6 Flashcards by john smith | Brainscape

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Strassenkehrer

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sweeper

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Ewiggestriger Dickkopf (beides pej)

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diehard

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Kantholz

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two-by-four

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nicht nachgeben

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to tough it out

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aus dem Trott herauskommen

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get out of a rut

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jetzt geht es um die Wurst

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it’s crunch time

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sich jmd anschließen

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tag along with sb

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Energiebolzen

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fireball

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ohne Nachteil

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without detriment

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Betriebsblind sein

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be (stuck) in a rut

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ich stehe es durch

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I can stick it out

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gegen eine Wand reden

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talk to a (brick) wall

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Mäusemelken

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enough to drive you up the wallo

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volle Pulle, volle Kanne

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balls to the wall

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dünn gesät

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few and far between

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bei weitem, mit Abstand das Beste

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far and away the best

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Stund hat geschlagen

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writing is on the wall

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von einem Augenblick zum nächsten

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in the blink of an eye

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stoße an meine Grezen

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I’m hitting the wall here

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Vorzüge

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advantages

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Riesenrad

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Ferris wheel

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ging bankrott

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it went to the wall

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er übersieht die Tatsache

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he blinks the fact

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ackert sich zu Tode

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he slogs his guts out

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ich bin extrem sauer

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I’m off the wall

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rest a player

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Spieler schonen

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ich schone sie

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I’m easy on them

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favor a leg

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ein Bein schonen

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etwas sondieren

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to sound sth

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menschenunwürdig

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degrading

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Gastarbeiter

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foreign worker

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Gegenleistung

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Quid pro quo

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Wer will denn nur der Besen,ann sein?

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Who wants to be the broom man

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vernichtender Blick, Kritik

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withering glance, criticism

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bescheiden wirkende Aussage, die eigentlich Vorteile herausstellen sollen

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humblebrag

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Dinge gehen aus den Fugen

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things start to unravel

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planlos unvorbereitet tun in der Hoffnung es zu schaffen

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by the seat of our pants =as we go along?

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mit jmd aneinander geraten

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tangle with him

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habe meine Zauberstab zuhause gelassen

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left my magic wand at home

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launenhaft, unleidlich

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get cranky

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aus Jux und Dollerei tun

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did it on a whim

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in die Höhe treiben (Preise, Zinsen, Zeit)

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jack up tv time

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Kann nicht mal ein Besäufnis in ner Br organisieren

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can’t even organize a piss-up in a brewery

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ich drehe durch

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I will snap. I flip

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Freunde werden mich verleugnen

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my friends would disown me

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grässlich, schlimm, schrecklich, furchtbar

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dire?

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Vertrag legt fest, dass

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sets out lays down stipulates

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jmd zuvorkommen

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beat me to the punch

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hat seine Meinung geändert

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had a change of heart

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kannst du mir mal Sandy geben? (Telefon)

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is Sandy around

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voreilig handeln handle nicht voreilig

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get ahead of oneself don’t get ahead of yourself

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Meinungsmache Tatsachenverdrehung

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spin

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er bedient Vorurteile

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he plays up to prejudice