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Offline Textbook | A Foundation Course in Reading German https://courses.dcs.wisc.edu/wp/readinggerman/print-entire-textbook/ Page 125 of 151 12/8/2017 FALSE FRIEND bekommen (to get, to receive) erst (only, not until) etwa (approximately) eventuell (possibly, in that case) fast (almost) NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH werden (to become) (when used with time expressions It means “first” when used as an adjective: das erste Teil [the first part]). etwas (something) schließlich / endlich (eventually) fest (firm, solid) or schnell (fast, quick) fehlen (to be lacking or missing) – there is no one-word English equivalent gelangen (to arrive, to attain) (tip: regular verb!) der Rat (advice, counsellor) reichen (to reach, to suffice) der Roman (novel) schon (already, even) wer (who, whoever) wohl (probably, indeed) gelingen (to succeed) (tip: irregular verb!) die Ratte (rat) riechen (to smell, to reek) der Römer (Roman person) schön (beautiful) wo (where) gut (well) Unit: 16: Finishing touches 3. Some Common Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions es gibt / es sind In Unit 2 you learned about the idiom es gibt (there is / are). This is used in general statements such as:
Offline Textbook | A Foundation Course in Reading German https://courses.dcs.wisc.edu/wp/readinggerman/print-entire-textbook/ Page 126 of 151 12/8/2017 Es gibt viele Leute in New York. There are many people in New York. When we are talking about a specific number of people / objects, then you will see the form es sind (there are): Es sind zwanzig Studenten in diesem Zimmer. There are twenty students in this room. es In both the above examples the pronoun es is translated as “there.” Similar uses of it are: Es geschah im Jahre 1990 ein Erdbeben in San Franzisko. There occurred an earthquake in San Francisco in 1990. Es spielte ein Kind in dem Garten. There was a child playing in the garden. In both of these examples we could ignore the es (there) and simply say “An earthquake occurred in San Francisco in 1990” and “A child was playing in the garden.” abhängen von (to depend on) Es hängt davon ab, ob wir das Geld haben. It depends upon whether we have the money. Meine Urlaubspläne hängen vom Chef ab. My vacation plans are contingent upon my boss. sich befassen mit (to deal with) Dieses Buch befaßt sich mit der Geschichte des Automobils. This book deals with the history of the automobile. es geht um (to be a matter / issue of) Es geht um die Finanzen. It is an issue of finances. gelingen (to succeed) Es ist mir gelungen, die Aufgabe zu beenden. I succeeded in finishing the task.
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