CAE week 9 Flashcards
(39 cards)
to suffer/ have a stroke
Hirnschlag
to do sth …. anger/shock
in
mind-boggling
overwhelming
brainchild
the idea/invention that was orginated by sb
brain drain
when highly skilled people emigrate from a country
brain teaser
intellectual puzzle
to have a brainwave
a sudden clever idea
to be spineless
lack courage/determination
to shoulder the burden/ responsibility
last aufnehmen
to (not) be able to stomach a fact
difficult to accept
to do sth half-heartedly
don’t care
to rack one’s brain
make a great effort to remember sth
to get sth muddled up
confuse/ mix
to conjure up sth
herzaubern
a forgery
a fake painting or document
to forge sth -> copy and authentic document
mischief
playful misbehaviour
mischievous
to withhold information
zurückhalten
to feel run …
down
a … headache
splitting
the odds against sth
-
a dismal failure
causing depression
to devise a method/plan…
plan or invent sth
premise
a statement or idea that forms basic of a theory/disbelief
to write sb/sth off
- to regard sth as an irrecoverable loss
- ignore or neglect sb
