"Thick" und "thin" sind falsche Freunde
"Thick" und "thin" – das klingt, als ob es leicht zu verwenden wäre. "Thick" heißt "dick" und "thin" heißt dünn. Ganz so leicht ist es aber nicht.
- If persons are thin or slim, they don’t weigh much. But if they are thick, it means they are not intelligent!
- If two people stick by each others’s side, no matter what happens, they go through thick and thin together.
- If a road or corridor is "schmal" it is not thin but narrow, but if persons are "schmal" they are slender or slim or thin.
Wann sagt man "thick" und wann sagt man "thin"? Testen Sie sich selbst
Use the 5 words to complete the sentences:
Narrow – slim – strip – thick – thin
- She has a very (schmal) … waist.
- My office is at the end of a (schmal) … corridor.
- The factory chimney was tall and (schmal) ….
- He is rather (blöd) ….
There was a (schmaler Streifen) … of grass next to the house.
