English Vocabulary

• antsy
• fidget
• endearing 
• cheap / stingy 
• strenuous (Energy still available) vs. exhausting (very little energy left)
• greedy 
• bountiful 
• gloomy
• in a funk = in a bad mood

obsessed with 

hankering 

do without 

• encourage so. to do sth.
• espouse sth. 

compassion

• people (without "s) 
• peoples (with s)
• folks = people ("fouks")
  my folks = my parents
  kinfolks = relatives = kin (Verwandtschaft, Familie)
• spring chicken 

restrain 

• startle 
• surprise (positive and negative) 

• obeserve (see, hear)
• noticed (see)
• consider (thought) 
  Wow you remember my favorite dish. Very considerate!
• i experienced (lived)
• I heard
• I realized
• It poped into my head / it came to my mind / it came to me 

form one's opinion (not: get an opinion)
→ On my side / on your side: Assigning tasks (e.g. in a project)

quaint 
bountiful

cancel out 

appease, mollify 

veg

partaking, contribute 

! attempt = versuchen 

It didn't occur to me. 
I didn't think about it. 

look forward to sth.

dread 

flesh out / give more details (not: put flesh on the bones)

• everything in moderation 
• let nature take its course / win a Darwin award
• create one's own opportunity (opportunity = chance = offered situation, possibility = probability) 
• beach read 
• i know of something / someone 
• More bang for one's bug 
• spurt (not running), sprint (only for running) 
• teas = give someone a hard time

• have an inkling
• my god's feeling 

• accustomed
• use to it

• habit / custom (Brauch) / practice 

• The sound cut out 
• There was a problem with the sound 
• I missed that due to the sound cut out
•  I missed what you said 

Don't quote me on this 

• in contrast to
• compared to 
• on the other hand

• recoup (related to losses either financial / sport)
• recover (cover again, heal, recoup a loss)
• reimburse (only for money, mostly in business environment e.g. an employed paid for sth) 
• refund (store gives you money back) 

remittance

The damaged party expects a claim remittance soon. 

supersede

Nevertheless, this information can be superseded by a written confirmation. 

derive

The data is automatically derived from the dashboard. 

• confused (not: insecure) 
• nag 
• sassy 
• dull 
• upset with, annoyed with 
• lighthearted 
• nitpicky, exacting 
• insulted
• disparaged 
• strained (emotional), tense (emotional / physical), anxious (constantly existing) vs. nervous (temporarily)
• aweful - crappy (beschissen) - shitty
• nerve-wracking 
• feel at ease 
• exasperating
• slurly
• hang my head

• comply with, in accordance with (follow or meet standards / requirements, "in Übereinstimmung mit")
• in alignment with (physically in the right order)

• align with = agree with sb. (zusammenschließen, in Abstimmung mit)

• On my end / on my side (not: From my side)
• About ...
• in regard to / regarding ...
• in the context of 
• concerning 
• on the subject of
• about the project ..., 
• Cut to the chase / make a long story short 
• In terms of 
• I failed to mention 
• get / be on the same page (incl. agreement of everyone) 
• catch up on a topic (not incl. agreement) 

• negociate
• haggle ("feilschen")

Cloths

• sweater 
• pants (AE, not trousers), chino / kakhi (independent on color) 
• dress shirt, dress pants 
• suit 
• jacket (Jacke für drinnen), coat 
• underwear (AE, not pants) 
• necklace
• knit (v), knitting (n)
• suspender
• strap
• velvet
• pattern (view) - texture (feel) - shape (form)
• Jeans: low-rise jeans, bell buttom jeans
• Crop shirt, muffin top 
• stocking (nude), tights (colored) 

• What is i called? 
  What does xx mean? (Frage nach noun / action) 
• sensitive = heikel 
• For: length of time, since: moment of time 
• many: countable, much: non-countable 
• permission (not: allowance = Taschengeld, make allowance for = Ausnahme)
• review, study (revise = edit), pour over a text, repetition (Wiederholung) 
• adequate: related to quantity, amount is enough vs. appropriate: related to circumstances / suitable
• earbud(s) vs. airpod (without cord)
• cord, wire, cable
• less: non-countable, fewer: countable 

• frackle
• tan, get some sun / get some color
• sunburn 
• mole 
• make a mountain out of a molehill

• recapitulate
• recap
• sum up

• curtain
• blind 
• chimney 
• cutlery drawer 
• cutlery 
• clutter, packrat
• trinket 
• grimy / make one's skin crawl 
• pigsty 
• hoard / hoarder
• basement
• carpet
• floor (insight), soil (dirt), ground (outside)
• comforter
• packed in like sardines in a can 
• ancient 
• chore ("Tschore")
• errand 
• unkempt

Move along

• Parking space / parking
• parking garage
• put car in reverse / back up the car 
• hit the road 
• pass by (fixed), pass (fixed / moving), pass away & pass on (die), pass on (weitergeben), pass sth on
• further: intangible distance (e.g. time, relationship) 
  farther: physical distance (e.g. road) 

• to have a full plate / have a lot on my plate 
• steel me for sth. 
• check it off the list 
• back-to-back meeting / schedule 
• accomplish sth. 
• superflous, unnecessary
• worthwile
• run out of juice 
• go crazy / drive someone crazy (not: turn crazy)
• benefit from, benefit off of so. (not: make benefit of sth because benefit is a verb)
• be over the hump 
• kick the can down the road (not the problem for now) 
• it messed up my whole schedule (mess up = small mistake leads to disorganization)
  I had to throw off my schedule. 
• This is where the rubber meets the road / let's check if the rubber meets the road 
• I'm in the weeds 
• Wen do you need this information by? 

• I'm racking my brain
• My thoughts are jumpled
• on the top of my tongue 
• Comes to my mind
• Pop into my head
• Off the top of my head 
• On the tip of my tongue
• Wracking my brain 
•  A thought came to my mind 

• scintillation 

• I'm processing 

• take my mind off of sith
• distract me 
• lose track of time 
• get / become sidetracked 

• Detour
• tangent 

• further back in the past
• looking back, retroactively, reflecting on the past 
• looking ahead / going forward 
• tardy, tardiness

adhead - distance

• phlegm (Lunge / Hals), mucus (Nase, Gebärmutter)
• booger
• snot
• cavity
• prescription
• blood pressure
• swlling, decongestant
• sinus, sinus pressure / headache / pain
• indigestion (not bad), stomach bug / food poisoning
• digest 
• food tube
• breathing tube
• near-sighted, far-sighted
• cataract, Astigmatism