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Grammar
Discussing plans on the telephone

Imagine that you have to make plans with a colleague in your next phone call. Would you know which expressions to use? Would you also know how to use them in a grammatically correct way?

Word of the Day

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work one's fingers to the bone (idiom)

to work extremely hard
sich die Finger abarbeiten
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It's terribly urgent: do it now!
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German-speakers often confuse adjectives and adverbs. We show you how not to!
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Increasing understanding between Arab and Western countries
Exchanging words
A new website offers translations between Arabic and English news stories.
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