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Generally, I would translate "making faces" with "Grimassen schneiden" oder "Fratzen schneiden." However, both of my suggestions imply making a funny and hideous face intentionally.
Concerning your sentence I am not quite convinced that my suggestions would work in that particular context...You would rather find them in a sentence like: Sie schaute in die ...
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You are right that “weltweit” doesn’t sound good here. “Auf der ganzen Welt” and “überall auf der Welt” are fine:
Du hast wirklich schon überall auf der Welt gelebt!
Sie haben wirklich schon auf der ganzen Welt gelebt!
The “schon” is not strictly necessary, but it makes the sentence flow better.
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What is the translation for (to be) over the hump?
For this part, I refer to the definition from OALD:
hump
a large lump that sticks out above the surface of something, especially the ground
be over the hump
to have done the most difficult part of
We're looking for a German idiom which means that we're past the most difficult part of ...
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Gesicht
Very much the same than in English the German translation "Gesicht" for face does not only mean the frontal body part between neck and hair but also the expression we make with it. Again, "machen" is the most commonly used word for to make in German too. Therefore we can say:
Das Baby macht ein lustiges Gesicht...
Note the different to the ...
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The English idiom "over the hump" and the German "über'n Berg" differ a bit in the meaning. "Over the hump" means more passing a rough spot, while "über'n Berg" means you got over something very serious, mostly health related.
"Sie ist über'n Berg" means she feels better now, even in the meaning of her surviving something.
"Wir helfen Dir über den Berg" ...
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I know the song as "Zehn kleine Zappelmänner".
I would translate it as "Ten flapping finger/men..."
You may check some videos in Youtube to get the idea behind the song:
http://youtu.be/O36KzhnAu8E
http://youtu.be/0BnCGfBQID8
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