Hello, my name is Claudia and I’m from Austria. My story happened in New York, it was some years ago when I came there and I wanted to do some practice in a museum. So I had to work with some quite famous artists and they were going to prepare a certain exhibition.

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The boss wanted me to keep out of some sort of business, I didn’t know what it was about, but I realised that I should keep out of it, and therefore I said: “I won’t put my nose into this”. And they all laughed and I didn’t know why. But afterwards they told me that it’s not possible to say it this way, because it’s somehow rude and means something different.

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I realised that I should keep out of it, and therefore I said: “I won’t put my nose into this”. In German this is a phrase that’s OK, nobody will be offended. It’s a phrase just to say “I’m gonna keep distance, I’m gonna keep out”. From this point on I try to avoid to translate phrases, German phrases and just to use simple and for me well-known English words in order to avoid such situations.

famous - slavný
rude - nezdvořilý, sprostý, hrubý
to keep out of - nevšímat si něčeho
I won’t get involved in it - nebudu se tím zabývat, nebudu si toho všímat
I will stay away from it - nebudu se do toho plést
to tighten one’s belt - utáhnout si opasek
to eat like a horse - hodně jíst, jíst jako otesánek
my hands are tied - mám svázané ruce
to pay through the nose - zaplatit šílenou částku
be offended - urazit se



Přeložte:

1. Letní dovolená mě stála strašných peněz (zaplatil jsem za dovolenou
šílenou částku.
2. Musím si teď příští měsíc utáhnout opasek.

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