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July Flashcards

1
Q

jdn auffordern, etw zu tun

A

to call on sb to do sth

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2
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etw schwärzen (geheim halten)?

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to redact sth

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jdn etw unterstellen, zuschreiben

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to impute sth to sb

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4
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Verbitterung, Schärfe (acer)
erbittert

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acrimony
acrimonious

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5
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jdn eindringlich zur Vorsicht mahnen
jdm eindringlich mahnen, etw zu tun

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to enjoin caution on sb
to enjoin sb to do sth

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6
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völlig durcheinander sein (67)

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to be at sixes and sevens

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7
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to give a long cry

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to ululate

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8
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to give a long cry

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to ululate

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9
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place: pleasant to live in, clean and healthy, vornehm
i.A.: promoting good health

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salubrious

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10
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amoprh, formlos

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amorphous

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11
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schwanken
(especially opinions, especially in a way that annoys others)

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to vacillate

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12
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sich davonmachen
sich ins Ausland absetzen
mit dem Geld türmen

A

to abscond
to abscond abroad
to abscond with the money

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13
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gewaltig, riesig (gar)

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gargantuan

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14
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beginnend, im Entstehen begriffen
i’m Anfangsstadium

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incipient
at an incipient stage

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15
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law: aufheben
contract: widerrufen

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to rescind sth

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16
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great skill

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prowess

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17
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Vorbehalt, Bedingung, limit to a more general statement (p, c)

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proviso
caveat

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18
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Vorgebirge, Kap
auf dem Kap

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promontory
on the promontory

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19
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Tau

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dew

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20
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Tau

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dew

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21
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sympathisch (tryin to be a)

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personable

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22
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jds Lebenselixier sein (angenehm sein)
für jdn einfach, Routine sein

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to be meat and drink to sb

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23
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Palette
(auch fig [array])

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panoply

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24
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Einfluss, Schlagkraft (c)

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clout

25
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Amboss

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anvil

26
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verächtlich (s, adv)

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scornfully

27
Q

jdn von etw freisprechen (charges, duties)

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to exonerate sb from sth

28
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jdn ächten, verbannen
Ächtung

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to ostracise sb
ostracism

29
Q

difficult to understand, obscure

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abtruse

30
Q

to use information/knowledge (to do sth)

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to draw on sth (to do sth)

31
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Sie hatte ein Reichtum an Erfahrung.

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she had a wealth of experience to draw on

32
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not mapped, unexplored
Neuland ⛴

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uncharted
uncharted seas

33
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Landsadel (nobility who owns land)

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landed gentry

34
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to pretend you belong to a high social class

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to put on airs and graces

35
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unnachgiebig
Unnachgiebigkeit

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intransigent
intransigence

36
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glühend, heiß (fig, especially connected with love)

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torrid

37
Q

sein Image aufpolieren

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to burnish one’s image

38
Q

to burn a wound to prevent infection

to temporarily ease pain without addressing the underlying problem

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to cauterise sth

39
Q

involving both successful and unsuccessful elements ♟
bewegte Laufbahn

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chequered
chequered career

40
Q

vorausschauend (pre)

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prescient

41
Q

in helper Aufregung über etw sein ⚡️

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to be abuzz with excitement over sth

42
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begriffsstutzig (esp. deliberately so)

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obtuse

43
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auffliegen (to have one’s misdoings be discovered)

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to be rumbled

44
Q

straff
straffe Ordnung

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taut
taut order

45
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honours, titles: jdm etw verleihen

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to confer sth [up]on sb

46
Q

etw berichtigen, korrigieren (especially before it is printed) (e)

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to emend sth

47
Q

an arrangement of stairs to help people (but not animals) to climb over a fence/wall

A

stile

48
Q

Drehkreuz

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turnstile

49
Q

carefully, esp. because you’re afraid of being hurt or making a noise (adv)

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gingerly

50
Q

by means of sth / because of sth (form) (v)

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by virtue of sth

51
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to act as an official in charge of sth (esp. at a sports event)

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to officiate at sth

52
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to make oneself comfortable/safe somewhere

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to ensconce oneself somewhere

53
Q

hobby (a, form)

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avocation

54
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cloth: durchscheinend

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diaphanous

55
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by means of sth (form, d)

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by dint of sth

56
Q

with the aim of doing sth (🧿)

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with a view to doing sth

57
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unmäßig

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intemperate

58
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etw bis zum letzen Atemzug tun

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to do sth to the last gasp

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