Modul HSLU ECONS


Christoph Brechbühler
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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Langue
Allemand
Catégorie
Anglais
Niveau
Autres
Créé / Mis à jour
27.09.2019 / 28.09.2019

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an instrument used for keeping a room or a machine at a particular temperature

thermostat

if you raise your voice, you speak loudly or shout because you are angry

voices are raised

if food goes off, it become too bad to eat

goes off

problems caused by something which annoys or affects you

inconvenience

a cover for the open part of a pot, box, or other container

lid

when you offend or upset someone by something you do or say

serious offence in her eyes

having a strong unpleasant smell

smelly

If you do something up to point, you do it partly, but not completely

up to a point

one of the hard parts that together form the frame of a human, animal or fish body

bone

someone whose job it to help people with problems

counsellor

long thin pieces of potato that have been cooked in hot oil

fries

if you grill something, or if it grills, you cook it by putting it on a flat metal frame with bars across it, above or below strong direct heat

grill

without enough money to pay what you owe

make us bankrupt

thinking or worrying about something all the time, so that you do not think about other things enough

obsessive

if you are on bad terms with someone, you have a bad relationship with them

on really bad terms

a piece of skin that has been removed from a fruit or vegetable

peeling

a vegetarian meal is a meal for someone who does not eat meat or fish

vegetarian

a room or space under the roof of a building, usually used for storing things in

loft

to cover or protect something with a material that stops electricity, sound, heat etc from getting in or out

insulated

a container for boiling water that is used to provide heating in a house

boiler

glass on a window or door in two separate sheets with a space between them, used to keep noise out and heat in

double glazing

enormously, greatly

massively

the structure that covers or forms the top of a building, vehicle, tent etc

roof

if you replace something that has been broken or stolen etc, you get a new one

replace

a piece of equipment, usually kept on a roof, that collects and uses the sun's energy to heat water or make electricity

solar panels

to put a piece of equipment somewhere and connect it so that it is ready to be used

installed

in every part of a particular area

throughout

if something is energy-efficient, it works well without wasting any energy

energy-efficient

waste paper, cans etc that people have thrown away and left on the ground in a public place

litter

to limit or control the size, amount, or range of something

restrict

a type of animal that is kept as a pet or on a farm

breed

a very large strong building, built in the past as a safe place that could be easily defended against attack

castle

a tall African animal with a very long neck and legs and dark spots on its yellow-brown fur

giraffe

a large black and white Antarctic sea bird, which cannot fly but uses its wings for swimming

penguin

a large area of a country or of the world, usually without exact limits

region

a large heavy African or Asian animal with thick skin and either one or two horns on its nose

rhino

to have a quarrel

fall out with

a machine for forcing liquid or gas into or out of something

pump

a large area of land where it is always very dry, and there is a lot of sand

desert

an insect with a round hard back that is usually black

beetle

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