B: The story is really funny.
B: lustig
B: LUSTIG1
B: $INDEX-MONITOR1*
B: lustig
B: LUSTIG1
B: $INDEX-MONITOR1*
B: Right.
B: ALSO1
B: There’s a woman, she looks just like people used to look in former times.
B: FRAU2B
B: frau
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: PERSON1
B: SO2
B: so
B: FRÜHER1*
B: früher
B: ZEIT5A*
B: zeit
B: You only rarely see that nowadays.
B: HEUTE3*
B: heute
B: VERRINGERN1B
B: [MG]
B: Her hair is full of curlers.
B: $INDEX1
B: HAAR2*
B: haare
B: $PROD*
B: locken
B: $PROD*
B: She’s stood at a table, leaning over and cleaning and cutting up radishes.
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: RUND6A^*
B: radieschen
B: SAUBER-MACHEN5*
B: sauber
B: SCHNEIDEN-SCHLAGEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: Suddenly she jumps, because her husband walks in.
B: $GEST-NM^
B: [MG]
B: SCHRECK1*
B: MANN1
B: mann
B: $PROD*
B: MEIN1*
B: EHEMANN1
B: $PROD*
B: He tosses away his keys and glasses.
B: $PROD*
B: brille
B: SCHLÜSSEL-TÜR1*
B: schlüssel
B: ||WERFEN1*
B: [MG]
B: “Hello, I’m home.“, he says.
B: HALLO1*
B: ICH2
B: ich
B: DA1
B: da
B: His wife is happy, saying, “Oh, it’s nice you’re here.
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
B: [MG]
B: SCHÖN1A
B: schön
B: DA1*
B: da
B: Did you have a stressful day?“
B: stress
B: DU1
B: STRESS1A
B: DU1
B: The man screams, “Yes, it was very stressful and I have had it with this company!”
B: JA1A*
B: ja
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: STRESS1A
B: stress
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: FIRMA1A
B: firma
B: SCHNAUZE-VOLL2^*
B: [MG]
B: The woman asks if her husband would still help her.
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
B: [MG]
B: BITTE1B*
B: HELFEN1
B: helfen
B: He irritatedly asks, “What is it?”
B: MANN1*
B: mann
B: $GEST-NM^
B: WAS1A*
B: was
B: She answers, ”Look, the tap is dripping.
B: $INDEX1
B: schau mal
B: SCHAUEN1
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^*
B: wasserhahn
B: WASSER3A*
B: DREHEN1C^*
B: TROPFEN1
B: [MG]
B: Could you please help me with that?”
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^*
B: BEISPIEL1^
B: HELFEN1*
B: helfen
B: REPARIEREN1
B: “Am I a handyman or what?”, the husband nags.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: HANDWERKER1
B: handwerker
B: $ORAL^
B: oder
B: WAS1A
B: was
B: ”That’s your problem, not mine!“
B: NICHT3B*
B: nicht
B: MEIN1
B: mein
B: PROBLEM2B*
B: problem
B: DEIN1
B: dein
B: PROBLEM2B*
B: problem
B: Angrily, he rushes off.
B: SCHNAUZE-VOLL2^*
B: [MG]
B: WEGGEHEN1
B: [MG]
B: The wife looks on in shock.
B: FRAU2A*
B: frau
B: $GEST^*
B: [MG]
B: The next day, the woman is putting decorations on a small cake.
B: NÄCHSTE1*
B: nächster
B: TAG1B
B: tag
B: ANDERS1
B: anders
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: KLEIN6
B: klein
B: KNETEN2B^
B: kuchen
B: $PROD*
B: $ORAL^*
B: wie schmuck
B: $PROD*
B: Her husband enters again.
B: $INDEX1
B: mann
B: MANN1*
B: EHEMANN1
B: $PROD*
B: ”Hello, I’m home”, he says, already in a bad mood.
B: HALLO1*
B: hallo
B: ICH1
B: ich bin
B: DA1
B: da
B: He tosses his glasses and the keys away, again.
B: ||$PROD*
B: SCHLÜSSEL-TÜR1*
B: schlüssel
B: $PROD*
B: “Oh, could you possibly/”, she carefully approaches him.
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
B: “I’m stressed!”, he shouts.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: BIN1
B: bin
B: STRESS1A
B: stress
B: ”I’ve had it up to here with this company!”
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: MIST1
B: scheiß
B: FIRMA1A
B: firma
B: He’s just generally really fed up with everything.
B: allgemein
B: ALLGEMEIN1C*
B: $GEST^
B: SCHNAUZE-VOLL2*
B: [MG]
B: The wife carefully says, “Look, I have a problem.”
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
B: [MG]
B: ACHTUNG1A^
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: DA1
B: da
B: PROBLEM2B
B: problem
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
B: [MG]
B: SCHAUEN1
B: schau mal
B: She opens the door to a storage room. Inside, there’s a light bulb which doesn’t work properly.
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: abstellraum
B: WERFEN1^*
B: RAUM1B
B: TÜR-AUF2
B: SCHAUEN1*
B: LAMPE1A*
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: “What do I do with this?”, she asks him.
B: $INDEX2
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: “Am I the electrician or what?”, the husband starts shouting again.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: PERSON1*
B: ELEKTRO2
B: elektriker
B: ECHT1
B: oder was
B: PERSON1*
B: WAS1A
B: “That’s your problem, not mine!”
B: NICHT3B*
B: nicht
B: MEIN1
B: mein
B: PROBLEM2B*
B: problem
B: DEIN1
B: dein
B: PROBLEM2B
B: problem
B: Again, he storms off.
B: SCHLECHTE-LAUNE3
B: ||WEGGEHEN1
B: And the wife looks on in shock again.
B: FRAU2A*
B: frau
B: $GEST^*
B: [MG]
B: Alright, the next day comes.
B: NÄCHSTE1
B: nächster
B: TAG1B
B: tag
B: WAS1A
B: was
B: The woman, usually looking so old-fashioned and conservative, has completely changed.
B: FRAU2B
B: frau
B: WAR1
B: war
B: SO1*
B: so
B: $PROD*
B: WIE3A*
B: ANFÜHRUNGSZEICHEN1
B: altmodisch
B: ALT3^*
B: ANFÜHRUNGSZEICHEN1
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: KONSERVATIV1
B: konservativ
B: ACHTUNG1A^*
B: jetzt
B: VERÄNDERN1A
B: She is dressed elegantly, has put up her hair nicely and is wearing make-up.
B: FEIN1
B: AUSSCHNITT-KLEIDUNG1
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: Relaxed, she is reading through a magazine.
B: VIERECK1^*
B: BLÄTTERN3*
B: Her husband enters again.
B: EHEMANN1
B: mann
B: $PROD*
B: kommt
B: $GEST-NM^
B: He says, “Hello, I’m home.”
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
B: ICH1
B: DA1*
B: da
B: She shoots him a short glance, goes, “Yes, ok,” and keeps flipping through her magazine.
B: ||$PROD*
B: SEHEN-AUF3*
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: BLÄTTERN3
B: [MG]
B: The husband looks around and notices that the tap is not dripping anymore.
B: ACHTUNG1A^
B: $PROD*
B: $INDEX1
B: MERKWÜRDIG1*
B: wasserhahn
B: WASSER3A*
B: DREHEN1C^
B: TROPFEN1
B: tropf
B: NICHT3B
B: nicht
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: He is surprised.
B: WUNDERN1
B: [MG]
B: He wants to take a look into the storage room.
B: AUGE1^
B: [MG]
B: ERBLICKEN1
B: [MG]
B: RAUM1B
B: abstell{raum}
B: wie sieht aus
B: WIE-SIEHT-AUS1
B: $INDEX1
B: He opens the door and sees the light working perfectly.
B: TÜR-AUF2
B: DRÜCKEN-MIT-DAUMEN3
B: LAMPE1A*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-NM^
B: The light bulb doesn’t flicker anymore.
B: WIRKLICH2*
B: NICHT3B*
B: nicht mehr
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: He thinks about how that is possible.
B: DENKEN1A
B: INEINANDERGREIFEN1B^*
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1
B: wie
B: Then, he closes the door again before asking his wife, “How did you repair that?”
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: TÜR-ZU4^*
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
B: wie
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: REPARIEREN1
B: ALLE2A^*
B: $INDEX1
B: She answers, “Well, it’s been repaired, done.”
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: FERTIG1B
B: fertig
B: REPARIEREN1
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: And she keeps flipping her pages.
B: BLÄTTERN3
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: “Who did that?“, the husband wants to know.
B: wer
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
B: WER1
B: She tells him, “Do you know our young neighbor?
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
B: [MG]
B: KENNEN1A*
B: DU1*
B: $INDEX1
B: JUNGE6
B: jung
B: nachbar
B: NACHBAR1*
B: $INDEX1
B: He is a hunk of a man, with a really great body.
B: MANN1*
B: mann
B: MUSKELPAKET1
B: [MG]
B: MIT1A*
B: mit
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: I asked him whether he’d be able to help me repair a bunch of things.
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: helfen
B: HELFEN1
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: REPARIEREN1
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX4
B: [MG]
B: He helped me fix it, done!”, she says, still flipping through her magazine.
B: SCHNELL3A
B: schnell
B: fertig
B: FERTIG1B
B: $GEST^
B: BLÄTTERN3*
B: [MG]
B: The husband looks at her, thinking.
B: MANN1*
B: mann
B: SCHAUEN2*
B: ÜBERLEGEN1
B: [MG]
B: “What did you give him in return?”, he asks.
B: DEIN1
B: gegenleistung
B: GEGEN3A
B: LEISTUNG1
B: BEKOMMEN1*
B: WAS1B
B: was
B: $INDEX1
B: FÜR1*
B: für
B: PERSON1
B: $GEST^
B: She answers, “I could’ve either given him a cake or slept with him.”
B: $GEST-NM^
B: $GEST^
B: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN1^
B: [MG]
B: KUCHEN6
B: kuchen
B: GEBEN-FESTHALTEN1A*
B: geben
B: ODER5
B: oder
B: BETT2A
B: bett
B: verführen
B: KOMMEN2^*
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: BLÄTTERN3*
B: The man looks at her and asks, “So, you made him a cake?”
B: $INDEX1
B: SCHAUEN2*
B: [MG]
B: ACHTUNG1A^
B: $INDEX1
B: FÜR1
B: für
B: KUCHEN6
B: kuchen
B: She looks back at him and goes, “What do you think, am I the baker or what?
B: GLAUBEN2A
B: glaub
B: DU1*
B: du
B: PERSON1
B: BACKEN3A*
B: bäck
B: WAS1A
B: oder was
B: That’s your problem, not mine!”
B: DEIN1
B: dein
B: PROBLEM2A*
B: problem
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: nicht
B: MEIN1
B: mein
B: PROBLEM2A
B: problem
B: Done.
B: FERTIG1B
B: [MG]