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Flugticket plane ticket (noun)

Ich erwarb mein Flugticket online.
I purchased my plane ticket online.

Flugticket erster Klasse
first class plane ticket

Flugticket
airplane ticket

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Lastwagen truck (noun)

Lastwagen transportieren Güter über das ganze Land.
Trucks carry goods all over the country.

Lastwagenfahrer
truck driver

weißer Lastwagen mit rotem Streifen
white truck with a red stripe

weißer Lastwagen
white truck

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normalerweise usually (adverb)

Ich esse normalerweise kein Frühstück.
I don’t usually eat breakfast.

Karotten haben normalerweise eine orangene Farbe.
Carrots are usually orange in color.

normalerweise spät
usually late

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älterer Bruder older brother (phrase)

Ich habe zwei ältere Bruder und beide sind Polizisten.
I have two older brothers, and both are police officiers.

Der ältere Bruder umarmt seine jüngere Schwester.
The older brother is holding his younger sister.

gemeiner älterer Bruder
mean older brother

älterer Bruder und jüngere Schwester
older brother and younger sister

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schauen watch (verb)

Der Stuhl ist am Pult angebracht.
The index finger is often called the pointer.

Die Fans schauen sich gerade ein Spiel an.
The fans are watching a game.

Die Touristen schauen den Sonnenuntergang an.
The tourists watch the sunset.

Die Touristen haben den Sonnenuntergang angeschaut.
The tourists watched the sunset.

Die Touristen schauen gerade den Sonnenuntergang an.
The tourists are watching the sunset.

Die Familie schaut Fernsehen.
The family watches television.

Die Familie hat Fernsehen geschaut.
The family watched television.

ein Spiel anschauen
one thing

ein Spiel anschauen
watch a game

einen Film anschauen
watch a movie

einen Film auf einem Großbildfernseher anschauen
watch a movie on a big screen TV

einen Sonnenuntergang anschauen
watch a sunset

Fernseh schauen
watch television

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Is Your Coffee as Strong as Your German Apologies?

One of the most important things to learn about a language, aside from introductions, is how to apologize in case you find yourself in the unfortunate situation that you need to do so.
In the case of German, the most general word of apology is “Entschuldigung“. This literally means “apology“, and
it’s used in most situations:

• when you’ve accidentally done something bad
• when you want somebody’s attention
• when you want people to make room

Keep in mind though, that you should not use it when somebody tells some sad news about themselves, because that is not something you
should apologize for – unless you had any stake in it.

If you need something stronger than “Entschuldigung”, use “Es tut mir leid“ (literally translates to ‘ it does me
harm’ ).
And you can make it even stronger by adding an adverb before the “ – leid”.
For example,

Es tut mir wirklich leid. – I’m really sorry.
Es tut mir sehr leid. – I’m very sorry.

And what to do in case that a friend is the one that is apologizing to you? In this case, the words used to accept an apology informally are:
Es ist (schon) okay. – It’s okay (now).
Kein Problem. – No problem.

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