Waiting is a question of patience. Or of leaving everything for the end. A bit like German. Like saying that the important information, that which is provided by the verb, is rather to be left for after because otherwise your interlocutor would not have the patience to wait till you’re done with your sentence. A [...]

Es war am Freitag endlich soweit, dass der Umzug starten konnte. Die vorher organisierten Helfer-Truppen waren startbereit, die Möbel schon am Vorabend auseinander gebaut und der Minitransporter stand schon vor der Tür. Ich hatte unheimlich Glück, dass so viele meiner Freunde sich netterweise bereit erklärt hatten, mir zu helfen. Nur so konnte dann alles sehr [...]

The second week in Helgoland did not start as well as had been anticipated, the weather was windy, as the Metrological guys had predicted. The prediction meant that we would miss the opportunity to go onboard a research vessel as had been earlier planned, it also meant that we would not be able to visit [...]