English Basic 830 Flashcards
(160 cards)
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a
A
the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet
A, ein
2
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able
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having the necessary means or skill to do something
In der Lage sein
3
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about
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(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
ungefähr
4
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account
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a record or narrative description of past events
Darstellung, Schilderung, Beschreibung, Konto
5
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acid
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any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste
sauer
6
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across
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to the opposite side
hinüber
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act
A
behave in a certain manner
handeln
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addition
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the arithmetic operation of summing
addieren, zusammenzählen
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adjustment
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the act of making something different
Anpassung
10
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advertisement
A
a public promotion of some product or service
Werbung
11
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after
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happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
später, (da-)nach
12
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again
A
anew
wieder
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agreement
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harmony of people’s opinions, actions, or characters
Zustimmung
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air
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a mixture of gases required for breathing
Luft
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all
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to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent
alle(s)
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almost
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slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
fast
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amount
A
how much there is of something that you can quantify
Menge
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amusement
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an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
Amüsement
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angle
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the space between two lines or planes that intersect
Winkel
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argument
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a dispute where there is strong disagreement
Streit
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angry
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feeling or showing extreme displeasure or hostility
wütende
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animal
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a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Tier
23
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answer
A
a statement made to reply to a question or criticism
Antwort
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ant
A
social insect living in organized colonies
Ameise
25
any
one or some or every or all without specification
| irgendein
26
apparatus
equipment designed to serve a specific function
| Gerät, Apparat(ur)
27
apple
a tree widely cultivated for its firm rounded edible fruits
| Apfel
28
approval
the formal act of giving agreement or permission
| Genehmigung
29
arch
a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening
| Bogen
30
arm
a human limb
| Arm
31
army
a permanent organization of a nation's military land forces
| Armee
32
art
the creation of beautiful or significant things
| Kunst
33
as
to the same degree (often followed by `as')
| wie
34
at
used as a function word to indicate presence or occurrence in, on, or near
bei(m)
35
attack
an offensive against an enemy
| Attacke
36
attempt
make an effort
| versuchen
37
attention
concentrating on certain features of the environment
| Aufmerksamkeit
38
attraction
the quality of arousing interest
| Attraktion, Attraktivität
39
authority
the power or right to give orders or make decisions
| Authorität
40
automatic
operating with minimal human intervention
| automatisch
41
bee
a hairy-bodied insect including social and solitary species
| Biene
42
awake
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
| wach
43
baby
a very young mammal
| Baby
44
back
the posterior part of a human (or animal) body
| Rücken
45
bad
having undesirable or negative qualities
| schlecht
46
bag
a flexible container with a single opening
| Tasche
47
balance
harmonious arrangement or relation of parts within a whole
| Balance
48
ball
an object with a spherical shape
| Ball
49
band
an unofficial association of people or groups
| Band
50
base
lowest support of a structure
| Basis, Fundament
51
basin
a bowl-shaped vessel used for holding food or liquids
| Becken
52
basket
a container that is usually woven and has handles
| Korb
53
bath
a large open container filled with water to wash the body
| Bad(ewanne)
54
be
have a specified quality or characteristic
| sein
55
beautiful
pleasing to the senses
| schön
56
bed
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
| Bett
57
before
at or in the front
| Vor
58
behavior
the way a person acts toward other people
| Verhalten
59
belief
any cognitive content held as true
| Glauben
60
bell
a hollow metal device that makes a ringing sound when struck
| Glocke
61
bent
stooped (used of the back and knees)
| gebogen
62
berry
a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)
Beere
63
between
in the interval
| zwischen
64
bird
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate with feathers and wings
| Vogel
65
birth
the time when something begins (especially life)
| Geburt
66
bit
a small piece or quantity of something
| ein bisschen
67
bite
to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
beißen
68
bitter
causing a sharp and acrid taste experience
| bitter
69
black
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness
| schwarz
70
blade
the flat part of a tool or weapon that has a cutting edge
| Klinge
71
blood
the fluid that is pumped through the body by the heart
| Blut
72
blow
be in motion due to some air or water current
| blasen
73
blue
of the color intermediate between green and violet
| blau
74
board
a stout length of sawn timber
| Regal
75
boat
a small vessel for travel on water
| Boot
76
body
an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass
| Körper
77
boiling
the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas
kochen
78
bone
rigid tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
| Knochen
79
book
an object consisting of a number of pages bound together
| Buch
80
boot
footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
| Stiefel
81
burn
destroy by fire
| brennen
82
bottle
a vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids
| Flasche
83
box
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
| Kiste
84
boy
a youthful male person
| Junge
85
brain
the center of the nervous system
| Gehirn
86
brake
a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
| Bremse
87
branch
a division of a stem arising from the main stem of a plant
| Ast
88
brass
an alloy of copper and zinc
| Messing-
89
bread
food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
Brot
90
breath
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
| Atmen
91
brick
rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln
| Ziegel
92
bridge
structure allowing passage across a river or other obstacle
| Brücke
93
bright
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
| hell
94
broken
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
zerbrochen
95
brother
a male with the same parents as someone else
| Bruder
96
brown
of a color similar to that of wood or earth
| braun
97
brush
an implement that has hairs or bristles set into a handle
| Bürste
98
bucket
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
| Eimer
99
building
the act of constructing something
| Bauen, Gebäude
100
bulb
anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop
| Birne
101
card
thin cardboard, usually rectangular
| Karte
102
burst
come open suddenly and violently
| platzen
103
business
the principal activity in one's life to earn money
| Geschäft
104
but
and nothing more
| aber
105
butter
a solid yellow food made from cream
| Butter
106
button
a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats
| Taste
107
by
so as to pass a given point
| durch
108
cake
baked good based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat
| Kuchen
109
camera
equipment for taking photographs
| Kamera
110
canvas
a heavy, closely woven fabric
| Segeltuch
111
change
become different in some particular way
| Veränderung
112
care
providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
| Pflege
113
carriage
a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
| Wagen
114
cart
a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
Wagen, Anhänger
115
cat
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur
| Katze
116
cause
events that provide the generative force of something
| Ursache
117
certain
established beyond doubt or question; definitely known
| sicher
118
chain
a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
Kette
119
chalk
a soft whitish calcite
| Kreide
120
chance
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon
| Glück, Chance
121
clear
readily apparent to the mind
| klar, offensichtlich
122
cheap
relatively low in price or charging low prices
| billig
123
cheese
a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
| Käse
124
chemical
produced by reactions involving atomic or molecular changes
| chemisch
125
chest
the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
Brust(-korb)
126
chief
the head of a tribe or clan
| Chef
127
chin
the protruding part of the lower jaw
| Kinn
128
church
a place for public (especially Christian) worship
| Kirche
129
circle
ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length
| Kreis
130
clean
free from dirt or impurities
| reinigen
131
come
move toward, travel toward
| (an-)kommen
132
clock
a timepiece that shows the time of day
| Uhr
133
cloth
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
Tuch
134
cloud
a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
Wolke
135
coal
fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter
| Kohle
136
coat
an outer garment that covers the body from shoulder down
| Mantel
137
cold
having a low or inadequate temperature
| kalt
138
collar
a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
| Halsband, Kragen
139
color
a visual attribute of things from the light they emit
| Farbe
140
comb
a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge
| Kamm
141
connection
a relation between things or events
| Verbindung
142
comfort
a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
| Komfort
143
committee
a special group delegated to consider some matter
| Ausschuss
144
common
having no special distinction or quality
| verbreitet, gebräuchlich, "normal"
145
company
an institution created to conduct business
| Unternehmen
146
comparison
the act of examining resemblances
| Vergleich
147
competition
the act of contending with others for rewards or resources
| Wettbewerb
148
complete
having all necessary qualities
| komplett
149
complex
complicated in structure
| kompliziert, komplex
150
condition
a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
| Bedingung
151
country
the territory occupied by a nation
| Land
152
conscious
having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
bewusst
153
control
power to direct or determine
| steuern
154
cook
transform by heating
| Koch(en)
155
copper
a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
Kupfer
156
copy
a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing
| Kopieren
157
cord
a line made of twisted fibers or threads
| Kabel
158
cork
outer bark of the cork oak
| Kork
159
cotton
erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
Baumwolle
160
cough
a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
Husten
