Vocab Flashcards
(127 cards)
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to play a joke on sb
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to pull someone’s leg
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not sharp
ab who is very direct
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blunt
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synonyms for hate
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detest, dislike, can’t stand, loathe
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terrible, bad, ugly, disgusting
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awful
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sth you hate
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a pet peeve
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corridor / passage
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aisle
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to meet
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encounter
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patterns
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Muster
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suitable
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angemessen
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Linking words - formal
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furthermore however therefore nevertheless moreover
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to do stupid stuff
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shenanigans
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to choose
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to opt for
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Action Verbs
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verbs you can see, do, copy, record, learn..
e.g. play, swim, sing
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State Verbs
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Senses: smell, hear, taste
Opinion: like, love, hate, prefer, enjoy
Mental Processes: think, remember, forget, believe
Possession: own, have, possess, contain
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‘active’ person
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proactive
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a real bonus
Bereicherung
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sth would be an ‘asset’
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synonyms ‘disadvantages’
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drawback
downside
nuisance
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lonely village (far-away)
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remote village
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to miss sth
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to long for sth (not a person)
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- the moving of a city
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I don’t miss..
I really enjoy…
…the hustle and bustle
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suddenly / unexpectedly
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sth happens ‘out of the blue’
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a ‘nice, little, peaceful’ village
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a ‘quaint’ fishing village (“quint”)
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to be part of a community
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to have a sense of belonging
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different / weird (not negative)
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‘eccentric’ guests
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sth what you want to do
intentions
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nörgeln
to whine
| whining
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seufzen / aufatmen
to sigh
a sigh
sighed
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with sadness (weinen)
to wail
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poltern / grölen
to rumble
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annoying (stöhnen)
to groan
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shake (zittern)
tremble - fear/excitement
shiver - colt
shudder - disgust
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rubbish on the street
littering
litter (n)
to litter (v)
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answer - but no answer (politicians)
'evasive' answer
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to much --> gambler
'compulsive' gambler
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permission --> adj
adj - permissive
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a critical review
| a bad review
a scathing review
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undamaged (e.g. after an accident)
unscathed
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incredibly funny
hysterical reaction
| hilarious reaction
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- to know sth (auswendig)
...by heart (= words/language)
...like the back of my hand
...inside out
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really incredible
incredible as it may seem
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really shit (movie, dinner)
to 'be appalled' by sth
| his rude behaviour
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Ehrfurcht
awe (n)
| awestuck (adj)
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confusing
bewildering
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confused
baffled
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sth is an incredible achievement
sth is 'no mean feat'
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terrible or painful experience that continues for a periods of time
ordeal
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from the bottom to the top (company)
to move up the ladder
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to do more than is necessary
| - to impress sb
to go the extra mile
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to pay it yourself
to do sth at one's (own) expense
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when light starts to disappear / appear
at dusk (Abenddämmerung)
at dawn (Morgendämmerung)
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'quickly go' - buy only what you need
'to pop (down)' to the supermarket
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to be addicted to sth
| to be obsessed with
to be hooked on sth
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to forget sth
sth slips one's mind
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you look fabulous
to look a million dollars
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when sb talks to you as if you are a child - but you're an adult
to patronise sb
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to be surprised by sth negativ
to be taken aback
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Verb for couch potato
to veg out (vegetables = couch potato)
| to crash out
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Opposite of 'to be spontaneous'
to set goals - long-term goals
- short-term
to give myself an objective
a goal setter
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robbery without wappon
burglary
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hate
I'm afraid of..
scared to imagine
'dread' going
doing sth
dreadful = horrible
I dread to think..
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very important
```
sth is paramount
essential
vital
crucial
necessary
```
—> no very
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to pay sb to do some work for you
—> a specialist
to 'commission' sb to sth
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sth you're very good at it
to be 'proficient' in sth
| proficiency (n)
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to spend time doing sth you love, but don't do very often
to 'indulge' oneself with sth
| by doing sth
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soft
mellow
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smoky voice
husky
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wackelig
wobbly
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relaxing voice - that you calm down
soothing
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voice - like a mouse
squeaky
| high-pitched
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to trust sb - 3 meanings
```
1. trustworthy
sb you can trust
2. trusting
sb who trusts people too easily
3. trusty
old things that work, are reliable and has some sentimental value
```
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to feel sleepy
drowsy
| drowsiness (n)
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childish
puerile
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reif / erwachsen
mature
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jugendlich
juvenile
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too old
| greis / altersschwach
geriatric
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conplete (knowledge)
thorough
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Kompletter Erfolg
utter success
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For speaking
unforgettable / great - experience, adventure
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Blühende Fantasie
vivid imagination
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Spannendes Leben
thrilling life
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to bild
to put up (a building) /
to assemble (Lego)
opposite
to dismantle (to take/pull sth apart)
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when sb doesn't appreciate you or you own work
to be taken for granted
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sth is not difficult
sth isn't rocket science
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expressions —> to be angry
```
a row = to have a row/an argument
sth/sb makes you flip = ausflippen
to seethe with rage/anger = 'laser'
to reach the end of one's tether
= #Geduldsfaden
to lose one's cool = to get angry
the final straw = the end of the tether
```
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Leine - like a rope (but fix attached)
| Strick
a tether
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zornig / wütend
to be furious
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jmd herausfordern
to dare sb to do sth
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zusammenzucken
zusammenschrecken
extrem peinlich
to cringe
| cringe-making
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annoying (irony)
lästig
ärgerlich
irksome
That irks me
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untertreiben
to downplay
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gläubig
devout
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langweilig
annoying
nervtötend
tedious
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schrecklich
fürchterlich
beängstigend
appalling
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Quote
| Verhältnis
a proportion (=what %)
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ein Gesetz verabschieden
to pass a law
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peers
'Seinesgleichen'
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find out
to 'determine'rhe cause of sth
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hinführen —> zu einem Ergebnis
result in
| lead to
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to make sth simpler
to bastardise sth
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seldom
rare
| selten
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öffnen
| aufmachen
undo
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besorgt
anxious
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erfordern
| verlangen
to require
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sth you really want and believe will happen, even though it is impossible
sth is 'wishful thinking'
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stupid and reckless
foolhardy attitude
| behaviour
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rücksichtslos
| unverantwortlich
reckless
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easygoing and relaxed
laid-back
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to change direction suddenly
to 'veer' off the road
| lifestyle
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when the situation is opposite to what it was
when the boot is on the other foot
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Klugscheisser --> Sprache
purist
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Bauchgefühl
gut feeling
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anfällig
| geneigt
to be prone to doing sth
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sth negatively affects you greatly
einen / seinen Tribut fordern
sth takes a terrible toll on an
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infrequent / rare
the odd cold/happening
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sth/ab is very very old
sth/ab is as old as the hills
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ein Mittel für
a means of
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Are you a bit of a perfectionist
Are you the kind of person who needs to cross all your Ts and dot all your Is
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a bit of...
...an idiot
a slob (untidy)
a retard
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Zwangsgestört sein
be OCD about sth in particular
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pingelig
be a bit anal about sth
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auf und ab gehen
to pace up and down
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get / understand
grasp
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sth dark, negative, bad, is coming soon
sth looms
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(un)fruchtbar
(in)fertile
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Zerrissen
| Zerschlissen
torn
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Kasse
till
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sth keeps moving/going (weather)
unrelenting
| relentless
