Vocab Flashcards
ashtray
-a small metal or glass bowl for the ash from cigarettes
boiler
-a big metal container with a fire, used to provide hot water
clerk
-a person who works in a bank, office, or store
coroner
-an official responsible for the investigation of violent or
sudden deaths
->Gerichtsmediziner
cripple
-someone who cannot move their body properly because
of an injury, illness, or disease
crutch
-a long stick placed under the arm to help a person who has difficulty in walking
duchess
-the wife or widow of a duke
executed put to death as a punishment
-put to death as a punishment
flashlight
- an electric torch
- > Taschenlampe
fool
- deceive
- >täuschen
governess
-a woman employed by a family to educate their children
graze
- a scratch or slight injury to the skin
- >schürfe
gutting
- robbing, often accompanied by burning and destroying
- >ausnehmen, zerstören
rifle
- a kind of long gun, usually held against the shoulder
ruffle
-to push a hand quickly and gently through someone’s hair
(often to show fondness for that person)
->zerzausen
sane
- not mad
- >vernünftig
inquest
- the official inquiry to find out the cause of someone’s death
- > gerichtliche Untersuchung
lawn
- an area of short, regularly cut grass in a garden or park
- >Rasen, Wiese
mourning
-showing great sadness and wearing dark clothes
because of someone’s death
->Trauer
mugging
-a street robbery
nursery
-a children’s room
package
- a parcel
- >Paket, Päckchen
parking-lot
- a car park
pier
- a platform of wood or metal, built out into the sea
- >Seebrücke
pump
-to force liquid, air, etc. into or out of something
purse
- a woman’s handbag
- >Geldbörse
radiator
- something used to heat a room; part of a heating system
- >Heizung, Heizgerät
range
-a place where people can practice shooting guns
wig
-covering for the head made of false hair
trigger
-the part of a gun which you pull to fire it
trailer
- a caravan
- >Wohnwagen
stern
- the back of a boot
- >Heck
