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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.

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

strafrechtlich verfolgen

promotion n - There are excellent prospects for promotion.

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

Bef鰎derung

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

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

etwas ausdehnen

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

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

verbieten

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

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

zunehmend/stufenweise/progressiv

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

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

Fortschritte machen

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

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

Fortschritt

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

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

Prognose

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

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

Produktion

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

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

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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ongoing (adj) - The ongoing dispute with the unions will cost us a lot of money.

laufend, andauernd

on the town - Did you go out on the town on your birthday?

geb黨rend feiern

on the street - Life is hard on the steet.

auf der Strasse (obdachlos)

on end - I don't know how anyone can sit in front of a computer for hours on end.

ohne Unterbruch

official/ly (adj&noun/adv) - The president was pronounced officially dead after the assassination.

offiziell

of/in office - The President's just been elected to a second term of/in office.

im Amt

of age - Applicants must be at least 18 years of age.

alt

odds (n) - Because of the accident the odds that he we would survive were not good.

Gewinnquote, Kurse, Gewinnchancen

occurence (n) - It was a rare occurence for him to make a visit.

Ereignis, Vorfall

occupy v - Patients with minor illnesses are occupying beds that are needed for serious cases.

belegen

observation (n) - Many of the stories in her book come from pure observation.

Beobachtung

objection/object (n/vb) - We have no objections to you doing self-study as long as you do it!

keine Einw鋘de haben

nursing home (n) - The old lady ended her life in a nursing home when the alzheimer's set in.

Pflegeheim

numb (adj) - After the injection, the skin became numb.

taub

novel (adj) - new or unusual: A TV that receives text messages is quite a novel idea.

neuartig

Not on your life! - You want me to go and work in Alaska? Not on your life!

Nie im Leben!

nonsense (n) - He is a no-nonsense manager so don't get on his bad side by leaving early.

Quatsch

neglectful(ly) (adj/adv) - Neglectful parenting have been said to be responsible for his abnormal behaviour.

fahrl鋝sig

neglect (n) - The children were taken into care because of neglect from their parents.

Fahrl鋝sigkeit

natural disaster (n exp) - Hardly any country in the world is safe from natural disasters but some have more than others.

Naturkatastrophe

na飗e (adj) - a na飗e person lacks experience of life and tends to trust other people and believe things too easily: I was a naive 17-year-old at the time.

naiv

mysterious (adj) - It wa smysterious how those papers disappeared without a trace.

mysteri鰏

mutate (v) - The caterpillar mutates inside the chrysalis and becomes a butterfly.

mutieren

multinational adj - Would you like to work for a large multinational corporation?

multinational

movement (n) - The movement of people from north Africa to Europe can be compared with the movement of Jews in World War Two.

Bewegung

motionless (adj) - The old lady sat there motionless when she was told that her husband had passed away.

bewegungslos

mortgage (n) - On my present salary I can't get a mortgage.

Hypothek

money (n) - We invested the money in a high-interest bank account.

Geld

monarch (n) - king or queen

Monarch

momentary (adj) - There was a momentary silence when she finished her speech.

augenblicklich/kurzeitig

modify (v) - to change something slightly, especially in order to improve it or to make it less extreme: We've modified the design to solve the problem.

etwas (ver)aendern, modifizieren

modernise/modernity (n) - They modernised the eastern part of London for the Olympics.

modernisieren

mock exam (n phr) - an examination you take for practice before an important examination. We've got our mock GCSE exams next month.

Probepr黤ung

misuse (vb) - He misused company funds for personal use.

missbrauchen

misunderstand (vb) - I think I have misunderstood - can you please explain that again?

missverstehen

mistrust (vb) - There is a general mistrust in politicians these days.

jmd misstrauen

misspell (vb) - What's your name again? I think I've misspelt it.

falsch geschrieben/buchstabiert

misread (vb) - I must have misread the menu - I thought the dessert was included in the price!

falsch gelesen

misprint (vb) - These flyers will have to be redone as the e-mail address has been misprinted.

falsch gedr點kt

misplace (v) - I always misplace my keys and have to spend hours looking for them.

etwas verlegen

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