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American English - English

How is he? Englisch:

1. funny


It's so funny!
John is funny. - Funny strange or funny ha-ha?
It’s funny how you remember the words of songs, even ones you don’t really like.
It's funny how German can take a verb, cut it in half, and spread it over a five-clause sentence.
Sentences bring context to the words. Sentences have personalities. They can be funny, smart, silly, insightful, touching, hurtful.
It was a pleasure to spend the evening with a smart, funny and beautiful girl like you.
Dying is nothing. So start with living, it's less funny and it lasts longer.
She said, "It's not funny! How would you like it if someone did that to you - what would you do?"
Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up.
Funny, said the old woman as she granted his wish and disappeared forever. "That was your first wish."
Germans have no sense of humor? I don't find that funny.
The joke about the chicken crossing the road to get to the other side is an example of "anti-humor": meant to be funny because, on the surface, it is not.
People cling on to life more than anything - a funny idea, given all the beautiful things that exist in the world.
On the way out I said to my waitress, "Be careful, Sue. There's something funny about the glasses you gave me - they're filled in on the top, and there's a hole on the bottom!"
The brave sentry thinks it's funny that most Spanish 3rd-person-sentences have six possible ways of being translated to German.

2. small


It's too small.
The village which I visited last summer was a small one in Nagano Prefecture.
It's only a small house but it meets my needs perfectly.
My what a narrow waist! Her face is small, she really looks just like a doll!
Small cars are very economical because of their low fuel consumption.
His company was singled out as the most successful small business in the region.
The small fork is for your salad, and the large one is for the main course.
I didn't realize till I visited Australia how small Japan really is.
Her hands are small, but not so small that she can't play the piano.
A small border dispute ballooned into a major international incident.
I like his new house, but I had not expected it to be so small.
Small businesses will have to tighten their belts to survive.
It's a small noisy apartment, but it's where I live and I call it home.
I doubt that Tom would ever consider driving such a small car.
Small children tend to wander off if you don't watch them all the time.