Dies & Das Flashcards
ward
Station (KH)
to admit sb. to hospital
Jem. ins KH aufnehmen
Psychiatry
Psychiatrie
Psychiatrist
Psychiater
psychiatric
psychiatrisch
idiom
Redewendung
Ausdrucksweise
proverb
Sprichwort
bells and whistles
I dont need a mobile phone with all the bells an whistles
Schnickschnack
beat the drum
…for your own ideas
to speak with persuasion to others
you want to take everything but the kitchen sink!
Means to take far more things than we need
I simply have too much on my plate right now
to have too many problems to deal with
last resort
Last option
to reconstruct
umbauen
rekonstruieren
etwas nachvollziehen
to live under the same roof as (your parents)
unter dem selben Dach leben
incentive
Anreiz
Motivation
Leistungsansporn
(ticket) tout
Kartenschwarzhändler
void
ungültig
unwirksam
leer
dishonestly
unehrlich
There is not one perfect silver bullet
There is not one simple answer to solve the problem
es gibt keine Patentlösung
take something at face value
to accept something exactly the way it appears to be
i dont know if I can take this story at face value but I will assume that she is not lying
Interjection
sounds that express sudden emotions
wow!, oouch, ääähhh, phhheeewww, ahh, jippeeeh
to push the envelope
to be creative
to do things which are original or risky
Blue Sky thinking
having ideas which are not even practical or realistic
incapacity certificate
certificate of disability
to give sb a sick Note
Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung
to look like the back end of a bus
to look ugly
to show sb. the ropes
Explain sb. how to do sth.
to get the wrong end of the stake
missverstehen
involved
verstrickt
he tickes me off
he makes me very angry
son of a gun
son of a bitch
to moan in pain
stöhnen
klagen
Haltung
attitude
approach
Wetrtschäzung
appreciation
wertschätzen
to value sb.
Bewerten
assess
evaluate
she is a Dinosaur
she is Old fashioned
I am full of beans
I am full of energy and enthusuiasm
he speaks in a clipped way
abgehackt sprechen
“upper class”
to slander
beleidigen
lästern
jmd. verleumden
creed
Glaube
Bekenntnis
Credo