Posted Monday 2 May 2022
This week we're taking a break from serious subjects and we're reading a short entertaining article about a day when everything goes wrong. We've picked a bunch of sentences which you can use to talk about things that happen in daily life.
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you miss the train on your way to an important appointment
manverpasstdenZugamWegzueinemwichtigenTermin
5
the day enters your personal life history
derTaggehtindiepersönlicheLebensgeschichteein
6
I was on a family holiday
ichwaraufFamilienurlaub
7
we wanted to be on our way
wirwolltenunsaufdenWegmachen
8
I was the driver of the rental car
ichwarLenkerindesMietautos
9
the fully occupied car
dasvollbesetzteAuto
10
I had to step on the gas
ichmusstevollaufsGassteigen
11
to come back up the steep driveway
umdiesteileEinfahrtrückwärtshinaufzukommen
12
the car crashed head-on into our house
dasAutokrachtefrontalinunserHaus
13
that happens
daskommtvor
14
the car only had a few scratches
dasAutohattenureinpaarKratzer
15
a few breaths later
einpaarAtemzügespäter
16
the mishap was just forgotten
dasMalheurwargeradevergessen
17
I had to endure a 30-minute wait
ichmusste30Minutenlangausharren
18
the queue was getting longer and longer
dieSchlangewurdeimmerlänger
19
my only luck was...
meineinzigesGlückwar...
20
nobody had a camera on hand
niemandhatteeineKamerazurHand
21
I had a queasy feeling
ichhatteeinmulmigesGefühl
22
a thick storm cloud approached
einedickeUnwetterwolkezogheran
23
we had to save ourselves in the car
wirmusstenunsimAutoretten
24
nothing was covered by the insurance
nichtswarvonderVersicherunggedeckt
25
this must be my lucky day, it couldn't get any better
Glückmussmanhaben
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