Englisch U7
Unit 7
Unit 7
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| Language | Deutsch |
| Category | English |
| Level | Secondary School |
| Created / Updated | 11.05.2017 / 12.05.2017 |
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juvenile
silly and more typicsl of a child than an adult
laugh off
try to make people think that sth isn't serious or important, especially by making a joke about it
live a charmed life
always be lucky and safe from danger
long in the tooth
old or ageing
make off
steal sth and hurry away with it
(a) new lease of time
chance to life or last longer, or with a better quality of life
(be) out of touch with
not know or understand what is happening in a particular subject or area
(be) over the hill
old and therefore no longer useful or attractive
put off
change sth to a later time or date
self-reliant
able to do or decide thing by yourself (selbstständig)
(be) set in your ways
have habits or opinions that you have had for a long time and that you don't want to change
set off
begin a journey
shelf life
lenght of time that food etc. can be kept before it's too cold to be sold
shrug off
treat sth as if it is not important
wear off
gradually disappear or stop
adolescent
young person developing from a child into an adult (jugendlicher)
ahead of time
earlier than was expected
(feel) at ease
make sb feel confident and relaxed (wohl fühlen)
behind the times
old-fashioned (altmodisch)
brush off
rejeczion or dismissal of sth by treating it as unimportant
call off
to cancel sth
cross off
durchstreichen
ease off
to becomr or make sth become less strong, unpleasant etc.
every walk of life
jeder lebensweg
fend off
protect yourself from sth, especiall by avoiding them (abwehren)
fight off
to resist sb/ sth ny fighting against them/it
foolish
not showung good sense or judgement (dumm, unklug)
for the time being
for a short period of time but not permanently (vorerst)
from time to time
von zeit zu zeit
get up to
to be busy with sth, especially sth surprising or unpleasant
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