- has it been overcast where you are right now? (=with clouds in the sky and therefore not bright and sunny) to clear up = [speaking of the sky] become bright again
- who did the weekly shop over the weekend?
- Wood fibers - Holzfasern
- tiles - Fließen
- to talk shop - talk about (matters concerning) your work
- do the shopping (grocery shopping) vs go shopping (activity implying a dose of entertaiment)
- I would sooner ... = I'd rather
- the till = checkout area
- use get instead of buy
- mill, grain (what, rye...) -> flour
- it went on for a year ... the subscription expired/lapsed
- to go to waste
- to have one's hands full = be very busy
- to use sth up
- pick up/snap up (informal)
- Can you just pop in the shop and pick up some eggs? (=buy) It was such a good deal, I snapped it up. [=AS IF quickly and enthusiastically, usually because it is a good deal]
- warmup