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This flashcard set helps learn English at an intermediate level, focusing on vocabulary and expressions. It includes words like "festival," "feature," and "dress code," and supports backward learning with the "answer first" setting. Travelers, students, and exam takers can benefit from this set, as it helps improve fluency and communication skills.

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Language

German

Category

English

Level

Other

Created / Updated

27.09.2019 / 28.09.2019

acrobatic movements involve moving your body or a plane in a very skilful way

acrobatic

able to move quickly and easily

agile

relating to the Alps or to mountains in general

alpine

a large bag of strong light cloth filled with gas or heated air so that it can float in the air. It has a basket hanging below it for people to stand in

hot-air balloons

a piece of hard material such as wood or stone, with straight sides

block

a type of dancing to popular music that involves a lot of jumping and rolling on the floor

break-dancing

to show that an event or occasion is important by doing something special or enjoyable

celebrate

to put something over or be over something in order to hide, close, or protect it

cover

something that has been created

creation

to be brave enough to do something that is risky or that you are afraid to do

dared

an act of explaining and showing how to do something or how something works

demonstration

the public performance of something that is intended to entertain people

display

exciting or impressive

dramatic

a dress code is a set of rules that tell people what to wear

dress code

a statement or way of saying something that makes something seem better, larger etc than it really is

exaggeration

money that you spend on things such as travel, hotels and food etc

expense

a children's story in which magical things happen

fairy tale

a part of something that you notice because it seems important, interesting, or typical

feature

to want to have something or do something

feel like

an occasion when there are performances of many films, plays, pieces of music etc, usually happening in the same place every year

festival

the land at the bottom of the sea

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

seabed

a place that is used for a particular purpose

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

site

to begin your life or profession, or an important period of time

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

starting out

to attach a tag to something

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

tag

a large container for storing liquid or gas

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

tank

if something tends to happen, it happens often and is likely to happy again

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

tend to

to start to do a particular type of job

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

went into

the smallest amount

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

least

not so much or to a smaller degree

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

less

someone who works in politics, especially an elected member of the government

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

politician

the person in a supermarket who takes the money for the goods you have collected

check-out assistant

someone whose job is to treat people's teeth

dentist

someone whose job is to welcome and deal with people arriving in a hotel or office building, visiting a doctor etc

receptionist

always telling other people what to do, in a way that is annoying

bossy

something such as a box or bowl that you use to keep things in

container

the room, building etc where you work

workplace

a television or radio story about the daily lives and relationships of the same group of people, which is broadcast regularly

soap opera

a job, usually as part of a course of study, which gives you experience of a particular type of work

placement

a piece of furniture, jewellery etc that was made a very long time ago and is therefore valuable

antique

something, for example a painting, that is put in a public place so that people can go to see it

exhibit

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able to move quickly and easily

agile

relating to the Alps or to mountains in general

alpine

a large bag of strong light cloth filled with gas or heated air so that it can float in the air. It has a basket hanging below it for people to stand in

hot-air balloons

a piece of hard material such as wood or stone, with straight sides

block

a type of dancing to popular music that involves a lot of jumping and rolling on the floor

break-dancing

to show that an event or occasion is important by doing something special or enjoyable

celebrate

to put something over or be over something in order to hide, close, or protect it

cover

something that has been created

creation

to be brave enough to do something that is risky or that you are afraid to do

dared

an act of explaining and showing how to do something or how something works

demonstration

the public performance of something that is intended to entertain people

display

exciting or impressive

dramatic

a dress code is a set of rules that tell people what to wear

dress code

a statement or way of saying something that makes something seem better, larger etc than it really is

exaggeration

money that you spend on things such as travel, hotels and food etc

expense

a children's story in which magical things happen

fairy tale

a part of something that you notice because it seems important, interesting, or typical

feature

to want to have something or do something

feel like

an occasion when there are performances of many films, plays, pieces of music etc, usually happening in the same place every year

festival

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