The Thing Around Your Neck Flashcards
1
Q
sibling
A
brother or sister
2
Q
minor
A
small
3
Q
nauseate sb.
A
make sb. sick
4
Q
stock option
A
part of a salary paid in company shares
5
Q
unit
A
team of employees
6
Q
gain
A
win, get
7
Q
community college
A
school offering courses for adults
8
Q
grawp at sb./sth.
A
stare at sb./sth.
9
Q
squirrel
A
Eichhörnchen
10
Q
Igbo
A
language spoken in Nigeria
11
Q
buttocks
A
bum
12
Q
honk
A
use the car horn
13
Q
stained
A
not clean
14
Q
credit
A
course point accumulated for a college degree
15
Q
lumpy
A
uneven
16
Q
hawk
A
sell in the street
17
Q
plantain
A
Kochbanane
18
Q
cajole sb.
A
talk sb. into doing sb.
19
Q
cram sth. into sth
A
stuff sth. into a smaller space
20
Q
rejoice
A
celebrate
21
Q
envy
A
jealousy
22
Q
give an A
A
give the best mark
23
Q
slip sb. a brown envelope
A
jdn. Mit Schmiergeld bestechen
24
Q
parastatal
A
halbstaatliche Organisation
25
crisp
smooth
26
tip
Trinkgeld
27
preemy
baby born to early
28
preemy
baby born too early
29
reveal
tell
30
expiation
Wiedergutmachung
31
plead with sb. to do sth.
beg sb. to do sth.
32
tattered
old, worn
33
choke sb.
make sb. unable to breathe
34
dimness
darkness
35
disdain
contempt
36
condescending
snobby, arrogant
37
shantytown
slum
38
moudlin
sentimental
39
extra-virgin
unbehandelt
40
senior
person in their last year of university
41
dictate
tell sb/sth what to do
42
reluctant
unwilling
43
root for sth.
be in favour of sth.
44
rickety
Old and frail
45
swampiness
Sumpfigkeit
46
sprawled out
stretched out
47
tilt sth.
hold sth. at an angel
48
toxin
poison
49
clogged
blocked
50
gaze at sb.
look at sb.
51
object
disagree
52
gawk at sth
stare at sth. in a rude way
53
glare at sb.
look at sb. angrily
54
self-loathing
negative feelings towards yourself
55
penmanship
handwriting
56
slump over sth.
bend over sth. suddenly
57
goosebumps
Gänsehaut
