Vocab Flashcards
Absorb
- absorb the losses of the past year
- she absorbed the information in silence
- the smaller firm was absorbed into the biggee
- the work absorbed him
Ubiquitous
Seeming to be everywhwre; very common
-the ubiquitous movie star Tom Hanks
Utterly devoid of x
Ohne x
Ich bestehe dass du x tust
I insist you donx
Gehlt
Predicated ob
Power cut
An interruption in the supply of electricity
Retain- behalten,
- the team retained the world coup
- we retain our independence
- the house retains much of its original charm
- she retained her tennis title
Retain the services of a lawyer (unterhalten)
Mit etwas arrangiere
Go along with sth
Stressend
Stressful job
Lals
Pernicious
Unterstützen, verfechten
To espouse
Espouse an idea
Eine entscheidung treffen
Make a decision
I didnt make that decision lightly
An hemandens seite käpfen
Fight beside sb
Searingly
Searingly honest
Gnadenlos ehrlich
Searingly relevant=sehr sehr wichrig
Versengend
Wird benutzt um intensität auszudrücken.
A searingly critical judgement
Searingly critical review of sth
Do sth amid sth
He gave up his job amid the inquiry into corruption
Pleasantry
Höfliche floskel
Artigkeit
Hänselei
Spare me your pleasentries
I cant laugh at your oleasantry (ich kann über deinem scherz nicht lauch)
After exchanging pleasantries we proceeded to…
Plight
The plight of the displaced
We must relieve the oligjt of suffering refugees
‘A dangerous difficult or ubfortunate situation’
Plight=notlage, misere, zwangslage
Conducive to
Conducive tonibtellectualndevelopment
Fördwrlich
Seem proof, that…
It seems proof that it was love at first sight
Scheint ein beweis zu sein, dass
Thick as thieves
If you mer her yous become thick as thieves
Beste freunde
Catch sb by surprise
He caughg her by surprise when he announced his love for her
Jemanden unvorbereitet erwischen
To camp out with sn
Mit jemandem zelten gehen
She willfully and knowingly made a false statement
Wider besseren wissens falsche angaben machen
Defraud
She tried to defraud a company of 1000k dollars
He conspired to defraud
Illegal geld aus einer person/objekt bekommen mit tricks
