Abschluss Englisch 2

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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.

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

strafrechtlich verfolgen

promotion n - There are excellent prospects for promotion.

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

Bef鰎derung

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

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

etwas ausdehnen

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

Keyboard commands:

= turn,

= for-/backward,

= scroll

verbieten

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

Keyboard commands:

= turn,

= for-/backward,

= scroll

zunehmend/stufenweise/progressiv

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

Keyboard commands:

= turn,

= for-/backward,

= scroll

Fortschritte machen

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

Keyboard commands:

= turn,

= for-/backward,

= scroll

Fortschritt

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

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

Prognose

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

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

Produktion

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

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

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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interest (n) - You will repay the money with interest, as agreed in the contract.

Zins, Zinsen

intensive (adj) - involving a lot of teaching or training in a short time: It's an intensive language course for beginners.

intensiv

intelligent (adj) - good at thinking clearly and quickly, at understanding difficult ideas and subjects, and at gaining and using knowledge: Surely an intelligent person like you can deal with this?

intelligent, klug

intellectual (n) - someone who is well educated and interested in art, science, literature, etc at an advanced level: Though not an intellectual, my mother was highly intelligent.

Intellektuelle/r

intellectual (adj) - relating to the ability to think in an intelligent way and to understand things, especially difficult or complicated ideas and subjects: Students were asked-which task represented the greatest intellectual challenge.

Intellektuelle/r

intellectual (adj) - well educated and interested in art, science, literature, etc at an advanced level: Though not intellectual, my mother was highly intelligent.

sich mit den Dingen des Geistes besch鋐tigend

insurance (n) - You have to take out building and contents insurance as a condition of the mortgage.

Versicherung

instrumental (adj) - My ex-colleague was instrumental in getting me an interview for this job.

eine entscheidende Rolle spielen

institutional (adj) - The exam you do at the end is an institutional one.

institutionell

institution (n) - a large organisation, such as bank, hospital, university

Institution

instinctive(ly) (adj/adv) - New born mammals instinctively search for their mother's milk when shortly after birth.

instinktiv, angeboren

instinct (n) -

Instinkt

insistent/ly (adj/adv) - She was insistent on us changing the article we had written on the corruption in the government.

beharrlich

insanity/insane (n/adj) - The reasons he gave for not taking action were insane.

Wahnsinn/wahnsinnig

innovative (adj) - new, original and advanced: His first album was innovative, but I've been disappointed by the others.

innovativ, kreativ

innovation (n) - a new idea, method, piece of equipment, etc: This innovation will mean cheap energy for everyone.

Neuerung, Reform, Innovation

innoculate (v) - Children are innoculated against hepatitus these days.

impfen

inner city n - There's some very interesting music coming out of the inner city these days.

Innenstadt

inhospitable (adj) - The Arctic circles are inhospitable territory for most human beings to settle in.

ungastlich

inheritance (n) - In some cantons you don't pay inheritance tax.

Erbschaft

inherit (vb) - She stands to inherit a fortune when her parents die.

erben

inhabitable (adj) - Many parts of Syria are now uninhabitable because of the bombing.

unbewohnbar

ingenious (adj) - an ingenious plan, piece of equipment, etc uses new and clever ideas: This is an ingenious device for opening bottles.

genial

ingenious (adj) - He came up with an ingenious plan to get out of prison; he seduced a female guard!

genial

infrastructure n - During the war a lot of infrastructure of the country was destroyed.

Infrastruktur

influential/influence (adj/n) - He was an influential man for his time.

einflussreich

influence (v) - to affect the way someone thinks or behaves or affect the way something happens: Don't let yourself be influenced by what she says.

beeinflussen

influence (n) - the effect that a person or thing has on someone's decisions, opinions or behaviour or on the way something happens: Picasso has had an enormous influence on many painters.

Einfluss

infighting (n) - The infighting in the Middle East doesn't look as if it's going to stop in the near future.

interne Machtk鋗pfe

inferior (adj) - lesser quality. Opposite: superior

minderwertig

infamous (adj) - Sepp Blatter's past dealings means that he is now infamous.

entehrend/ber點htigt

inexplicable/ly (adj/adv) - It is inexplicable as to why he chose to stay in the company after he was accused of sexual harrassment by two women.

unerkl鋜bar

inexact (adj) - The information was inexact and we couldn't use it for the statistics.

ungenau

individualism (n) - Some societies encourage individualism more than others.

Individualismus

indication/indicator (noun) - Property is an obvious indication of wealth.

Anzeichen

independence (n) - Most former colonies have now gained political independence.

Unabh鋘gigkeit

indecisive(ly) (adj/adv) - Terry is indecisive so never ask him for an opinion.

unentschlossen

inbound (adj) - The inbound flights have been very turbulent because of the bad weather.

eingehend/ankommend/auf Heimfahrt

inattentive (adj) - not giving much attention to someone or something: I hate speaking in front of an inattentive audience.

unaufmerksam

inadequate (adj) - not enough or not good enough for a particular purpose. We are trying to provide basic education with inadequate resources.

unzureichend, unangemessen, ungeeignet

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