Proficiency Course
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Lernkarten
Series vs. Serial
Series: individual episodes
Serial: ongoing storyline. --> Soap opera
hackneyed
abgedroschen, abgenutzt,
belligerent
kampflustig, kriegerisch, streitlustig
(non-belligerent - Kriegsunbeteiligt)
compulsive
obsessive or captivating
zwanghaft, krankhaft, fesselnd
contrived
artificial
gestellt, gekünstelt,
corny
kitschig, blöd
precipitous
very steep, abrupt
savoury
Not sweet, spicy, salty
appetitizing (savoury taste / smell)
to have a savoury reputation --> angesehen sein, einen guten Ruf haben
to savour
etw. geniessen
in a place where few people go, far from any main roads and towns
off the beaten track
considered to be socially acceptable because of your good character, appearance, or behaviour:
respectable XXX
used to emphasize that someone has been completely deceived or tricked.
to fall hook and sinker
reminiscent
- tending to remind one of something.
- suggesting something by resemblance.
induce
- succeed in persuading or leading (someone) to do something.
- bring about or give rise to.
- 1. to persuade someone to do something:
- 2. to cause something to happen:
- 3. to use a drug to make a pregnant woman start giving birth:
derelict
- in a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect.
- shamefully negligent of one's duties or obligations.
- falling apart
take heed
- to pay attention to sth
- listen and pay attention
help yourself preposition
to
atrocious
hässlich, scheusslich, grauenhaft
übetrieben
excessive, exaggerated
depletion
Erschöpfung, Abbau
burgeoning
blühend, florierend, wachsend, aufstrebend
indiscriminate
unüberlegt, unbedacht, willkürlich
intrepid
unerschrocken, furchtlos
gaunt
hager, dünn, abgemagert, dürr
highbrow
anspruchsvoll, hochgeistig
lowbrow
geistig anspruchslos, schlicht, einfach,
Ungebildete(r), Banause
ehrfürchtig, ehrfurchtsvoll, ehrbietig
reverent
ungünstig, glücklos,
inauspicious
viel versprechend, günstig
auspicious
faszinierend, fesselnd, atemberaubend, eindrucksvoll
arresting
assailable
angreifbar
unbeständig, zeitlich begrenzt
impermanent
passend, treffend, geeignet
apt
ungeeignet, ungeschickt
inapt
impulsiv, hitzig, unüberlegt
impetuous
kampflustig, streitlustig
pugnacious
verständnisvoll, mitfühlend, teilnahmsvoll
sympathetic
hector
to hector sb.
tyrann
jdn. tyrannisieren
teeth
Macht, (effective power)
wegen jdm, deinethalben, deinetwegen, aufgrund
on account of