CPE Proficiency Language
Vocabulary, Sayings, Proverbs, Idioms
Vocabulary, Sayings, Proverbs, Idioms
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Cartes-fiches
lousy
lausig, miserable
jaded, exhausted, used up, carried to an end, forworn
erschöpft
notorious
berühmt-berüchtigt
Bösewicht (4 terms)
villain, evildoer, miscreant, wretch
Sklave (6 terms)
slave, serf, bondman, captive, drudge, villein
to shed a tear
to cry a little
das Beharren, beharren auf
insistence on, persistence / persistency, to insist on, to persevere
in contrast to
im Gegensatz zu
to tangle
verwickeln aber auch das DURCHEINANDER
know no bounds
no limits
a leap in the dark
no predictable future
to jump down sb's throat
to yell at somebody
on cue
do s/th. at the right moment: We were talking about lateness when, right on cue, my assistant walked in fifteen minutes late.
stage fright
Lampenfieber
to enhance
improve
curtain call
encore, Zugabe
mesmerise, mesmerising, mesmerisation
to fascinate, to hypnotize,
to doodle
krizzeln
to cringe
erschaudern, to shrink
the proof of the pudding is in the tasting
the proof of the pudding is in the tasting
to bend, to yield, to relent
to soften one's feeling
unrelenting, relentless
not losing desire to continue
a foregone conclusion
a determined, previous conclusion
to be a broken record
to be repetitive annoying
won't make a blind bit of a difference
no difference
to become a laughing stock
to become ridiculous (the target of jokes!)
airy-fairy nonsense
complete rubbish
grant
Stipendium
all the more reason to do
umso/desto eher
to be a Billy-No-Mates
Einzelgänger
I'll bear that in mind
Im Kopf behalten
I'll bear that in mind
Im Kopf behalten
I'll bear that in mind
Im Kopf behalten
winterlich,frühlingshaft, sommerlich, herbstlich
wintry, spring-like, summery, autumnal
to jeer
to speak or shout with rudeness or mockery
to be straightforward
to honest
chores
die Hausarbeit
to worrier
to be anxious
hither and thiter
here and there - hin und her
an over-riding problem
a major problem
