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- 2. a container in which you usually put loose tea leaves to make tea before pouring it into cups
- 4. a piece of cloth or paper used for protecting your clothes and wiping your mouth and hands while you are eating.
- 7. It is not a meal as such, but a chance to take a break from work and relax for 10-15 minutes. It usually takes place mid-morning or mid-afternoon. It may include coffee, tea and biscuits.
- 8. a bigger container your drink from with straight sides. You don’t use a saucer with it. It is mainly used for hot drinks.
- 11. It is a food you eat for ‘afternoon tea’. It is made by mixing flour (Mehl), fat, sugar and water/milk. The German word for it would be “Gebäck”.
- 12. It is an object used in the kitchen for stopping the loose tea leaves from ending up in the tea cup. It is shaped like a bowl with a lot of small holes in it.
- 13. A small soft cake-like food that sometimes contains (beinhalted) dried fruit. You usually eat it with clotted cream or butter and jam. It’s part of ‘cream tea’
- 14. if you have good … you know how to behave (verhalten) correctly in different social situations. E.g. say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ or shaking someone’s hand to say hello/goodbye.
- 16. a small round container (Gefäß) for a drink (e.g. tea), usually with a handle. You normally use a saucer to put your cup on.
- 17. the British word for a type of small flat sweet dry cake-like food. The American word for it is ‘cookie’.
- 18. “It” is another name for the evening meal. It is associated with the lower/working class of the 1800s. It usually involved a mug of tea, bread, vegetables, cheese and meat and was typically eaten between 5pm and 7pm.
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- 1. it means to make water flow out of the tea pot you are holding (and into the cup). The German word for it would be “gießen” or “schütten”.
- 3. a set of rules for behaving (verhalten) correctly in social situations. (Benimmregeln)
- 5. a small paper bag with tea leaves which you put in your cup to make tea.
- 6. “It” is a special Tea Time that usually consists of scones, clotted cream (Frischkäse ähnlich), strawberry jam + of course a cup of tea.
- 9. to mix liquids or substances. You normally use a spoon to do it if you want to mix the milk and the tea.
- 10. “It” usually takes place between 4pm and 6pm and consists of sandwiches, scones, pastries and cake. It has its origin in the 1800s with the upper class and was a bridge between breakfast and dinner because people at that time used to eat only two meals a day and wouldn’t eat their evening meal until maybe 8pm.
- 11. something that looks/is expensive and attractive. The German word for it would be “nobel”, “schick” or “piekfein”.
- 15. a small round flat dish/plate that you put a tea cup on.