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How to be happy?!

First of all, be realistic. Nobody is happy all of the time and it is perfectly normal to have variations in moods and feelings from day to day, month to month, and even year to year. According to a study based on data from the British Household Panel Survey, overall levels of happiness decline from one’s teens until one’s 40s and then pick up until they peak in one’s early 70s.

Ages and Stages

Do you know who a toddler is? What is adolescence and how old is a middle-aged person? If not, then find it out here!

But for… Если бы не…

But for is used to introduce the reason why something didn’t happen.
But for the traffic jam, I would have come in time.

The misuse of the words “me,” “myself,” and “I.”

Many of us slept or daydreamed through our high school English classes. How could we not? It seems like it was always after lunch, the room was too hot, the teacher was too boring. After all, we never actually need to know this stuff, do we? Wrong! Good grammar is essential to making a good impression, whether you’re expressing yourself verbally or in writing.

Interesting facts about English

In no particular order…
The most common letter in English is “e”.
The most common vowel in English is “e”, followed by “a”.
The most common consonant in English is “r”, followed by “t”.

Comparative Idioms

Enrich your vocabulary, make your language more vivid. But pay attention that idioms in English and Russian are often as different as chalk from cheese.

Useful phrases for presentation in English

Good morning/good afternoon ladies and gentlemen
As you already know, today’s presentation is designed to present some important points of …
The topic of my presentation today is …
What I’m going to talk about today is …

Modalverben

können:
Fähigkeit: Ich kann schwimmen.
Möglichkeit: Im Bodensee kann man schwimmen.
Erlaubnis: Du kannst bis 24.00 Uhr bei der Party bleiben. (=dürfen)
Höfliche Frage: Kann ich Ihnen helfen?

Во что упакованы продукты или то, что мы покупаем каждый день

a bag (packet ) of crisps (US: chips)
a bag of sweets
a bag of biscuits
a bottle of ketchup

Переходные и непереходные глаголы в немецком языке

Переходные глаголы (vt – transitives Verb) — это глаголы, требующие дополнения в аккузативе без предлога (т. е. прямого дополнения).
Der Vater legt das Baby ins Bett. — Отец кладет ребенка в постель.
Переходные глаголы могут иметь второе дополнение в дативе или дополнение с предлогом.