6 Flashcards

1
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Strassenkehrer

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sweeper

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2
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Ewiggestriger Dickkopf (beides pej)

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diehard

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3
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Kantholz

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two-by-four

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4
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nicht nachgeben

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to tough it out

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5
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aus dem Trott herauskommen

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get out of a rut

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6
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jetzt geht es um die Wurst

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it’s crunch time

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7
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sich jmd anschließen

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tag along with sb

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8
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Energiebolzen

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fireball

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9
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ohne Nachteil

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without detriment

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10
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Betriebsblind sein

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be (stuck) in a rut

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11
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ich stehe es durch

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I can stick it out

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12
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gegen eine Wand reden

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talk to a (brick) wall

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13
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Mäusemelken

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enough to drive you up the wallo

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14
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volle Pulle, volle Kanne

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balls to the wall

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15
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dünn gesät

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few and far between

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16
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bei weitem, mit Abstand das Beste

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far and away the best

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17
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Stund hat geschlagen

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writing is on the wall

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18
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von einem Augenblick zum nächsten

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in the blink of an eye

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19
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stoße an meine Grezen

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I’m hitting the wall here

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20
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Vorzüge

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advantages

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21
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Riesenrad

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Ferris wheel

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22
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ging bankrott

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it went to the wall

23
Q

er übersieht die Tatsache

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he blinks the fact

24
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ackert sich zu Tode

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he slogs his guts out

25
ich bin extrem sauer
I'm off the wall
26
rest a player
Spieler schonen
27
ich schone sie
I'm easy on them
28
favor a leg
ein Bein schonen
29
etwas sondieren
to sound sth
30
menschenunwürdig
degrading
31
Gastarbeiter
foreign worker
32
Gegenleistung
Quid pro quo
33
Wer will denn nur der Besen,ann sein?
Who wants to be the broom man
34
vernichtender Blick, Kritik
withering glance, criticism
35
bescheiden wirkende Aussage, die eigentlich Vorteile herausstellen sollen
humblebrag
36
Dinge gehen aus den Fugen
things start to unravel
37
planlos unvorbereitet tun in der Hoffnung es zu schaffen
by the seat of our pants =as we go along?
38
mit jmd aneinander geraten
tangle with him
39
habe meine Zauberstab zuhause gelassen
left my magic wand at home
40
launenhaft, unleidlich
get cranky
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aus Jux und Dollerei tun
did it on a whim
42
in die Höhe treiben (Preise, Zinsen, Zeit)
jack up tv time
43
Kann nicht mal ein Besäufnis in ner Br organisieren
can't even organize a piss-up in a brewery
44
ich drehe durch
I will snap. I flip
45
Freunde werden mich verleugnen
my friends would disown me
46
grässlich, schlimm, schrecklich, furchtbar
dire?
47
Vertrag legt fest, dass
sets out lays down stipulates
48
jmd zuvorkommen
beat me to the punch
49
hat seine Meinung geändert
had a change of heart
50
kannst du mir mal Sandy geben? (Telefon)
is Sandy around
51
voreilig handeln handle nicht voreilig
get ahead of oneself don't get ahead of yourself
52
Meinungsmache Tatsachenverdrehung
spin
53
er bedient Vorurteile
he plays up to prejudice