personal vocabulary 2 Flashcards
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etw in Stücke zerreissen
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tear sth into shreds
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Mandarine
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tangerine
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ein 12 jähriger Junge
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a twelve-year-old boy
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top universities in America
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ivy league
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Geschäftskleidung
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business attire
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fascinated
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enchanted
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Nachteil
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drawback
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Rückschlag
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setback
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freiwillig adv
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voluntarily
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geschweige denn
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let alone
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to …… awareness
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raise
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cruel -> noun
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cruelty
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to abolish (bsp slavery, rules) -> noun
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abolition
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commitment-> adj
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committed
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the school has a non smoking ….
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policy
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to …. attention
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draw
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Prüfung, forschender Blick, Untersuchung
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scrutiny
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Hingabe, Zuwendung
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devotion
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unersättlicher Appetit
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insatiable appetite
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riesig
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vast
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Unmengen
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vast array
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Überzeugung
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conviction
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Laune
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temper
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Fel, Anordnung
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array
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Wandteppich
tapestry
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gründen
to launch (bsp: a campaign or an appeal)
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Das fünfte Rad am Wagen.
two's company, three's a crowd
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get on well from the beginning
we hit it off from the word go
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Stirn runzeln
raise a few eyebrows
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to be attached
hang on to sb.
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nachgeben
to give into temptation
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good judgement
discerning
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anlocken
entice
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Zauberer
conjuror
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almost none
little
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at least some
a little
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quite a bit
a fair bit
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I'm not upset.
It doesn't bother me.
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not exaggerate
to keep sth in perspective
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eingebildet sein
to be full of yourself
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you are good at noticing things
to have a good eye for sth
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stubborn
narrow-minded
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bring up
rear
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sich bei jemandem einschmeicheln
to curry favour with
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hold feelings back
repress feeling
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to accept something exactly the way it appears to be
take something at face value
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make so. angry
to get on the wrong side of so.
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verarschen
play a joke on so.
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to last too long
to go on a bit
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eine Rolle in einer Sendung ergattern
to land a role in a TV show
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when you get annoyed with so.
to have cross words with so.
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when you offend so. by interfering in sth. they are respinsible for
to treat on so.'s toes
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debate with excited and angry feelings
a heated discussion
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to be ready
to be all set
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einen Streit regeln
settle a dispute
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eine Rechnung begleichen
to settle a bill
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direkt gesagt
to put it bluntly
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einen Alleinflug machen
to fly solo
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Einzelgänger
lone wolf
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einen Alleingang machen
to play a lone hand
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alleinverantwortlich
solely responsible
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schweres ARgument
weighty argument
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beträchtlicher Betrag
considerable sum
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äussern, von sich geben
to utter
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äussern (feelings)
to voice, to express
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ausdenken (idea)
to think up
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einen Antrag einreichen
to submit an application
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sich fügen, nachgeben
to submit, yield
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jemandem/sich selbst gratulieren
to pat sb/oneself on the back
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streicheln
to stroke
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Schlaganfall
to have a stroke
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Glücksstähne
a stroke of luck
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Blitzschlag
stroke of lightning
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genialer Einfall
stroke of genius
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auf einen Schlag
at one stroke
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stempeln
to punch in/out
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Pointe
punch-line
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sich wie eine Schneekönigin freuen
be as pleased as Punch
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etw gut beherrschen
to have a good grasp of sth
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grösste Lust haben zu
to feel an itch to do sth
| feel soarly tempted
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Der Film packte mich nicht.
the film didn't grab/grip me
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grabby
gierig, raffsüchtig
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in jdns Gewalt sein
to be in somebody's clutches
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jmds Klauen entkommen
to escape from sb's clutches
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loslassen
lose one's grip on
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klarkommen mit jem
to come to grips with sth/sb
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to owe your success to hard work
to attribute your success to hard work
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für sich gewinnen, überzeugen
to win round/over
