B2 · 22 words
Bruno saves food from the bin
At the end of a market day Bruno sees crates of good vegetables going into the bin, and he starts collecting them for a shared fridge in the neighbourhood. Learn to talk about food waste - best-before dates, leftovers, sharing - and about what you can still cook from it.
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Bruno
Dann retten wir es! Ich sammle für den Kühlschrank unserer Initiative im Kiez.
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Translation
Then let's save it! I'm collecting for the fridge of our neighbourhood initiative.
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Und der Joghurt? Das Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum war gestern!
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Translation
And the yoghurt? The best-before date was yesterday!
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Bruno
Die frieren wir ein - als Vorrat. Bei uns wird kein Lebensmittel verschwendet!
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Translation
We freeze them - as a supply. No food gets wasted with us!
Words and Phrases
- die Verschwendung waste
- das Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum best-before date
- die Kiste crate
- der Abfall waste
- der Vorrat supply
- der Kiez neighbourhood
- die Initiative initiative
- der Rest leftover
- die Schale peel
- aufbewahren to keep
- verwerten to use up
- verderben to go bad
- einfrieren to freeze
- genießbar edible
- übrig left over
- schimmelig mouldy
- krumm crooked
- verschwenden to waste
- retten to save
- haltbar long-lasting
- das Lebensmittel food
- wegwerfen to throw away
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