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This flashcard set helps university-level learners improve their English proficiency, focusing on advanced vocabulary and expressions. It covers terms like "to have an influence upon," "under threat," and "to be down to something," supporting both forward and backward learning. Travelers, students, and exam takers at an advanced level can benefit from this resource to enhance their language skills and fluency.

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English

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English

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University

Created / Updated

08.01.2016 / 02.07.2024

averse

to be averse to

granted

take for granted

"had it not been for the fire fighters help"

without the fire fighters help

keep up with/on

to stay informed / to maintain a certain behaviour

despite: I failed the test despite studying all night.

in spite of, notwithstandig

contrary to = in oppostion

to act contrary to one's principles.

on the contrary: in opposition to what has been stated. OR to the contrary: to the opposite effect: I believe he is innocent, whatever they may say to the contrary.

little

not much: little damage was done, little did she know/imagine

to have a difference of opinion

don't agree

to come to the conclusion

to conclude

to be a shock

to be taken aback by

to be down to s/t.

It is down to a lack of...

prevent from

preventive / prevention / preventively

matter

as a matter of fact/urgency/ importance / a matter of opinion (different opinion) / for that matter / no matter what (regardless)

objection -> complaint / protest / critisim

Do you have any objection to my leaving early?

under threat

threatening

to call into doubt

to make people doubt

no sooner

no sooner…than ⇒ immediately after or when: no sooner had he got home than the rain stopped, no sooner said than done

whatsoever

(used to add greater emphasis to a preceding negative word or phrase) whatever: She has no friends whatsoever. There was nothing whatsoever the emergency....

take the blame for

die Schuld übernehmen

to have an influence upon st.

einen Einfluss haben auf

divergent, divergence

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abweichend, Abweichung

to be far-fetched

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weit hergeholt

reluctant, reluctance

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zurückhaltend, widerwillig

to evoke, evocation, evocative, evocator

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hervorrufen, beschwören, Beschwörung, beschwörend, Beschwörer

to convey

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vermitteln, mitteilen

to deceive, deceived, deceiver

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trügen, betrogen sein, Betrüger

to perceive, perceived, perception

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wahrnehmen, bemerkt, Warhnehmung

to conceive, conception, conceptional

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hier: meinen, erdenken, die Auffassung, verständlich

to deduce, deduction, deductive

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(schluss)folgern, die Folgerung, folgernd

to deduct (charges to be deducted), deduction, deductible

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abziehen, der Abzug, abzüglich

cease, cease-fire, ceaseless, ceaselessness, cessation

enden/aufhören, Waffenstillstand, endlos, die Endlosigkeit, das Einstellen

to herald, herald ,heraldic

ankündigen, der Vorbote, ankündigend

to tally

übereinstimmen

a dollop of ice-cream

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'have an axe to grind

have a strong opinion about a subject which you express whenever you have the chance

To give something a new lease of life'

to improve something that was old or out of fashion

To do something until you are 'blue in the face

to do it for a long time

'no spring chicken'

not to be young anymore.

'go out on a limb for someone

put yourself in a disadvantaged position to support s.b

'food for thought'

provides mental stimulus

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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

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