BFS Basel - English File 5th ed. File 7

boarding adj (My parents sent me away to boarding school when I was 13.)

Internat

cheat v (Don't cheat in your exams! You will be caught. )

betrügen, schummeln

college n (I went to art college when I left school.)

Hochschule

degree n (Do you want to get a degree from university? )

Abschluss

elementary adj (Primary school is called elementary school in America.)

Grundschule

expel v (If you cheat in your exams the head teacher will expel you.)

verweisen

fail v (Why did you fail your chemistry exam?)

durchfallen

grades pl n (I want to study medicine, so I need good grades in science and maths.)

Noten

head teacher n (What's the name of the head teacher at your school?)

Schulleiter/in

high school n (He's a teacher at a high school in New York City.)

weiterführende Schule

junior high school n (I went to the same junior high school as my neighbour.)

Mittelstufe (Amerika)

kindergarten n (I went to kindergarten when I was three years old.)

Kindergarten, Vorschule

middle school n (I went to middle school between the ages of nine and thirteen.)

Mittelschule

misbehave v (What happens to students who misbehave in class? )

schlecht benehmen

nursery n (Before they go to school, children can go to nursery.)

Kinderkrippe, Kindertagesstätte

pass v (I really want to pass my maths exam this semester.)

bestehen

primary adj (Children in the UK start primary school when they are four or five.)

Grundschule, Primarschule

private adj (Her parents paid for her to go to a private school.)

Privatschule

punish v (Many teachers punish students with extra homework.)

bestrafen

pupils pl n (How many pupils are there in your school?)

Schüler/innen

get the result pl n (Did you get the result you were hoping for? Yes, I did.)

das Ergebnis erhalten

revise v (How many hours did you revise for the biology exam?)

wiederholen

secondary adj (I started secondary school when I was 11.)

weiterführend Schule, Sekundarschule

semester n (The autumn semester starts on the first day of October.)

Semester

state adj (What are the state schools like in your country?)

öffentlich

students pl n (They are all university students. )

Studenten, Studentinnen

take exams (We have to take exams at the end of each school year. )

Prüfungen ablegen

term n (A school term usually lasts about 12 weeks.)

Semester

twelfth grade n (My older sister is in twelfth grade this year.)

zwölfte Klasse

attic n (We must clear the attic. It's very dirty up here. )

Dachboden

balcony n (There's a great view from our balcony.)

Balkon

basement n (Many houses in Canada have a basement.)

Untergeschoss, Keller

ceiling n (We painted the ceiling white.)

Decke

chimney n (We need to clean the chimney before we light the fire.)

Schornstein

city n (I want to live in a big city like Paris or London.)

Stadt

cosy adj (Our living room is small, but it's really cosy.)

gemütlich

country n (I live in a small cottage in the country.)

Land

east coast n (I live in Aldeburgh, a small town on the east coast. )

Ostküste

entrance n (The entrance to the building is round the back.)

Eingang

fireplace n (We have a beautiful Victorian fireplace in our living room.)

Kamin

gate n (We painted the gate to our garden dark green.)

Tor

ground floor n (I don't want to live on the ground floor - I don't think it's safe.)

Erdgeschoss

light adj (The room is light and spacious. It has white walls and big windows. )

hell

made of stone (Our house is made of stone.)

aus Stein gebaut

modern adj (We have an expensive modern kitchen.)

modern

open fire n (I love sitting by the open fire in winter time.)

offenes Feuer

outskirts pl n (I live on the outskirts of Birmingham.)

Stadtrand

path n (A path leads through our garden to the back door of our house.)

Weg

patio n (We have chairs, a table, and a barbecue on our patio.)

Terrasse, Innenhof

roof n (I'll need a ladder to get that football off the roof.)

Dach

second floor n (We live on the second floor of that apartment block.)

zweite Etage

spacious adj (Our kitchen is really spacious so we put a dining table in it.)

geräumig

steps pl n (You have to go down three steps to get into our garden.)

Schritte, Stufen

suburbs pl n (When we had children we moved from the city centre to the suburbs.)

Vororte

terrace n (We have a terrace where you can sit outside and sunbathe.)

Terrasse

top floor n (We live on the top floor of that building and we have great views.)

Obergeschoss, oberste Etage

town n (I was born in a town called Shrewsbury.)

Stadt

village n (I grew up in a village in Wales.)

Dorf

wall n (There is a wall between our garden and our neighbour's garden.)

Mauer

wooden floors pl n (We have wooden floors in our dining room and it looks great.)

Holzböden

biology n (We studied the life cycle in biology today. )

Biologie

chemistry n (I enjoyed doing experiments in chemistry. )

Chemie

geography n (We learned all the capital cities in geography. )

Geografie

history n (What did you study in history? ~ The Romans. )

Geschichte

information technology (IT) n (In IT we learned about searching for information online. )

Informationstechnologie (IT)

literature n (Which was your favourite book in literature classes? )

Literatur

maths n (Are you good at maths? Yes, very good. I like numbers. )

Mathematik

physics n (We are studying gravity in physics. )

Physik

Good idea (How about going to the gallery? Good idea.

Gute Idee

How about ... (How about going to the new art gallery? )

Wie wär's wenn wir zur ... gehen

Shall we go... (Shall we go the football match? )

Sollen wir zum ... gehen

That's a great idea! (That's a great idea! I'd love to go. )

Das ist eine tolle Idee!

We could go there. (There is a new restaurant here. We could go there. )

Wir könnten dahin gehen

What about... (What about going for a run? )

Wie wäre es mit ...

Why don't we....? (Why don't we go to a pub?)

Warum gehen wir nicht....?

Where shall we go for...? (Where shall we go for? ~ Where shall we go for a coffee?)

Wohin sollen wir .... gehen?

Why not? (Shall we go dancing? ~ Why not? I'm happy to go. )

Warum nicht?

Go ahead (Can I ask something? Go ahead.)

Fahren Sie fort

How could I forget? (Do you remember when I proposed? How could I forget.)

Wie könnte ich das vergessen?

I will tell you over a drink (What did you want to talk to me about? I will tell you over a drink.)

Ich erzähle es dir bei einem Drink.

I'm looking forward to working with you.

Ich freue mich darauf, mit dir zusammen zu arbeiten.

Well done! (I passed my exam! Well done!)

Gut gemacht

What did you want to talk to me about? (What did you want to talk to me about? I will tell you over a drink.)

Worüber wollten Sie mit mir sprechen?

Another important point is that... (Another important point is the cost. )

Ein weiterer wichtiger Punkt ist, dass ...

Finally,... (Finally, we have to find something that everyone wants to do. )

Schließlich ...

First of all, (First of all, we must think about the problem. )

Als Erstes ...

I completely agree that (I completely agree that it's very cold. )

Ich stimme voll und ganz zu, dass

I completely disagree that (I completely disagree that we should stay in. )

Ich stimme überhaupt nicht zu, dass

I partly agree that (I partly agree that we should go somewhere fun. )

Ich stimme zum Teil zu, dass

My second point is that... (My second point is that we all have different interests. )

Mein zweiter Punkt ist ...

The topic I've chosen is... (The topic I've chosen is making decisions in a group. )

Das Thema, das ich gewählt habe, ist ...