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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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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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