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...language learners who want to extend their knowledge of idiomatic expressions in the target language. Indeed, there are many descriptions and metaphorical expressions containing words that indicate colour (e.g. in English we can say ‘I’m feeling blue’ or ‘I saw red’). Evoking a colour can be a striking way of conveying a vivid impression of the mood or physical...

...language skills struggled to get a grip of a fish...The word Stör stumped us. "Maybe it's sturgeon," I suggested. "Impossible," countered our guest, Midori. She is a well-known gourmet from Tokyo, on a visit to Munich. "Have you any idea how much a sturgeon costs?" "Unlikely," said her husband, David, a British journalist. "Sturgeon must be on an endangered species list,...