The "how do I say it in English"-Thread

[Hoppla-Daisy]

oh, I know that so well! I ´m trying to increase my English, whenever our relatives from Florida are here. But although I rack my brains it seems getting worse and worse.

You are trying to improve your English .

[Gast26092018]

or to increase your knowledge of English

[netfinder]

I'd prefer to improve.

[sodbrennen]

I would prefer to improve the increasing of the knowledge.

[Gast26092018]

well that sounds foolish, if i may be honest only German people would say that
to increase the knowledge sounds more intellectual, more sophisticated