July

Question 1

jdn auffordern, etw zu tun

Answer 1

to call on sb to do sth

Question 2

etw schwärzen (geheim halten)?

Answer 2

to redact sth

Question 3

jdn etw unterstellen, zuschreiben

Answer 3

to impute sth to sb

Question 4

Verbitterung, Schärfe (acer)
erbittert

Answer 4

acrimony
acrimonious

Question 5

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

Answer 5

to enjoin caution on sb
to enjoin sb to do sth

Question 6

völlig durcheinander sein (67)

Answer 6

to be at sixes and sevens

Question 7

to give a long cry

Answer 7

to ululate

Question 8

to give a long cry

Answer 8

to ululate

Question 9

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

Answer 9

salubrious

Question 10

amoprh, formlos

Answer 10

amorphous

Question 11

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

Answer 11

to vacillate

Question 12

sich davonmachen
sich ins Ausland absetzen
mit dem Geld türmen

Answer 12

to abscond
to abscond abroad
to abscond with the money

Question 13

gewaltig, riesig (gar)

Answer 13

gargantuan

Question 14

beginnend, im Entstehen begriffen
i’m Anfangsstadium

Answer 14

incipient
at an incipient stage

Question 15

law: aufheben
contract: widerrufen

Answer 15

to rescind sth

Question 16

great skill

Answer 16

prowess

Question 17

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

Answer 17

proviso
caveat

Question 18

Vorgebirge, Kap
auf dem Kap

Answer 18

promontory
on the promontory

Question 19

Tau

Answer 19

dew

Question 20

Tau

Answer 20

dew

Question 21

sympathisch (tryin to be a)

Answer 21

personable

Question 22

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

Answer 22

to be meat and drink to sb

Question 23

Palette
(auch fig [array])

Answer 23

panoply

Question 24

Einfluss, Schlagkraft (c)

Answer 24

clout

Question 25

Amboss

Answer 25

anvil

Question 26

verächtlich (s, adv)

Answer 26

scornfully

Question 27

jdn von etw freisprechen (charges, duties)

Answer 27

to exonerate sb from sth

Question 28

jdn ächten, verbannen Ächtung

Answer 28

to ostracise sb ostracism

Question 29

difficult to understand, obscure

Answer 29

abtruse

Question 30

to use information/knowledge (to do sth)

Answer 30

to draw on sth (to do sth)

Question 31

Sie hatte ein Reichtum an Erfahrung.

Answer 31

she had a wealth of experience to draw on

Question 32

not mapped, unexplored Neuland ⛴

Answer 32

uncharted uncharted seas

Question 33

Landsadel (nobility who owns land)

Answer 33

landed gentry

Question 34

to pretend you belong to a high social class

Answer 34

to put on airs and graces

Question 35

unnachgiebig Unnachgiebigkeit

Answer 35

intransigent intransigence

Question 36

glühend, heiß (fig, especially connected with love)

Answer 36

torrid

Question 37

sein Image aufpolieren

Answer 37

to burnish one’s image

Question 38

to burn a wound to prevent infection to temporarily ease pain without addressing the underlying problem

Answer 38

to cauterise sth

Question 39

involving both successful and unsuccessful elements ♟ bewegte Laufbahn

Answer 39

chequered chequered career

Question 40

vorausschauend (pre)

Answer 40

prescient

Question 41

in helper Aufregung über etw sein ⚡️

Answer 41

to be abuzz with excitement over sth

Question 42

begriffsstutzig (esp. deliberately so)

Answer 42

obtuse

Question 43

auffliegen (to have one’s misdoings be discovered)

Answer 43

to be rumbled

Question 44

straff straffe Ordnung

Answer 44

taut taut order

Question 45

honours, titles: jdm etw verleihen

Answer 45

to confer sth [up]on sb

Question 46

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

Answer 46

to emend sth

Question 47

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

Answer 47

stile

Question 48

Drehkreuz

Answer 48

turnstile

Question 49

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

Answer 49

gingerly

Question 50

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

Answer 50

by virtue of sth

Question 51

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

Answer 51

to officiate at sth

Question 52

to make oneself comfortable/safe somewhere

Answer 52

to ensconce oneself somewhere

Question 53

hobby (a, form)

Answer 53

avocation

Question 54

cloth: durchscheinend

Answer 54

diaphanous

Question 55

by means of sth (form, d)

Answer 55

by dint of sth

Question 56

with the aim of doing sth (🧿)

Answer 56

with a view to doing sth

Question 57

unmäßig

Answer 57

intemperate

Question 58

etw bis zum letzen Atemzug tun

Answer 58

to do sth to the last gasp