personal vocabulary 2 Flashcards
etw in Stücke zerreissen
tear sth into shreds
Mandarine
tangerine
ein 12 jähriger Junge
a twelve-year-old boy
top universities in America
ivy league
Geschäftskleidung
business attire
fascinated
enchanted
Nachteil
drawback
Rückschlag
setback
freiwillig adv
voluntarily
geschweige denn
let alone
to …… awareness
raise
cruel -> noun
cruelty
to abolish (bsp slavery, rules) -> noun
abolition
commitment-> adj
committed
the school has a non smoking ….
policy
to …. attention
draw
Prüfung, forschender Blick, Untersuchung
scrutiny
Hingabe, Zuwendung
devotion
unersättlicher Appetit
insatiable appetite
riesig
vast
Unmengen
vast array
Überzeugung
conviction
Laune
temper
Fel, Anordnung
array
Wandteppich
tapestry
gründen
to launch (bsp: a campaign or an appeal)
Das fünfte Rad am Wagen.
two’s company, three’s a crowd
get on well from the beginning
we hit it off from the word go
Stirn runzeln
raise a few eyebrows
to be attached
hang on to sb.
nachgeben
to give into temptation
good judgement
discerning
anlocken
entice
Zauberer
conjuror
almost none
little
at least some
a little
quite a bit
a fair bit
I’m not upset.
It doesn’t bother me.
not exaggerate
to keep sth in perspective
eingebildet sein
to be full of yourself
you are good at noticing things
to have a good eye for sth
stubborn
narrow-minded
bring up
rear
sich bei jemandem einschmeicheln
to curry favour with
hold feelings back
repress feeling
to accept something exactly the way it appears to be
take something at face value
make so. angry
to get on the wrong side of so.
verarschen
play a joke on so.
to last too long
to go on a bit
eine Rolle in einer Sendung ergattern
to land a role in a TV show
when you get annoyed with so.
to have cross words with so.
when you offend so. by interfering in sth. they are respinsible for
to treat on so.’s toes
debate with excited and angry feelings
a heated discussion
to be ready
to be all set
einen Streit regeln
settle a dispute
eine Rechnung begleichen
to settle a bill
direkt gesagt
to put it bluntly
einen Alleinflug machen
to fly solo
Einzelgänger
lone wolf
einen Alleingang machen
to play a lone hand
alleinverantwortlich
solely responsible
schweres ARgument
weighty argument
beträchtlicher Betrag
considerable sum
äussern, von sich geben
to utter
äussern (feelings)
to voice, to express
ausdenken (idea)
to think up
einen Antrag einreichen
to submit an application
sich fügen, nachgeben
to submit, yield
jemandem/sich selbst gratulieren
to pat sb/oneself on the back
streicheln
to stroke
Schlaganfall
to have a stroke
Glücksstähne
a stroke of luck
Blitzschlag
stroke of lightning
genialer Einfall
stroke of genius
auf einen Schlag
at one stroke
stempeln
to punch in/out
Pointe
punch-line
sich wie eine Schneekönigin freuen
be as pleased as Punch
etw gut beherrschen
to have a good grasp of sth
grösste Lust haben zu
to feel an itch to do sth
feel soarly tempted
Der Film packte mich nicht.
the film didn’t grab/grip me
grabby
gierig, raffsüchtig
in jdns Gewalt sein
to be in somebody’s clutches
jmds Klauen entkommen
to escape from sb’s clutches
loslassen
lose one’s grip on
klarkommen mit jem
to come to grips with sth/sb
to owe your success to hard work
to attribute your success to hard work
für sich gewinnen, überzeugen
to win round/over
