English 1 Flashcards by Marina Glaus

abgelegen, zurückgezogen

secluded (Fame caused her to lead a rather secluded life, in her own private world.)

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entgegenstellen

to set against sth. (When the cost was set against the benefits, the scheme looked good.)

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innerste, innerst

innermost (She charts the adventures and innermost thoughts of an Indian family.)

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nichts geringeres als, nicht weniger als

nothing short of (The fact that they survived the accident was nothing short of a miracle.)

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stapfen (mit Schuhen oder Füssen)

to clomp (Then Peabody in pink cowboy boots, clomping around the corner.)

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Mittagessen (formal)

luncheon (It’s a luncheon speech, the event runs from noon to two.)

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vornehm, gehoben

upscale (She lives in an upscale neighborhood.)

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aufprallen

to thud (He ignored her wince when her weapon thudded on the floor.)

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etw. mit etw. behängen

to drape sth. with … (The elves draped the house in lights and tinsel.)

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(er)zeugen, sich fortpflanzen

to procreate (Some people shouldn’t be allowed to procreate.)

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Inhaftierung

incarceration (He wrote a book on the pain of incarceration.)

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Diebstahl

larceny (There were a few petty larcenies and shopliftings.)

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Beule, Delle

dent

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Gemeinsamkeit, Allgemeinheit

commonality (It follows the other commonality will hold true for the twelve.)

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auch gelten, gleichermassen gelten

to hold true for (So it follows the other commonality will hold true for the twelve.)

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Zufall

happenstance (It’s not going to be coincidence, it’s not going to be happenstance.)

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aus dem Trott heraus kommen

to get out of a rut (The new job felt like a way of getting out of the rut.)

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ein wesentlicher Bestandteil (von)

an integral part of (Coffee houses were an integral part of the London society.)

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anbieten, vorbringen

to proffer (Nancy offers an opposing view to the one the lecturer is proffering.)

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Anklage

indictment (So when Spurlock’s indictment on the fast-food industry won an Award,…)

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einhüllen

to engulf (Waves of nostalgia engulf me.)

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herausragend

jutting (The beach is round a jutting outcrop of rock…)

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wehleidig, klagend

plaintive (…, he adds plaintively.)

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edel, furchtlos

gallant (He’s gallant and offers uf his boat.)

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Schändung, Entweihung

desecration (It's desecration that they built a walkway to the cove.)

etw. ausbreiten, entfalten

to unfurl (a sail)

unbeholfen, plump

ungainly (I'm sprawled in an ungainly position.)

kultig, Kult-

iconic (beach)

weise, klug

sage (He's not sage, he's an alcoholic.)

hinweisen, anspielen

to allude (The keep alluding to their history.)

erbittert, bitter

acrimonious (...while you exchange acrimonious glares with your husband.)

lauwarm

tepid (coffee)

scheinheilig

sanctimonious (He's a sanctimonious bastard!)

gigantisch

humongous (mistake)

Folter, Qual

torment (I realize there's a genuine torment behind the words I yell.)

zügeln, zäumen

to bridle (He glowers at me as though this is my fault, and I bridle.)

jdm. verärgen, jmd. verstimmen

to disgruntle sb. (His face has twisted into a familiar disgruntled expression.)

Reue

contrition (A look of contrition comes over his face.)

Mund

mouth

spannend

exciting

respektlos, unhöflich

disrespectful

nicht alles glauben, nicht jedes Wort auf die Goldwaage legen

to take sth. with a pinch of salt (When she tells another story of her glamurous life, I usually take it with a pinch of salt.)

Setzte nich alles auf eine Karte!

Don't put all your eggs in one basket!

klein beigeben

to eat humble pie (I know you think I'm not clever enough for university, but when I graduate, you're going to have to eat humble pie.)

eine schlechte Nachricht versüssen

to sweeten the pill

Frage, Anfrage, Rückfrage

query (Should you have any further queries, ...)

etw. umdrehen, auf den Kopf stellen, umstülpen (z.B. Eimer)

To upend sth. (He upends the sack with stones onto a velvet-lined tray.)

Sperrholz

plywood

Hosenträger, Straps

suspender

Frühlingszwiebel

shallot

retten, bergen

to salvage (Salvage the equipment!)

verschlingen, einhüllen

to engulf (...as though Volkheimer will engulf the house instead of the other way round.)

Fundament, Berg, Pferd

mount (He is stopping his mount now and then to peer into windows.)

verdorben, faulig

putrid (it smells putrid!)

Sofa, Couch

davenport

Schmuck, (Zeug)

trinket (It's a large room crammed with trinkets, books and ...)

Leere

void (...the void in his left ear.)

Plünderer

looter (You need to watch out for looters.)

Broschüre, Flugblatt

pamphlet

sachdienlich, relevant

pertinent (...it was sth. he deemed pertinent)

herumstoebern, schnueffeln

to pry

instinktiv, intuitiv

visceral (It had been eight years since I'd been back, but the scenery was visceral.)

ergreifend

poignant (It was a poignant gesture of faith)

irrelevant

extraneous (The girl suddenly realized how extraneous she was next to the boy.)

Umschreibung, Beschoenigung

euphemism

einer Sache nicht gewachsen sein

to be in over one's head

satt, voll, reichlich versehen

replete (an elaborate house replete with a widow's walk)

umstaendlich

circuitous (The house is full of nooks, curiously circuitous)

Maulwurf, Muttermal

mole

sich buecken

to stoop

Wildfleisch, Reh

venison

analysieren

dissect (I planned to dissect the girl's murder)

Rinnsal, Bach

rivulet (long blonde hair drifted in rivulets down her back)

angriffslustig, streitlustig

belligerent

eingeweiht, geheim

privy (We don't let nine-year-old boys be privy to an ongoing investigation)

versoehnlich

conciliatory (tone)

durchackern

plow through (he plows through a few low-grade true-crimers a week)

Ermahnung, Tadel

rebuke (I waited for the phone to ring with rebukes)

drosseln, erdrosseln

to throttle (I thought he was going to throttle her.)

Leichtsinn, Ungezwungenheit

levity

Schande, Unverschaemtheit

infamy (Infamy had come to the city)

Gotteslaesterung

blasphemy

Darm, Eingeweide

bowel (My bowels were shifting, I coud barely move for the pain)

rechtfertigen

to vindicate

entsetzlich, grausig

ghastly