C2 · Mastery
Everyday Concepts Across Languages
Explain everyday practices, feelings and compounds for different readers, choosing a concise translation or a fuller contextual explanation.
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- Words & phrases
- 27
- Lessons
- 2
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 1
A preview of what you’ll master
Words you’ll make your own.
Explore every meaning in this unit. Learn how to say it in Danish when you start.
- home day care in a provider's home
- the local co-operative grocery store
- popular enlightenment, adult civic education
- communal singing
- a cabin getaway with a club, class or team
- the tradition of candy or treats reserved for Friday
- a stag or hen party before a wedding
- a day out after one's confirmation
- a candle-lit Saint Lucy's procession on 13 December
- the toppings and cold cuts you put on an open sandwich
- Danish remoulade, a tangy pickle-mayonnaise relish
- a gap year taken between studies
- humaneness, decency and fellow-feeling toward others
- a deep sense of security, safety and ease
- inclusiveness, having room for everyone
- decency, doing things properly and with integrity
- zest for life, sheer joy of living
- peace of mind, calm equanimity
- a grasp of the whole, a clear overview
- a breather, a moment's respite
- a workplace lunch plan or canteen arrangement
- to putter contentedly with a small, fiddly task
- to putter about, to busy oneself gently and quietly
- to be on informal first-name terms with someone
- to attend a class or hobby regularly
- to be genuinely involved in one another's lives
- an unresolved matter left hanging, loose ends
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Understand the why
Your lessons, step by step.
- Lesson 1
Everyday Concepts Across Languages
- Lesson 2
Explaining Danish Institutions
Where this unit fits
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