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

strafrechtlich verfolgen

promotion n - There are excellent prospects for promotion.

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

etwas ausdehnen

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

verbieten

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

zunehmend/stufenweise/progressiv

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

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

Fortschritt

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

Prognose

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

Produktion

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

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

prejudice (n) - unreasonable opinion or feeling, e.g. not liking a particular group of people

Vorurteil

predecessor (n) - Algood seems to have learned nothing from the faults of his predecessors.

Vorg鋘ger(in)
powers that be - the people who control a situation

Machthaber

powerless (adj) - The people in Syria are powerless to do anything against the dictatorship.

machtlos

powerful/ly (adj/adv) - Churchill was known as a powerful wartime leader.

machvoll

potential (n) - the possibility to develop or achieve something in the future: Ed's got a lot of potential as an athlete.

Potenzial

potential (adj) - possible or likely in the future: I think the book's a potential bestseller.

potenziell, moeglich

pot luck (n exp) - We went to a pot luck dinner. You just eat whatever others bring along.

nehmen was es gerade gibt

populate v - Luckily, the fire didn't spread to populated areas.

besiedeln (hier: besiedeltes Gebiet)

ponder (v) - The team leader had to ponder for a lot before finding the right solution.

nachdenken 黚er, gr黚eln

plausible (adj) - likely to be true, honest or suitable: A bomb was the only plausible explanation for the crash.

plausibel

plaster (n) - His leg was put in plaster after the scan showed a rupture in the bone.

Gips

pilot (v) - to fly an aircraft: I wonder what it's like to pilot a jet.

fliegen, steuern

pilot (n) - someone who flies an aircraft: The pilot announced that we were about to hit bad weather.

Pilot

pier (n) - a structure built out from the land over water and used for getting on and off boats: We walked along the pier and jumped into the boat.

Pier, Mole, Landungssteg

pick on sb (phr) - Why do you always pick on me?

auf jemandem herumhacken

pessimistic (adj) - someone who is pessimistic is not hopeful about the future and tends to expect that bad things will happen: She said that she was pessimistic about the future of the company.

pessimistisch

pessimistic (adj) - thinking that the worst thing will happen in every situation: That's a very pessimistic assessment of the overall situation.

pessimistisch

persuade (vb) - I tried to persuade Mick to come out with us but he didn't want to.

黚erzeugen

persistence/persist/persistent(ly) n/vb/adj/adv - If you will persist in asking questions, I suggest you wait until the end.

Hartn鋍kigkeit/Beharrlichkeit

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