how to say “couples therapy” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להעלות-חרס-1.m4a” /]לְהַעֲלוֹת חֶרֶס בְּיָדוֹ Hebrew does have a word for to fail – להיכשל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להעלות-חרס-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להעלות-חרס-3.m4a” /]הוא נכשל במבחן. He failed (on) the exam. But there’s another, softer expression: להעלות חרס בידו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להעלות-חרס-1.m4a” /] – literally to raise clay on his hand. The phrase is often shortened to להעלות חרס – to raise clay. For…

בְּסוֹפוֹ שֶׁל דָּבָר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בסופו-של-דבר-1.mp3″ /] Translated literally, at the end of the day is בסוף היום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בסופו-של-דבר-2.mp3″ /] in Hebrew. But that phrase is generally used in the figurative sense, not the literal. In the expression, “the day” really means “the matter at hand.” Hebrew’s equivalent expression is בסופו של דבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בסופו-של-דבר-1.mp3″ /] – literally, at the…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/לגרש-#.m4a” /]לְגָרֵשׁ Here’s an unpleasant word – לגרש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/לגרש-#.m4a” /], to expel. So let’s give it a pleasant context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/לגרש-#.m4a” /]באנו חושך לגרש… We’ve come to expel darkness… (see conversation) I didn’t make this up – it’s from a very popular Hanukkah song. לגרש is a פיעל verb. Expulsion is גירוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/לגרש-#.m4a” /].