Before discussing the latest news from the USA we warmed up with some idiom practise. Can you fill in ALL the blanks below sing the six words below?
Tina and Dean from the IT dept. are talking about their latest achievements.
Tina: Last Monday was truly a ________ (ein ganz besonderer Tag sein) day for all of us, wasn’t it?
Dean: It sure was! It was the crowning achievement of two and a half years of working_______ (auf Hochtouren arbeiten) to develop and test this new material.
Tina: That’s true. In the beginning, we hit a ________ (auf Schwierigkeiten stoßen) and, twice, we had to start again from __________ (ganz von vorne anfangen).
Dean: But Susan was really great! She put on her ________ (scharf nachdenken) — and then she set the wheels in _________ (die Dinge ins Rollen bringen).
Motion / thinking cap / scratch / snag / flat out / red-letter
We then moved on to some more serious matters – the latest news on the Jan 6th ‘hearings’ from the USA. This article from the BBC contains lots of information on the testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson who worked for Mark Meadows, the former ‘Chief of Staff’ for Donald Trump: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61970258
Hope you can join us next week!
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