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personal vocabulary 2 Flashcards

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etw in Stücke zerreissen

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tear sth into shreds

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Mandarine

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tangerine

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ein 12 jähriger Junge

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a twelve-year-old boy

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top universities in America

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ivy league

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Geschäftskleidung

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business attire

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fascinated

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enchanted

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Nachteil

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drawback

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Rückschlag

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setback

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freiwillig adv

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voluntarily

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geschweige denn

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let alone

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to …… awareness

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raise

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cruel -> noun

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cruelty

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to abolish (bsp slavery, rules) -> noun

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abolition

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commitment-> adj

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committed

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14
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the school has a non smoking ….

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policy

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to …. attention

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draw

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Prüfung, forschender Blick, Untersuchung

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scrutiny

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17
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Hingabe, Zuwendung

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devotion

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18
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unersättlicher Appetit

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insatiable appetite

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riesig

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vast

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Unmengen

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vast array

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Überzeugung

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conviction

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Laune

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temper

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Fel, Anordnung

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array

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Wandteppich

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tapestry

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gründen

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to launch (bsp: a campaign or an appeal)

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Das fünfte Rad am Wagen.

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two’s company, three’s a crowd

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get on well from the beginning

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we hit it off from the word go

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28
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Stirn runzeln

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raise a few eyebrows

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to be attached

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hang on to sb.

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30
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nachgeben

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to give into temptation

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31
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good judgement

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discerning

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32
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anlocken

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entice

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33
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Zauberer

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conjuror

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34
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almost none

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little

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35
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at least some

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a little

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quite a bit

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a fair bit

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I’m not upset.

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It doesn’t bother me.

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not exaggerate

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to keep sth in perspective

39
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eingebildet sein

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to be full of yourself

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you are good at noticing things

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to have a good eye for sth

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stubborn

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narrow-minded

42
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bring up

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rear

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sich bei jemandem einschmeicheln

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to curry favour with

44
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hold feelings back

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repress feeling

45
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to accept something exactly the way it appears to be

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take something at face value

46
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make so. angry

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to get on the wrong side of so.

47
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verarschen

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play a joke on so.

48
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to last too long

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to go on a bit

49
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eine Rolle in einer Sendung ergattern

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to land a role in a TV show

50
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when you get annoyed with so.

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to have cross words with so.

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when you offend so. by interfering in sth. they are respinsible for

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to treat on so.’s toes

52
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debate with excited and angry feelings

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a heated discussion

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to be ready

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to be all set

54
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einen Streit regeln

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settle a dispute

55
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eine Rechnung begleichen

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to settle a bill

56
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direkt gesagt

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to put it bluntly

57
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einen Alleinflug machen

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to fly solo

58
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Einzelgänger

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lone wolf

59
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einen Alleingang machen

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to play a lone hand

60
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alleinverantwortlich

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solely responsible

61
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schweres ARgument

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weighty argument

62
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beträchtlicher Betrag

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considerable sum

63
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äussern, von sich geben

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to utter

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äussern (feelings)

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to voice, to express

65
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ausdenken (idea)

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to think up

66
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einen Antrag einreichen

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to submit an application

67
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sich fügen, nachgeben

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to submit, yield

68
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jemandem/sich selbst gratulieren

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to pat sb/oneself on the back

69
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streicheln

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to stroke

70
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Schlaganfall

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to have a stroke

71
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Glücksstähne

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a stroke of luck

72
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Blitzschlag

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stroke of lightning

73
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genialer Einfall

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stroke of genius

74
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auf einen Schlag

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at one stroke

75
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stempeln

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to punch in/out

76
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Pointe

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punch-line

77
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sich wie eine Schneekönigin freuen

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be as pleased as Punch

78
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etw gut beherrschen

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to have a good grasp of sth

79
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grösste Lust haben zu

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to feel an itch to do sth

feel soarly tempted

80
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Der Film packte mich nicht.

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the film didn’t grab/grip me

81
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grabby

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gierig, raffsüchtig

82
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in jdns Gewalt sein

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to be in somebody’s clutches

83
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jmds Klauen entkommen

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to escape from sb’s clutches

84
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loslassen

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lose one’s grip on

85
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klarkommen mit jem

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to come to grips with sth/sb

86
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to owe your success to hard work

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to attribute your success to hard work

87
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für sich gewinnen, überzeugen

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to win round/over

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