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auf Eis legen
to put on ice

Klartext sprechen
to talk in plain language

auf absehbare Zeit
in the forseeable future

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der Verkaufsstart
launch

mit ansehen müssen
must watch

über den Ladentisch gehen
go over the counter

in die Regale kommen
coming to the shelves

die Vorbestellung
pre order

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Vocabulary

hinter verschlossenen Türen
behind closed doors

das Ergebnis verkünden
to announce the result

an die Öffentlichkeit dringen
to get out to the public

We Germans are famous for inventing new words or simply to shorten expressions.
This happens most of the time when we decide to combine one or even more nouns or sometimes adjectives to form a new word.
One of these new words that recently appearead in the german news is: der Gasstreit
Let’s have a look in today’s [...]