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Week 16 · Making Plans and Appointments

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Play each sentence at normal and slow speed, pause, and repeat it out loud. The audio uses an AI-generated voice (standard German).

Monday · day 106

Passt es dir am Donnerstag?

Does Thursday work for you?

Tuesday · day 107

Haben Sie nächste Woche einen Termin frei?

Do you have any free appointments next week?

Wednesday · day 108

Ich trage mir das gleich in den Kalender ein.

I'll put that in my calendar right away.

Thursday · day 109

Ich muss unser Treffen leider verschieben.

Unfortunately I need to move our meeting.

Friday · day 110

Wollen wir uns vor dem Kino treffen?

Shall we meet outside the cinema?

Saturday · day 111

Bleibt es bei Samstag um halb drei?

Are we still on for Saturday at half past two?

Sunday · day 112

Rufen Sie mich bitte an, wenn es nicht klappt.

Please call me if it doesn't work out.

Step-by-step solutions

Try the pyramid in the book first. The solutions are hidden: open them one at a time.

Monday (day 106): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “bunch (of herbs)” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, B, is already printed). The word is BUND; you met it in week 6, Sunday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “suits (it suits)” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, P, is already printed). The word is PASST; you met it in week 16, Monday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “to work out” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, K, is already printed). The word is KLAPPEN; you met it in week 16, mind map.
  4. Row 4: the clue is “calendar” and there are 8 bricks (the first letter, K, is already printed). The word is KALENDER; you met it in week 16, Wednesday.
  5. Grey bricks from top to bottom: B, A, L, D → BALD, which means “soon”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Tuesday (day 107): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “when (question)” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, W, is already printed). The word is WANN; you met it in week 12, Tuesday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “week” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, W, is already printed). The word is WOCHE; you met it in week 16, Tuesday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “appointment” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, T, is already printed). The word is TERMIN; you met it in week 16, Tuesday.
  4. Row 4: the clue is “Saturday” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, S, is already printed). The word is SAMSTAG; you met it in week 16, Saturday.
  5. Grey bricks from top to bottom: W, E, I, T → WEIT, which means “far”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Wednesday (day 108): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “cinema” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, K, is already printed). The word is KINO; you met it in week 16, Friday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “right away” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, G, is already printed). The word is GLEICH; you met it in week 16, Wednesday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “to phone, call” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, A, is already printed). The word is ANRUFEN; you met it in week 15, mind map.
  4. Row 4: the clue is “towel” and there are 8 bricks (the first letter, H, is already printed). The word is HANDTUCH; you met it in week 12, Thursday.
  5. Grey bricks from top to bottom: N, E, U, N → NEUN, which means “nine”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Thursday (day 109): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “July” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, J, is already printed). The word is JULI; you met it in week 3, Friday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “to go (on foot)” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, G, is already printed). The word is GEHEN; you met it in week 9, Tuesday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “unfortunately” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, L, is already printed). The word is LEIDER; you met it in week 16, Thursday.
  4. Row 4: the clue is “speaks (she speaks)” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, S, is already printed). The word is SPRICHT; you met it in week 15, Monday.
  5. Grey bricks from top to bottom: L, E, E, R → LEER, which means “empty”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Friday (day 110): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “door” and there are 3 bricks (the first letter, T, is already printed). The word is TÜR; you met it in week 2, Sunday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “hardly, barely” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, K, is already printed). The word is KAUM; you met it in week 15, Thursday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “goes (by vehicle)” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, F, is already printed). The word is FÄHRT; you met it in week 10, Monday.
  4. Row 4: the clue is “whole (with -en)” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, G, is already printed). The word is GANZEN; you met it in week 13, Monday.
  5. Grey bricks from top to bottom: R, U, F, E → RUFE, which means “I call”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Saturday (day 111): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “seat, place” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, P, is already printed). The word is PLATZ; you met it in week 11, Wednesday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “clean” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, S, is already printed). The word is SAUBER; you met it in week 12, Sunday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “I need” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, B, is already printed). The word is BRAUCHE; you met it in week 6, Thursday.
  4. Row 4: the clue is “exciting” and there are 8 bricks (the first letter, S, is already printed). The word is SPANNEND; you met it in week 14, Thursday.
  5. Grey bricks from top to bottom: Z, E, H, N → ZEHN, which means “ten”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Sunday (day 112): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “flight” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, F, is already printed). The word is FLUG; you met it in week 11, Thursday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “more often” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, Ö, is already printed). The word is ÖFTER; you met it in week 14, Friday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “works out (it)” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, K, is already printed). The word is KLAPPT; you met it in week 16, Sunday.
  4. Row 4: the clue is “to chat” and there are 8 bricks (the first letter, P, is already printed). The word is PLAUDERN; you met it in week 14, mind map.
  5. Grey bricks from top to bottom: G, R, A, D → GRAD, which means “degrees (temperature)”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.

Printable review cards

Print, cut along the lines and fold each card in half: English on the front, German on the back.

W16 · 1Does Thursday work for you?
Passt es dir am Donnerstag?
W16 · 2Do you have any free appointments next week?
Haben Sie nächste Woche einen Termin frei?
W16 · 3I'll put that in my calendar right away.
Ich trage mir das gleich in den Kalender ein.
W16 · 4Unfortunately I need to move our meeting.
Ich muss unser Treffen leider verschieben.
W16 · 5Shall we meet outside the cinema?
Wollen wir uns vor dem Kino treffen?
W16 · 6Are we still on for Saturday at half past two?
Bleibt es bei Samstag um halb drei?
W16 · 7Please call me if it doesn't work out.
Rufen Sie mich bitte an, wenn es nicht klappt.