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This set of flashcards helps university-level students learn English, focusing on vocabulary, expressions, and communication practice. It includes words like "habitat," "hardship," and "harvest," along with phrases such as "have it your way" and "have the edge over someone." The platform supports backward learning from the target language to the source language, making it ideal for students aiming to improve their fluency and exam performance.

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houseowner (n) - The number of houseowners in Switzerland has increased to about 40%.

Hausbesitzer

hitchhiker (n) - someone who travels by asking other people to take them in their car, by standing at the side of a road and holding out their thumb or a sign: We picked up a hitchhiker outside Oxford.

Anhalter, Tramper

historian (n) - Historians do not always portray events objectively.

Historiker

hiker (n) - someone who walks for long distances in the countryside for pleasure: A group of hikers came over the hill.

Wanderer, Wanderin

high-rise adj - I couln't live in a high-rise block.

hohes Wohnhaus (Block)

high risk of - There is quite a high risk of side effects with this medicine, apparently.

hochrisikant

heritage (n) - art, buildings, traditions that a society considers important

Kulturerbe, Tradition

hearsay (n) - The managing director being made redundant by the board was just mere hearsay.

Ger點ht/vom H鰎ensagen

headhunt v - Sue used to work here, but then she was headhunted by a major law firm.

abwerben

hazard (n) - Building material had fallen off the truck and was a traffic hazard.

Gefahr, Risiko

have the edge over someone or something (exp) - be better than. It's not clear who has the edge over the other, Migros or Coop.

jmd/etwas 黚erlegen sein

have it your way - be allowed to have or do what you want

mach, was du willst

have a short temper - Nick would be a terrible teacher - he's got such a short temper.

j鋒zornig

hasty/-ily (adj/adv) - He hastily walked down the road so as not to miss the train.

hastig

harvest (n/vb) - In the autumn we celebrate the good harvests with Harverst Festival (UK) or Thanksgiving (US).

Ernte/ernten

hardship (noun) - Refugees experience great hardship in camps when they have been displaced.

Elend/H鋜te

harden v - They leave the clay in the sun to harden and use the bricks to build houses.

h鋜ten

hard (adj/adv) - First generation migrants usually work very hard to make a life in the new country.

fleissig

hairy (adj) - In western culture, it is not thought of as beautiful if one is very hairy.

haarig, behaart (auch: brenzlig)

habitat (n) - If we don't protect our natural habitats, many of the world's species will be endangered.

Habitat, Lebensraum

prosecute (vb) - to officially accuse s.o. of a crime and ask a court to judge them. The police decided not to prosecute.

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strafrechtlich verfolgen

promotion n - There are excellent prospects for promotion.

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Bef鰎derung

prolong (vb) - Let's not prolong the suspense. The winner is....

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etwas ausdehnen

prohibit (vb) - to stop sth from being done or make illegal. The sale of alcohol to minors is prohibited.

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verbieten

progressive(ly) adj/adv - Less experience employees will assume progressively greater responsibilities as they gain knowledge and experience.

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zunehmend/stufenweise/progressiv

progress (v) - to continue to develop or move forward: Your English has really progressed this term.

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Fortschritte machen

progress (n) - the process of developing or improving: I'm not sure that all this technological progress is necessarily a good thing.

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Fortschritt

prognosis (n) - The prognosis after surgery was good and she was soon let out of hospital.

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Prognose

production (n) - We don't need to increase production if orders are down.

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Produktion

processed/process (adj/vb) - Processed food is exteremely unhealthy because of the sugar, salt and fat content.

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industrielle Verarbeitung

privileged (adj) - having advantages that others do not because of money or status.

privilegiert

prime (adj) - most important, most suitable or of the highest quality. Our prime concern was the safety of our customers.

wesentlich, haupts鋍hlich, wichtigster

pride of place (exp) - in the place that is most central or important. This stamp's extremely rare, and takes pride of place in my stamp collection.

Ehrenplatz (einnehmen)

preventive medicine (n) - Doctors advise preventitive medicine if you go into a malaria-infested area.

vorbeugende Medizin

prevention (n) - Prevention is better than a cure.

Vorbeugung

presume (v) - to think something is true because it is likely, although you cannot be certain: I presume you've already ordered lunch.

vermuten

press ahead v - I will try to press ahead with it.

weitermachen

prescribe (v) - The doctor prescribed her with an anti-allergy drug.

verschreiben

prerecorded (adj) - prerecorded messages, music, television or radio programmes have been recorded so that they can be used later: The Prime Minister's announcement wasn't live - it was prerecorded.

voraufgenommen

prejudiced (adj) - someone who is prejudiced has an unreasonable opinion or feeling about someone or something, especially hatred or fear of a particular group of people: Rafferty's reporting was clearly biased and prejudiced against the homeless.

voreingenommen

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in the sticks - I don't think I could live so far out in the sticks.

abgelegen

in the allotted time (phr) - Complete the psychology test in the allotted time and then go on to the fitness test.

in der verf黦baren Zeit

in high spirts - Pauline seems to be in very high spirts this afternoon.

in Hochstimmung, aufgedreht

in depth (adj) - Let's discuss this in depth tomorrow.

eingrindlich, tiefgr黱dig

improvement (n) - I have seen a marked improvement in your English over the six semesters.

Verbesserung

impose (vb) - to introduce a new law or system and force people to accept it. The rule was imposed without my approval.

auferlegen

implication/imply (n/vb) - There was an implication in the speech that mgmt would be open for a merger in future.

Bedeutung/Andeutung, implizieren

impersonate (v) - Remember the story about the radio presenters who impersonated the Queen?

imitieren/nachahmen

imperfection (n) - Quality Managers don't like to tolerate imperfection.

Mangelhaftigkeit/Unvollkommenheit

impatient (adj) - The older you get, the more impatient with people you tend to get.

ungeduldig

immigration (n) - process by which people enter a country in order to live there

Immigration

imitation (n) - You can tell this D&G bag is an imitation.

Imitation

imaginary (adj) - My daughter has an imaginary friend who she talks to all day long.

unwirklich, gedacht, erfunden

illustrious (adj) - famous and distinguished: The man has had quite an illustrious career.

gl鋘zend, ber黨mt

illustration (n) - a picture used to explain something: The book contains many illustrations.

Abbildung

illusion (n) - a false perception of reality: We visited the museum of optical illusions.

Illusion, T鋟schung

illuminate (v) - to provide with light: The debate was intended to illuminate the differences between the candidates.

beleuchten, erhellen

illogical(ly) (adj/adv) - Many people find maths illogical and choose to stay away from related subjects at university level.

unlogisch

illogical (adj) - not logical, senseless: Buying a house worth �0,000 is illogical if you can only afford �0,000.

unlogisch

illiterate (adj, n) - unable to read or write, no education: Sasha was musically illiterate; he couldn't read a note.

Analphabet, ungebildet

illiberal (adj) - not liberal, narrow-minded: He may be brilliant, but his views are quite illiberal.

intolerant, engstirnig

illegitimate (adj) - born out of wedlock or unacceptable or against the law: He was the illegitimate son of the king.

unehelich, unrechtm鋝sig

illegible (adj) - unable to read: Your handwriting is illegible

unlesbar

illegality (n) - quality or state of being against the law: There is no evidence of illegality.

Rechtswidrigkeit

ignorant (adj) - not knowing something that you should know or need to know: I was ignorant of the terms used in business.

nicht wissend

if/whether - Never mind if/whether you get paid for it or not, you can't work this weekend.

idealist (n) - Socialists are offen called idealists but their goals can be unrealistic at times.

Idealist

ideal (adj) - of the best or most suitable type. The fair provides an ideal opportunity for job seekers and employers to meet.

ideal, optimal, passend

ideal (adj) - as good as you can imagine, and probably too good to be real. In an ideal world there would be no poverty.

idealistisch, vorbildlich, musterhaft

I didn't say anything of the kind! - What are you accusing me of? I didn't say anything of the kind!

(nicht) etwas Derartiges sagen

hurricane (n) - Hurricane Katrina destroyed large parts of New Orleans a few years ago.

Hurrikan/Orkan

human/humanly (adj/adv) - It's not humanly possible to be in two places at once.

menschlich

housing n - The government needs to build more housing for the poor.

Wohnungen

houseowner (n) - The number of houseowners in Switzerland has increased to about 40%.

Hausbesitzer

Anhalter, Tramper

historian (n) - Historians do not always portray events objectively.

Historiker

hiker (n) - someone who walks for long distances in the countryside for pleasure: A group of hikers came over the hill.

Wanderer, Wanderin

high-rise adj - I couln't live in a high-rise block.

hohes Wohnhaus (Block)

high risk of - There is quite a high risk of side effects with this medicine, apparently.

hochrisikant

heritage (n) - art, buildings, traditions that a society considers important

Kulturerbe, Tradition

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