CAE vocabulary and phrases 2
CAE voc liste 2.. diverses
CAE voc liste 2.. diverses
a salad bowl
be in the same pot but still alone (splitted up) - when people are in the salad bowl, they are still for their own, but with others together.
obesity (n.)
obese (adj.) --> much obese = morbidity (eat too much fat food)
too fat
landfill
rubbish depot
animal derivatives
meat which comes from an animal but is not normal to use (ears, hooves, eyes)
to derive
to get something from something else
animal family of
-dogs
-cats
-cows
-pigs
-canine
-feline
-bovine
-swine/porcine
sinner
person who doesn't care about anything
a build up (of greenhouse gases)
accumulation
exhaust fumes
oxid outside of cars
soil erosion
changing quality (disappear, softer..)
organic produce
without chemicals, natural, (fruits, vegetables)
association
-alliance, coalition, union, cooperative
-relationship, connection, link bord, affiliation
famine
scarcity of food, food shortage
inequality
inbalance, variation, polarity
within the space of five minutes
within the space of + time
a (marriage) celebrant
a person who attends a celebration
gefürchtet - (anxiety + fear)
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
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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
