I'll take my salary in salt

The word "salary" comes from the Latin root sal-, indicating salt.  It derives from Anglo-French salarie, Old French salaire "wages, pay, reward," from Latin salarium "an allowance, a stipend, a pension," said to be originally "salt-money, soldier's allowance for the purchase of salt."  

Now, that probably makes a lot of sense, since salt was so valuable in olden times.  But also!  The word "salad" comes from the same root, because the Romans liked to dress their vegetables and leafy greens in a salty dressing for flavor.  

Bringing the whole thing full circle, "lettuce" is slang for money (because they're both green), which is your salary.  So there's really a great reason to get salty over how little lettuce you're getting in your pay.

une étagère - a shelf

Une étagère est un meuble composé d'un ou plusieurs plans horizontaux utilisés pour entreposer des objets.

A shelf is a piece of furniture composed of one or more horizontal areas used to store objects.

полка - a shelf

Полка слишком высокая. 

The shelf is too high.

сломать - to break

Я сломал руку год назад. 

I broke my arm a year ago.

die Mannschaft - the team

Welche Mannschaft unterstützt du?

Which team do you support?

touffu - bushy, thick

À un bout se tassait un petit village et à l'autre la jungle touffue s'abaissait rapidement vers les pâturages et s'y arrêtait net, comme si on l'eût tranchée d'un coup de bêche.  

At one end stood a little village, and at the other the thick jungle came down in a sweep to the grazing-grounds, and stopped there as though it had been cut off with a hoe. 

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[Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book]

es sei denn - unless

Er wird nicht schlafen, es sei denn du liest ihm eine Geschichte vor. 

He won't go to sleep unless you read him a story.