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Business Spotlight Audio 2/2012

TEST
How to get a job

BUSINESS SKILLS
Saying no can be good for your career

HEAD-TO-HEAD
Do people in the US work too much?

This issue of Skill Up! focuses on a variety of HR roles and responsibilities.

Skill Up! (12)

HR professionals can play a key role in the future of a company. They often help to decide who is hired — and who is fired. This issue of Skill Up! focuses on a variety of HR roles and responsibilities.

Tricky translations: False friends

Let’s do an exercise now on false friends. These are pairs of words that look or sound similar in German and English — but they mean different things. So using the wrong word will usually cause confusion.

Business Spotlight Audio 6/2011

BUSINESS SKILLS
10 mistakes you should not make

HEALTH MATTERS
Side effects, and ways to describe pain

ALSO:

False-friends test
Culture shock
All about “all”
Place names

Business Spotlight 6/2011

TEST:
False Friends

MANAGEMENT:
Older Entrepreneurs

Business Spotlight 6/2011

A Chef is not a "chef". How well do you know German-English false friends? Find out with our special test in Business Spotlight 6/2011. It goes on sale this Wednesday, but here's a sneak preview.

Business Spotlight plus 6/2011

TRANSLATION WORK
False friends and tricky expressions

VOCABULARY
Talking about health problems at work

Winner of the competition in Business Spotlight Plus 5/2011

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Don't get the hump!

After watching Kevin Spacey give an electrifying performance as Richard III, I commented to my family, “It was amazing the way he humped across the stage.” My kids smiled. My husband, however, almost got the hump. Why? It’s our family joke.

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Tricky translations: versichern

How would you translate versichern into English? Well, it depends on the sentence and context. In this exercise, we’re going to give you some German sentences that include the word versichern, and we’d like you to translate them into English.

Business Spotlight Audio 3/2011

TEST YOUR ANIMAL IDIOMS
From top dog to cash cow

BUSINESS SKILLS
How to sell your ideas at work

MANAGEMENT
Lessons in leadership and change

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