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A man is having trouble with his car; it frequently stalls. So he goes to a garage, and asks them to fix it. They replace the transmission and put in new spark plugs. But his car still doesn't run right, so he takes it to another garage. At this second garage, the mechanic pokes around for ten minutes, then pulls a screwdriver out of his belt and tightens a screw. And now the car runs perfectly. But the man is irate when he gets a bill in the mail for $200. He storms back to the mechanic, and says, 'This is outrageous! All you did was tighten a screw, and you ask for $200! I want an itemized bill!' So the mechanic takes out a pad and pencil, and writes down an itemized bill, as follows:
Labor: turning screw $5
Knowing which screw to turn: $195
NEUE WÖRTER
STALL
[stɔ:l]
tech. steckenbleiben durch Motorüberlastung/unzureichenden Kraftstoff, av. blockieren durch Geschwindigkeitsverlust usw.
TRANSMISSION
[trænz'miʃn]
Getriebe
SPARK PLUG
['spa:k'plʌg]
1. auto. Zündkerze
POKE
[pouk]
I. 1. stoßen, drücken, pochen, drängen, schieben
poke around poke about, ugs. herumstöbern
SCREWDRIVER
['skru:draivə]
n Schraubendreher
TIGHTEN
[taitn]
v anziehen, straffen, spannen
to TIGHTEN up a screw eine Schraube anziehen
IRATE
[ai'reit]
a wütend, zornig, erbost, rasend, verrückt, verdrießlich
STORM
[stɔ:m]
I. 1. Sturm
to STORM at schimpfen auf
OUTRAGEOUS
[aut'reidʒəs]
1. grausam, wild
Itemized bill
['aitəmaizd bil]
Detaillierte Beschreibung der Rechnung
PAD
[pæd]
6. Notizbuch, Block
TURN
[tə:n]
I. 1. drehen, wenden