English Grammar Short Test
English Vocabulary
English Vocabulary
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liberal
- having social and political views that favour progress and reform
- tolerant / liberal
vast
- unusually large in size
- enorm / riesig
to bear a relation to
- to be connected to something
- in Beziehung zu etw. stehen
to dress down
- dress informally
- schelten / tadeln
to depict
- to represetn by drawing, sculpture, painting, etc.
- darstellen
to co-exist
- to exist together in peace
- zusammenleben
courteous
- polite and considerate in manners
- höflich
to become familiar with
to get used to
a relatively new country
a country which has a quite short story
I am unable to immagine
I can't see
let somebody off
not to punish
in actual fact
in reality
People I'd barely laid eyes on
People I'd only just met
in awe of
amazing
to go in a particular direction
head for
to start enjoying something or become enthusiastic about it
get into something
to gradually stop doing something
phase out
to face or deal with something difficult or unpleasant
come up against
to criticize someone angrily for doing something wrong
to tell of
Although
Although I've travelled by plane many times, I still hate flying!
Although connects two clauses an requires a comma after the clause
Despite
Despite travelling by plane many times, I still hate flying!
Despite connects two clauses and requires a comme after the clause. It's followed by a noun, an -ing form, or the fact that + subject, verb, object.
However
I've travelled by plane many times, however, I still hate flying.
I've travelled by plane many times. However, I still hate flying.
However connects two clauses or two sentences and requires a comma after it.
