Useful Phrases And Structures

Question 1

etwas in Betracht ziehen

Answer 1

to take sth into consideration / account

Question 2

Egal wie.. / was auch immer (ich versuche)

Answer 2

no matter how (hard i try)

Question 3

etwas tun lassen

Answer 3

to have sth done

Question 4

ablehnen, etwas zu tun

Answer 4

to object to doing something

Question 5

die Fassung / Geduld verlieren

Answer 5

to lose one‘s temper

Question 6

es kommt nicht darauf an

Answer 6

it doesn‘t make much/any difference

Question 7

sich Zutritt verschaffen

Answer 7

to gain access / entry

Question 8

aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach..

Answer 8

the chances are that..

Question 9

dafür da sein, um / vorgesehen sein zu

Answer 9

to be supposed to be..

Question 10

jmd. in den Sinn kommen

Answer 10

to occur to s.o

Question 11

jmd. bemerken beachten

Answer 11

to take note of

Question 12

auf etwas bestehen

Answer 12

to insist on (doing sth)

Question 13

jmd. mit etwas versorgen

Answer 13

to provide s.o with sth

Question 14

wegen/ aufgrund von (schlechter Gesundheit)

Answer 14

on account of (ill health)

Question 15

zu unserer/m grossen Ehre/ Bedauern/ Überraschung

Answer 15

much to our honour/ regret/ surprise

Question 16

keinen Sinn in etwas sehen

Answer 16

to see no point in doing sth

Question 17

unter keinen Umständen (solltest du)

Answer 17

under no circumstances (should you)

Question 18

(Jmd/etw) die Schuld geben

Answer 18

to place/ put the blame on..

Question 19

trotz der Tatsache, dass

Answer 19

despite the fact that

Question 20

trotz

Answer 20

despite + noun ( despite the rain)

Question 21

trotz 2

Answer 21

in spite of …. ing ( in spite od going early)

Question 22

erstaunt, verblüfft sein

Answer 22

to be taken aback

Question 23

Wert sein etw zu tun

Answer 23

to be worth doing sth

Question 24

entgegen (unseren Erwartungen)

Answer 24

contrary to (our expecations)

Question 25

gut auskommen mit..

Answer 25

to be on good terms with..

Question 26

mit der Ausnahme von..

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with the exception of..

Question 27

sich auf jmd/etw beziehen

Answer 27

to refer to s.o /sth

Question 28

jm zu etw berechtigen

Answer 28

to entitle sb to do sth

Question 29

in Gefahr sein, etw zu tun

Answer 29

to be at risk of doing sth

Question 30

statt

Answer 30

instead of

Question 31

ausser

Answer 31

except (for) / apart from

Question 32

seine Ziele erreichen

Answer 32

to achieve / meet one‘s objectives

Question 33

sein Ziel verfolgen

Answer 33

to pursue one‘s goal

Question 34

fällig sein

Answer 34

to be due

Question 35

Bedenken haben

Answer 35

to express concerns

Question 36

dies führt zu nichts als Schwierigkeiten

Answer 36

this leads to nothing but trouble

Question 37

jm entgehen

Answer 37

to escape sb‘s attention/ notice

Question 38

(von einer Idee) besessen sein

Answer 38

to be obsessed with

Question 39

ratlos sein ; nicht wissen was sagen

Answer 39

to be at a loss

Question 40

keine Worte finden

Answer 40

to be at a loss for words / an answer

Question 41

geschweige denn

Answer 41

let alone

Question 42

Probleme bekommen

Answer 42

to run into problems

Question 43

es ist fortwährendes Thema

Answer 43

it is a constant, continual, perpetual issue

Question 44

es bringt Probleme mit sich

Answer 44

it entails, implicates, brings about problems

Question 45

was .. anbelangt

Answer 45

where… is concerned, concerning, in terms of, with regard to, with respect to

Question 46

es vergeht keine Sekunde in welcher..

Answer 46

not a second passes in which..

Question 47

es vergeht kein Tag an dem..

Answer 47

not a day passes/ goes by that

Question 48

jem/ etw in Gefahr bringen

Answer 48

to put sb/sth at risk

Question 49

riesige Probleme

Answer 49

immense, huge, vast problems

Question 50

bitte denken Sie daran, dass

Answer 50

please bear in mind that

Question 51

der Tag vergeht

Answer 51

the day goes by

Question 52

etw für selbstverständlich halten

Answer 52

to take sth for granted

Question 53

quer denken, über den Tellerrand hinausschauen

Answer 53

to think outside the box