CAE vocabulary and phrases 2

CAE voc liste 2.. diverses

CAE voc liste 2.. diverses


S. B.
This set of flashcards helps learners of English at the secondary school level expand their vocabulary and phrase knowledge. The flashcard set covers a wide range of topics, including words related to marriage, environmental issues, and social concepts. Examples include "bridegroom," "organic produce," and "stereotype." The platform supports backward learning, allowing users to reverse the learning direction from the target language to the source language. This set is ideal for students preparing for exams or anyone looking to enhance their English fluency, particularly at an intermediate level.
Karten
60
Lernende
0
Sprache
Englisch
Kategorie
Englisch
Stufe
Mittelschule
Erstellt / Aktualisiert
17.10.2016 / 17.10.2016

Flashcards

a wig

the exchange hair, if you have no more hair.. (Perücke)

loft

highest room in a house

proponents

supporters -- Opposite: Opponent

nurture (n.)

maintenance, care (Pflege)

perch (n.)

perch (v.)

(n.): to have a high place

(v.): to be on a high place (birds on trees, they are perching)

cinematography

Only the best ones are getting filmed, Expl. Apparatetechnik zur Aufzeichnung von Filmen

The mistress of the main villain..

=bad guy, antagonist in a crime

a wishing well

when you throw coins into a well (Brunnen)

misanthrope

when you don't like people

a spouse

a person's husband or wife (formal or legal)

jewelry (UK), jewellery (US)

 

when you make, buy or sale jewels

jeweller

person in a jewellery

issue

problem, addition

a stand-still

when the traffic suddenly stands still

chore

housework (clean, laudry, cook..)

a hoof / hooves

feets of horses donkeys, goats, sheeps, pigs,

to hoof

to kick a ball

hoof it (idiom)

to walk somewhere

the brief

an official documentation

briefing

to give a documentation

a chunk

"The shark bit off a chunk of his leg"

a big piece

marble

Marmor

surface

top layer,

protagonist

good guy in the story

antagonist

bad guy in story

a swish

quick move --> Rodeo (red flag)

with the broom (Besen)

tarmac

asphalt

clay

Lehm/Ton Material

I was on the point of calling

just about to call

warhead

the head of a torpedo or detonation bomb

acquintance (2 meanings)

1. A person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend.

2. Knowledge or experience of something.

squatter

someone illegal, something eliqual (building, person)

tenant

person who occupies land or property rented from a landlord --> opposite of landlord

status quo

how things are normally done, normal, usually "the norm" (good way for essay)

verdict

opinion, feedback or judgement from the jury in a criminal case

a stumbling block

A circumstance that causes difficulty or hesitation.

‘the country's water shortage was a stumbling block to investors’

itinerary

a planned route or journey

stereotype

social norms, "generalisations"

larrikinism

A boisterous, and often bad behaviour of young man (Roudyhaft)

‘James was something of a larrikin’

a melting pot

A place where different peoples, styles, theories, etc. are mixed together. - they conform

Lernen