Voci von Übungen

Question 1

Conscientious

Answer 1

Gewisshaft/plichtbewusst

Question 2

Plagiarising

Answer 2

Fälschen/kopieren/imitieren

Question 3

Cramming

Answer 3

to study intensively over a short period of time just before an examination

Question 4

curriculum

Answer 4

the subject comprising a course of study in a school or college

Question 5

Mull over something

Answer 5

Think about it for a long time before deciding what to do

Question 6

Accurately

Answer 6

Genau

Question 7

Mutual
(Mutual respect)
(Mutual friend)

Answer 7

Gegenseitig
(Gegenseitiger Respekt)
(Gemeinsamer Freund)

Question 8

Provide

Answer 8

Offer, supply, deliver

(Bieten, liefern, sorgen)

Question 9

enrich

Answer 9

bereichern
(something enriches our life)

Question 10

Leisure

Answer 10

Free/spare Time

Question 11

Contemplate

Answer 11

Betrachten

Question 12

Deliberate

Answer 12

Absichtlich, bewusst

(The fire was an accident, not a deliberate act)
( i did that deliberately)

Question 13

Ponder

Answer 13

Nachdenken, grübeln

• She started at the chessboard pondering her next move
• I have pondered for a while, but I have found the perfect translation

Question 14

Ponder

Answer 14

Nachdenken, grübeln

• She started at the chessboard pondering her next move
• I have pondered for a while, but I have found the perfect translation

Question 15

Reckon

Answer 15

Rechnen Sie mit, schätzen

• I reckon it will take us an hour to get to the airport
• I reckon it is better to stay at home

Question 16

Grasp

Answer 16

Erfassen, verstehen, begreifen

• he quickly grasped the problem and found a solution

Question 17

Top the bill

Answer 17

To be the most important performer in a show concert film etc.

Question 18

Hit the road

Answer 18

To leave a place or begin a journey

Question 19

To say the least

Answer 19

Without making something seem better worse etc. than it really is

• I was surprised to say the least
  ( Ich war gelinde gesagt überrascht)

Question 20

Close at hand

Answer 20

• near, in a place where somebody/something can be reached easily

Question 21

It was a close run thing

Answer 21

If you describe something such as a race or a contest as a close run thing, you mean that it was only won by a small amount.

Question 22

Swot up on/about something

Answer 22

To study a particular subject very hard, especially in order to prepare for an exam.

Question 23

Muddy the water, issue etc.

Answer 23

To make a simple situation confused and more complicated that it really is

Question 24

Torment somebody

Answer 24

To make somebody suffer very much

• He was tormented by feelings of insecurity
• torture

Question 25

A taste of your own medicine

Answer 25

When you are mistreated the same way you mistreat others

Question 26

Strive to do something /for something
Towards/after something

Answer 26

To try very hard to do something or make something happen

With limited resources they are striving to make the school a better one

Question 27

The odds

Answer 27

The degree to which something is likely to happen

• The odds are very much in our favour
• The odds are heavily against him
• What are the odds he won’t win (how likely is it)
• The odds are that she’ll win (it’s likely to happen)

Question 28

Single ounce of something

Answer 28

A very small quantity of something

• I won’t have a single ounce of nervousness
• There’s not a single ounce of truth in her story