Hi,
actual - nicht aktuell, sondern tatsächlich
bureau - nicht Büro, sondern Schreibtisch, Kommode
Es heißt unter anderem Schreibtisch, Kommode
aber auch:
PRONUNCIATION: byr
NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. bu·reaus or bu·reaux (-z)
- A chest of drawers, especially a dresser for holding clothes. 2. Chiefly British A writing desk or writing table with drawers. 3a. A government department or a subdivision of a department. b. An office, usually of a large organization, that is responsible for a specific duty: a news bureau. c. A business that offers information of a specified kind: a travel bureau.
ETYMOLOGY: French, cloth cover for desks, desk, office, from Old French burel, woolen cloth, probably from Vulgar Latin *bra, from Late Latin burra, shaggy garment.
z. B. FBI
chips - keine Chips, sondern Pommes
im amerikanischen Englisch sind chips auch Chips
chip - 5a. A thin, usually fried slice of food, especially a potato chip
fabric - nicht Fabrik, sondern Stoff
failure - nicht Fehler, sondern Misserfolg
unter anderem auch Mißerfolg, aber denk doch mal an hardware failure oder power failure
gift - nicht Gift, sondern Geschenk
gymnasium - keine Schule, sondern Turnhalle
Chef - kein Boss, sondern der Koch
concurrence - keine Konkurenz, sondern Einverständnis
map - keine Mappe, sondern Karte
procurer - kein Prokurist, sondern Zuhälter
to prove - nicht prüfen, sondern beweisen
Es heißt sehr wohl auch prüfen:
prove
PRONUNCIATION: prv
VERB: Inflected forms: proved, proved or prov·en ( prvn), prov·ing, proves
TRANSITIVE VERB: 1. To establish the truth or validity of by presentation of argument or evidence. 2. Law To establish the authenticity of (a will). 3. To determine the quality of by testing; try out. 4. Mathematics a. To demonstrate the validity of (a hypothesis or proposition). b. To verify (the result of a calculation). 5. Printing To make a sample impression of (type). 6. Archaic To find out or learn (something) through experience.
INTRANSITIVE VERB: To be shown to be such; turn out: a theory that proved impractical in practice.
PHRASAL VERB: prove out To turn out well; succeed.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English proven, from Old French prover, from Latin probre, to test, from probus, good. See per1 in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS: prova·bili·ty, prova·ble·ness —NOUN
prova·ble —ADJECTIVE
prova·bly —ADVERB
proven·ly —ADVERB
prover —NOUN
USAGE NOTE: Prove has two past participles: proved and proven. Proved is the older form. Proven is a variant. The Middle English spellings of prove included preven, a form that died out in England but survived in Scotland, and the past participle proven, a form that probably rose by analogy with verbs like weave, woven and cleave, cloven. Proven was originally used in Scottish legal contexts, such as The jury ruled that the charges were not proven. In the 20th century, proven has made inroads into the territory once dominated by proved, so that now the two forms compete on equal footing as participles. However, when used as an adjective before a noun, proven is now the more common word: a proven talent.
stool - kein Stuhl, sondern ein Hocker
Gruß
Feanor
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