Basics Flashcards

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Auf die falsche Karte setzen

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to bet on the wrong horse

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by this means The total number of shares which are issued by this means must not exceed 10% of the share capital together with the number ...

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in the very act

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at any rate

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atop ... units divide into four different split-level modules stacked atop each other. the complex layout of the modules makes two level ...

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sojourn I met my wife during a sojourn in Paris.

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relinquish The athlete did not want to relinquish his lead. She did not relinquish her brother's secret.

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stack up Thus you can stack up to 20 panels.

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grappel with The pupil grappled with a difficult arithmetic problem.

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flesh out We fleshed out our sales strategy in the meeting.

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except for Everybody came to the party, except for my sister.

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rectify Beispiel: The technician is trying to rectify the problem.

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gratification

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adjacent A family rented the adjacent house.

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redress The new law provides redress against many injustices..

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pertain to The information pertains to the aforementioned issue..

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appraise An expert will appraise the property prior to the sale.

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respectivly

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mere Submitting this form is a mere formality.

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brute This door cannot be opened with brute force.

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wicked The wicked person loses at the end.

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vicious The dog used to be vicious, but now it is friendly.

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malevolence Aussprache: melevolenc

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wreak havoc

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thus The student passed the final exam, thus completing the course.

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depiction The painting is a depiction of his daughter.

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humility Despite her riches, she was known for her humility.

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dye She used a natural dye for her red hair.

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notification of completion

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conflagration

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liquid stream

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starchy, starch

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disguise, disguised

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daring Such a daring undertaking requires a lot of courage .

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load cells

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gained My internship helped me gain practical skills.

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bliss My childhood memories are filled with love and bliss.

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ardent ... It is therefore our ardent desire that the United Nations Organization in its structure and in its means may become ever ...

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amazing The sunrise over the ocean is an amazing sight.

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fit the bill

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outright The film was an outright success.

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act diligently

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tradesman, craftsman

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famines. In the Middle Ages, bad harvests often led to famines. famines. . Aussprache: Fämin

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on the contrary

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commissioning, start-up

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in any case

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to break down

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bare There are many different ways to decorate bare walls.

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bait When I go fishing, I use only the best worms as bait]

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countrymen

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boredom ... put off by the conventional academic boredom inherent to many ethnologies will be happy to learn that ...

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vagaries vagaries of nature

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irksome I bought a spray against these irksome mosquitoes.

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render salt and pepper rendered the steak edible

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privation ... or in a situation of economic privation, environmental devastation, and a permanent threat from ...

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flaw ... found a flaw

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mankind Our teacher told us about the history of mankind.

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alleviate Ausprache: aliviäjt The medication has alleviated his epileptic fits.

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compound Brine is a compound of salt and water.

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begrudges He is envious and begrudges the others their happiness

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in other words

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crestfallen He was crestfallen when his team lost the game.

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descendants Aussprache: disendens

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juxtaposition The juxtaposition of the two paintings really made them stand out.

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proclivity strong proclivity

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plight The people need help, their plight is obvious.

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compulsory, obligatory, mandantory

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frankly speaking

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immolation

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plague Ships from foreign lands brought the plague to Europe

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to plot The villain plotted his revenge against the hero.

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vengeful She is not vengeful and forgives quickly.

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stark There is a stark contrast between city life and country life

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the final point is

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to loom I watched the clouds loom on the horizon

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to add up to ...

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to strive for ..

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stead in his stead

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soar After the start, the rocket soared straight into the sky.

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rigidity high rigidity

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Mühe, Schufterei

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in spite of

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undue undue influence

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inescapable .. that there is an inescapable need for massive ...

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iniquity ... take appropriate steps 'to put an end to this iniquity'

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misfortune

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inopportune ... at an inopportune moment ...

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intractebal the conflict proved to be ...

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undershirt

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panta, underpants

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omission The omission of key facts invalidated the report.

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subjection The immediate subjection of FT to the ordinary rules ....

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irrefutable

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despicable He is going to be punished for his despicable Action.

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induce Certain medications can induce drowsiness.

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Contempt Contempt of the rules could lead to a fine.

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supplant the new system will supplant the old one

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persuit The police took up pursuit and caught the suspect.

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bargain I had to bargain with the seller for a good price.

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forestall The government's precautions forestalled a financial crisis.

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stave something off He could not stave off the inevitable any longer.

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surmise The story gave enough clues to let him surmise the outcome

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treacherous

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apprehend I cannot apprehend what all the fuss is about.

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apprehend I cannot apprehend what all the fuss is about.

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embroiled, embroil

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perplexing

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vulnerability He never exploited his wife's emotional vulnerability]

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stead Our regiment marched onwards.

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contraption

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with malice aforethought

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forefathers

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considering

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anyway , anyhow

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recurrent, repeated

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arbitrary You can complete the tasks in arbitrary order.

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fall apart The building is so ancient that it is gradually falling apart.

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wrath wrath of god

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falling prey

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resorted to During the blackout, we resorted to candles.

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to back off

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recede The lake's water level receded during the drought.

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expediency

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compelling, compel

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procrastination

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vexed The constant noise from the house next door vexes the old lady.

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inordinate inordinate amount

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shoelace Sg., meist im Plural: shoelaces

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shirt button

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trouser pocket pants pocket (Amer.)

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wristband bracelet

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fingernail

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clamour Political and economic challenges, armed conflicts and natural disasters all clamour for media coverage and public attention.

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revelry A fighting bull is released, tied with a rope, which travels through the village streets amid the revelry, fear and taunts of the young people.

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unbridled spread of poverty and unemployment, the repercussions of unbridled, profit-driven liberalisation of the market on the food

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untutored Ausprache: un-tjuted

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unchaperoned Aussprache: uncheperound

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enlivening

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supplant The new system will supplant the old one.

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remedies The remedies for breach of contract are numerous.

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doom and gloom

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to strike the right chord

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virtue He made a virtue of necessity. He was known for his morality and virtue.

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endowment The museum received these paintings as an endowment.

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slate The roof tiles are slate, not clay. The roof of the cottage was covered with slates

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stultified

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convey The film conveys an important message

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foremost My professor is one of the world's foremost physics experts.

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obliterate A magnet can obliterate data on a computer.

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exhausting A ride on a horse can be exhausting.

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risc-averse

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attainable

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intrinsic Our voluntary participants have a lot of intrinsic motivation.

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beckons The hotel beckons its guests with special deals.

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swamp The area mainly consists of moors and swamps.

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scarcity Ausprache: Sracrcity

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tenant My new tenant pays the rent on time.

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avian Aussprache: Äj-vian

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ferocious Aussprache: fer-ousches

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stratum The geologist investigated the strata of the rock. stratum of society …collapse of the Soviet Union, has left extremely unstable economic circum-stances for the poorer social stratum at Lake Baikal.

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hatch He climbed through the hatch into the attic

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scuttle When I turned on the light, the cockroach scuttled under the fridge. scuttle off in a hurry coal scuttle

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startle My brother startled me with a fake spider. The sudden appearance of the lion startled the gazelles. startle easily

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dart (Dart, Pfeil; schnellen, fliegen, huschen) The ballboy darted across the court to retrieve the ball. poison dart … and the fish in the lake suddenly dart away from you.

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detritus The demolition contractor removed all detritus (Schutt, Abfälle) [De-Traj-tes] from the site. which morphology was partially modified by a detritus (Geröll) layer.

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snug; snugy

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ensconced We are now ensconced (angesiedelt) [En-scond] in Fortress Europe, and the political attitude that dominates the area in which EU legislation prevails … The town's unique location in breathtaking surroundings, ensconced in an au-thentic rural atmosphere combined with sophisticate ….

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scarce In the desert, water is a scarce (knapp) [Skärse] resource. … alternative designs, and to propose to the client an optimal solution that plac-es the lowest demands on scarce resources. In this context too, in view of scarce funds for the development of rural areas, it is necessary not to distribute development

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blink I cannot blink with my left eye.

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gossip You hear lots of gossip (Klatsch) [Gosip] in this office. There was a lot of gossip about the new family in town. He's a terrible gossip (Schwätzer), so don't tell him anything! She is a real gossip (Klatschweib), I will not tell her private things.

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foresight Foresight can help prevent many accidents. technology foresight wise foresight

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ensue, ensuing … worth, financial position and results of the Bidder and the acquisition compa-nies which may ensue (sich daraus ergeben) for them in the future. … with the proposed Regulation, the absurd situation could ensue in which the new Regulation applied as between most Member ….

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fray My old sweater started to fray (ausfransen) around the edges. ATTENTION: To prevent abrasion and material fray ensure that the protection insert is fitted into the tube flutes and positioned facing the curtain. Enter the fray (Kampf)! Apollo in his fiery chariot drawn by four steeds overcomes with his arrows the dragon Python, supported in the fray by Diana, Minerva, Mercury and Hercules, …

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reuptake The main focus is on long-term goals such as rehabilitative steps in terms of reuptake (Wiederaufnahme) [Re-up-take] .of work or training, social con-tacts, long-term … In the approval of different selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), used for the treatment of depression in young

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flex, flexed For the exercise to be effective one has to flex (beugen, biegen, spielen lassen) the knees. He stood in front of the mirror and flexed his muscles. I connected the flex (Netzkabel, Verlängerungsschnur) to the monitor.

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skulking Beyond the border uncertainty and chaos are skulking (herumschleichen, lau-ern) [Skalking] .

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to strut; strut Thanks to the struts (Strebe [Strat), this construction is extremely stable. The scaffold (Gerüst) [Skäfold is secured by several struts. The actor strutted (stolzierte) dramatically across the stage.

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appendage European unification is progressing from economic towards political integration, the social dimension of the European Union originally a mere appendage (Anhängsel, Beiwerk) to economic policies - too has taken shape. Neck chains consisting of 3 rows of small brown beads and a round appendage of smoothly polished shell with a flower in orange and blue.

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scrunch The gravel scrunched (knierschen, zermalen, krachen) under my feet. But we know why our water bottles were always completely scrunched after long mountain bus drives.

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vanquished … struggles for true justice there are neither victors nor vanquished (besiegt, bezwungen) [Vanquischt], proclaiming that there is no other alternative for peace … Even after years of extremely intensive research, many types of cancer cannot be vanquished. One can clearly see in this image of the fish that has been caught and van-quished, but is still alive, ….

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puff He took a puff from his cigar. Aussprache: Paff

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prodigious … ways in which we communicate with each other, and the prodigious (erstaunlich, wunderbar, gewaltig) [proDidžes] advances in mechanized sorting which fundamentally change … His prodigious talent at an early age attracted the attention of musicians such as Arthur Honegger ….

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hoard Complete uncertainty has a paralyzing effect, leading companies to hoard [hooooard] cash instead of invest, …. …., it would surely be better to own a piece of land on which to grow the basic necessities than to hoard gold.

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truism His speech was full of superfluous truisms [trUism]. That may sound like a truism but it is and will remain the case nevertheless. It is a truism that development of a communications strategy was somewhat less complicated in the past than it is now.

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prowess Her tactical prowess [prAues]makes her a good chess player. The wrestlers showed their prowess at the tournament. Sport allows young people in particular not only to develop physical prowess and readiness for physical effort, but also provides social …. In my view, this is a prime example of German engineering prowess, of climate protection through advanced technology …

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peel You have to peel an orange before eating it.

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