Translation of sheer in German

The people in the market knew how to bargain and one would hardly have a change to lower the price drastically. We bought some Espresso cups carved and painted with some local paintings.
Why are you looking for a new job? I hope you get the job! i do know what you are writing and understand you fine. Do not worry. In order to learn you need to make also some mistakes at the beginning.
I just wrote an extremely long blog item but it took so long that I got logged out. I'm too lazy to write again or to write anything at all, so that I will postpone my blog entry to next week.