I did French and German at school . . . . discovered I didn't have a flare for languages but I can get the gist of a French conversation, up to a point. As for German . . . . I can only remember odd words but for some reason the phrase "das spiegelei ist in der pfanne" stuck in my mind, "the fried egg is in the frying pan" . . . . I can't honestly think of a situation where that phrase would be useful unless someone in the kitchen loses an egg!
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