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BlackBerry jam

Research in Motion, the company that created the BlackBerry, has had a lot of damaging publicity in recent years. BlackBerry is no longer flavour of the month. It’s in a bit of a jam.

Geschmacksrichtung des Monats; hier: in

in der Klemme

The perfect pose — and poser

Frenchmen are in the news — and not just because of their famous poses.

Posen

In this quiz, I test your knowledge of some of the expressions I’ve focused on in 2011. I’ve covered many topics, from political scandals to royal weddings, from London riots to Shakespeare's Richard III.

What have you learned from my blogs?

A turkey at Christmas

A turkey is an ugly bird, but it’s delicious. Turkey is also a beautiful country. So why does Deborah Capras always think of failure when she hears the word “turkey”?

Tiger Woods has stopped cheating. Foto: K. Allison/wikipedia

Did you cheat?

Is it really true that nobody likes a cheat? Tiger Woods and the Greeks have both been criticized for cheating in their own unique ways. However, they appear to have got off lightly!

Betrüger(in), Mogler(in), Schummler(in)

betrügen, mogeln, schummeln, fremdgehen

einzigartig

scheinen

nahezu ungestraft davonkommen

President Obama and Sen. Ted Kennedy participate in a national service event. Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

Perseverance pays off

There are a lot of people who are celebrating this week that Obama persevered with Kennedy’s cause. It should be a lesson to all of us.

durchhalten

Austere times ahead Vasilis Filis/www.flickr.com

German austerity in Greece

The EU, and Germany in particular, want the Greek government to be more tight-fisted with their euros. Georgios Papandreou, the Greek prime minister, has an austerity plan to reduce the country's public debt. Does it go far enough?

(ugs.) geizig

Sparplan

Staatsverschuldung

Top Ten Wise Words

You can’t avoid the top ten lists at this time of year. These are my favourite Wise Words that I focused on in 2009. Try to learn them — they’re bound to be useful in 2010, too.

bestimmt etw. sein

The moon

I’ve never really understood the hype around the Nobel Peace Prize or some of NASA’s projects, but the two totally confused me today.

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