How to pronounce German in American English. (English pronunciations of German from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus and from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary, both sources Â© Cambridge University Press).y Kate Woodford, As part of our occasional series on idioms used in or in relation to business, we look today at the important area of making projects happen â getting projects started, making progress with those projects and, as sometimes happens, failing to make progress.
The oil tanker Amoco Cadiz ran aground on Portsall Rocks, 5 km (3.1 mi) from the coast of Brittany, France, on 16 March 1978, and ultimately split in three and sank, all together resulting in the largest oil spill of its kind in history to that date.
On August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, with three small ships, the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina. On October 12, the expedition reached land, probably Watling Island in the Bahamas. Later that month, Columbus sighted Cuba, which he thought was mainland China, and in December the expedition landed on Hispaniola, which Columbus thought might be Japan. He established a small colony there with 39 of his men.