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Today I'm going to show you six informal expressions once again that help you understand German better in everyday life. Have fun! I totally messed up the job interview yesterday. To mess something up means that one does something badly or incorrectly. One does Error, and the result is not as desired. In this example, I did not perform well in the job interview. Maybe I was too nervous, gave strange answers, or was simply poorly prepared. I don't think I can handle the job be received. Often one hears something being messed up in Regarding examinations, tests, and important dates, that is, in situations involving in which one wants to achieve good performance but fails to do so. Here's another example. I think I've messed up the math exam. I couldn't solve half of the tasks. That means I did poorly on the exam. I probably failed it. failed. There are many colloquial synonyms for messing up, such as Example: miss, botch, or blow. Feel free to write me in the Comments, would you like to see a video about these and further synonyms? would like. Next comes the expression, he can do something, she can do something, or it can was. With this brief expression, one says that a person or a thing Very good. For example, have you met the new colleague in marketing yet? met? She really can do something. Here, "can do something" means this person is Very good at her job. She is competent. One more example. The new trainer, who What a game! The team has never played so well. Also, the coach is really good. He knows what he's doing. You can trust this not only speak about people. We could also say, I I watched the new movie with my favorite actor yesterday. And can he do it? Yes, I thought he was really good. Here I ask, and, is the movie good? Can you recommend it? Or, I have I ate a vegan burger for the first time yesterday. He could really do something. I wouldn't have thought so. So, the vegan burger has Tasted really good. This expression is very flexible and in widely used in everyday speech. It is concise yet expressive. To say that it's impressive or that it has quality. Our next expression is "sich ranhalten." This is a reflexive verb. It means to hurry. Sometimes, however, it also means to work intensively and concentrate. Here is an example sentence. If we all pull together now, we'll be done in four Hours finished with the move. That means if we all do it now help us move intensively, don't distract us, and hurry up Then we'll be done in four hours. Or, hang in there with the application. You You must send it by tomorrow evening. Also, you must now focus intensively on deal with your application and hurry up a little. The application documents must be ready by tomorrow evening. Or, if we If we want to be at the station by 5 o'clock, we now have to hurry up. Also, if we want to be at the station by 5 o'clock, we had better hurry now. What does it mean when someone "lets one have it"? This expression is interesting because it can have several meanings. The intended meaning depends on the context. Situation ab. He or she has knocked one out. That could mean that Someone has accomplished something impressive. This is heard especially often in sports. Here's an example. She really let loose during the competition. and improved her personal best. Here, a whip is used to to emphasize that she achieved an extraordinary athletic performance has been achieved. She has run faster than ever before. This expression may sound a bit strange. One might think that there Something's missing behind her. But nothing is missing. They just say she has one. thrown out. In other situations, it means he or she has a snappy remark, one as cheeky and funny as he or she has Made a remark or a joke. The remark or the joke was unexpected. You were surprised by this. Maybe you're familiar with this situation. You're sitting with Friends together, and suddenly one says something very unexpected, funny and perhaps a bit impudent as well. In this situation, You could say, "Now you've really gone and done it." Here is another example sentence. My uncle told a good joke at the party. knocked out the other one. We laughed till we cried. So he has many good Jokes told. When we're just together with Uncle at the party and he Just telling those jokes, we can say to him, come on, knock one out. So we don't need to, just tell one more joke. From the situation is Clear that a joke is intended. One more example. My colleague today at The team member let slip an outrageous comment about our boss. I didn't know how to react to it at all. The colleague suddenly said something rude and negative during the meeting about told the boss. Something one normally wouldn't say out loud in the office. If you I really like my work here at YouTube, so I would be very happy if you support me as a member. As a member, you will receive practice exercises for all my videos, including this one here. You can also check out the scripts for download my videos, get extra videos, and you can download my videos Watch without ads. Click here above or on the link in the Video description for further information. To get something is to get something, to understand something (colloquial) In part 14 of my video series about German colloquial language, I have shown you Already shown something. It has the same meaning. Watch the video Sure, I'll do it again. I'll link it in the video description. Here is an example sentence for understanding something. He just doesn't grasp that It bothers me when he calls me every evening. So he just doesn't get it at all. that I find it annoying. He calls me every evening, even though I I already told him he shouldn't do it. Or he has tried several times, to explain to you how the German tax system works, but I I still don't get it. So I still don't understand how Taxes in Germany work. By the way, the verb "kapieren" is actually from derived from the Latin verb capere, which means to catch or take or also comprehend. Originally, the word was used by Students used it, but today you hear it across all age groups. If one talks with talks to friends or family, or with colleagues one knows well, then This verb fits very well, but in a formal email, in a In a job application or in a scientific paper, you should Do not use this verb. It is better for you to stick with understand or understand. The next expression for today is be angry. An example sentence. My mother is angry because I Brother who didn't congratulate you on your birthday. Being annoyed is one thing Feeling a mix of anger, offense, and disappointment. The mother here in Example is sour, offended, and disappointed because her son has betrayed her. Forgot his birthday. One can understand that. Here is another example. I'm pretty upset because Manuel told me did not help with the move. He had actually promised to, but then he didn't show up Not at all. I'm offended and mad at Manuel. because he didn't help me. I'm disappointed. And if someone else behaves differently behaves differently from usual and gives the impression that he or she is annoyed and offended then you can ask the person, why are you so upset? What's happening? Just one more important piece of information at the end, in case you are in the Switzerland lives. In Switzerland, being attacked is entirely different. Meaning. I grew up in Germany and I don't speak it myself. Swiss German, that's why it was also new information for me that I I found during my research on this expression. In Switzerland, it means be passionate about something, one is consumed by it as much as one is thrilled by it. Gladly done, then one gets hooked on it. The Duden gives as an example, She's a gnarly snowboarder. That sounds a bit funny to me. but it probably means she's absolutely thrilled about snowboarding and rides Very gladly snowboarding. Since I myself do not use the expression in this meaning, I'd rather not think of any further example sentences right now, but if watching people from Switzerland here, you can do so whenever you like Write additional suitable example sentences into the comments. This is already the 19th video in my series about German colloquial language. Feel free to check out my playlist if you'd like to learn more about colloquial You wanted to experience expressions. I'm linking them to you here. Thank you for Watching and see you next week. Take care!