Just found there is a metal (or rather an alloy) called britannium. According to wikipedia: “typically 92% tin, 6% antimony, and 2% copper.” Optional name: britannia metal.
Category Archives: Germanic
Chicken feed
Deutsch – 2014-05-22
Pusteblume – Wie kleine Tiere groß werden
- Siebenschläfer: ein äußerlich mausähnliches, nachtaktives Nagetier aus der Familie der Bilche (Gliridae).
- nagen: mit den Zähnen kleine Stücke einer harten Substanz abbeißen, trennen; jemanden quälen, peinigen, zerfressen.
English – 2014-05-19
A few words that came to my attention this last week.
- miscarriage: natural death of an embryo or fetus while still in the womb.
- buckle down: to focus; become serious; apply oneself (to work, study &c.); to put forth the needed effort.
- flop: to fall heavily, because lacking energy. fail completely; pretend to be fouled (in sports).
English – 2014-05-05
A few verbs with the prefixes out- and over-:
- outdo: to surpass, excel, go beyond in performance.
- outlast: to live, last or remain longer than something else.
- outmaneuver: to perform movements more adroitly or successfully.
- outsize: to exceed in size.
- outcast: to banish. Obs.: /ˈaʊtkɑːst/ (noun, adjective); /aʊtˈkɑːst/ (verb).
- outnumber: to be more in number, to exceed in number.
- outdraw: to extract; remove a gun from its holster & fire it faster than an opponent; to attract a larger crowd than.
- overcharge: to charge more money than what would be fair; to put an excessive load; to exaggerate.
- overdress: to wear too many clothes or too elaborate or formal clothes for a particular occasion.
- overcome: to surmount, win, surcharge.
- overflow: to flow over the brim or edge of a container; to superabound. Obs.: /ˌəʊvəˈfləʊ/ (verb), /ˈəʊvəˌfləʊ/ (noun).
- overhear: to hear something that wasn’t meant for one’s ears.
- overkill: to destroy something with more force than is required.
- overrate: to esteem too highly or with greater praise than due.
- overtake: to pass a more slowly moving object.
- overheat, overuse, overcook, overcomplicate, overburn &c.: most of these compounds are self-explanatory, just adding the idea of “excessively” to the original verb.
Deutsch – 2014-04-21
Pusteblume: Ich sehe was, was du nicht siehst.
- ausgezeichnet: zeichnerisch ausgestaltet; sich positiv abhebend, hervorragend; mit einer Auszeichnung versehen; hervorragend, angenehm, positiv, gut, sehr gut, “eins a”; weitere siehe Thesaurus:hervorragend; prämiert, preisgekrönt.
- auszeichnen, zeichne aus, zeichnete aus, ausgezeichnet: jemanden (mit einem Preis) ehren; Textteile mit typografischer Zusatzinformation versehen; (refl.) sich (durch etwas) hervortun; (Waren, Artikel) ein Preisetikett aufkleben.
- lebendig – aussprache: [leˈbɛndɪç], [leˈbɛndɪk].
English – 2014-04-16
Just a few words today:
- streak: continuous series of similar events; an irregular line left from smearing or motion.
- go-to: reliable, desirable, likely to perform well in difficult circumstances.
- to impair: to weaken, deteriorate, affect negatively.
- curve ball: an unexpected turn of events, something unexpected.
English – 2014-03-26
English – 2014-03-19
A few words for today:
- to skimp on: to be lazy about something, not giving it enough attention or using low quality or inadequate material.
- to mince: to cut (food, meat) into very small pieces.
- to mince about: to walk in a silly or unnatural manner.
- to yield /jiːld/: to produce, to result.
- broth /brɒθ/: a type of soup.
Deutsch – 2014-03-15
Wer hätte das gedacht! 🙂
- umziehen, ziehe um, zog um, umgezogen: den Wohnsitz wechseln; (refl) das Gewand wechseln.
- Gewand, -¨er (n.): geschneiderte Materialien (meist Stoff, Leder oder Kunststoffe), die einem Körper als Schutz dienen; Kleidung, die besonders prächtig ist oder einem besonderen Anlass dient.