Destination C1 & C2 HWZ Unit 10

Business English

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Diese Vokabelkartei für Englisch auf Universitätsniveau umfasst 43 Vokabelkarten mit Fokus auf Wortschatz und Redewendungen. Sie enthält Begriffe wie "anchor" (Moderator), "overpriced" (zu teuer) und "to overreact" (überreagieren). Die Plattform unterstützt auch das Rückwärtslernen von der Zielsprache zur Ausgangssprache. Ideal für fortgeschrittene Lerner, die ihre Sprachkenntnisse vertiefen möchten.

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20.05.2014 / 11.11.2021

to speak volumnes

to provide a lot of info especially in an indirect way - etw spricht Bände

to tell tales

to tell sb in authority about bad things sb else has done, because you want them to be punished -

to overact

behave in an exaggerated manner - übertreiben

to overbook

no more room left (e.g. in a plane, restaurant) - überbuchen

to overcook

cooked too much - überkocht

overcrowded

too many people - überfüllt

overdo

to do in excess - übertreiben

overdressed

to be too smartly/extravagantly dressed - sich übertreiben anziehen

over excited

really excited - sehr aufgeregt

overgrown

too big for (e.g. clothes) - überwachsen

overheat

too hot - überhitzt

overpriced

costs too much - zu teuer

overprotective

protect more than necessary - überfürsorglich

to overrate

to give more value to than it is/has - überschätzt

to overreact

to behave in an exaggerated manner - überreagieren

to overspend

spend too much - zu viel Geld ausgeben

to overstep (the mark)

to go beyond (e.g. one's authority) - überschreiten

to overstretch

to extend beyond (e.g. one's budget) - überspannen/lastet

overweight

podgy, fat - übergewichtig

anchor (n)

someone who presents the news on a television or radio news programme: Diane Sawyer is co-anchor of ABC's Prime Time Live. - Moderator, Berichterstatter

anchor (v)

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to present a television or radio programme, especially the news: The programme has been anchored by McDonald since 2005. - moderieren, berichten

broadcast (n)

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a programme that is broadcast:Channel 5's main news broadcast is at 9 pm. - Ausstrahlung

broadcast (v)

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to send out messages or programmes to be received by radios or televisions: broadcast (something) on something: The President's speech will be broadcast on all channels at 6.00 this evening. - ausstrahlen

broadcast (v)

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to tell people something, especially something that you wanted to be a secret: You don't have to broadcast my news to the whole world! - verbreiten, weitersagen

caption (n)

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words printed near or on a picture that explain something about the picture: What does the caption beneath the photo say? - erklaerender Bildtext

correspondent (n)

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a newspaper or television reporter, especially one who deal with a particular subject or area: And now, a speical report from our political correspondent John Sergeant. - Korrespondent

coverage (n)

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news about something on television or radio or in the newspapers, sometimes used about the amount of attention that television, radio and newspapers give to something, or the way in which something is reported: Their coverage of the riot was criticised for ignoring its causes. - Berrichterstattung

coverage (n)

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information about a range of things, for example in a book or course of education: The course offers good coverage of the subject. - Abdeckung

footnote (n)

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a note at the bottom of a page that gives more detailed information about something on the page: There's more information on this in the footnote at the bottom. - Fussnote

pamphlet (n)

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a very thin book with a paper cover, usually given free to people:The nurse gave me a pamphlet about injections you need before going abroad. - Pamphlet, Flugblatt

prerecorded (adj)

prerecorded messages, music, television or radio programmes have been recorded so that they can be used later: The Prime Minister's announcement wasn't live - it was prerecorded. - voraufgenommen

spine (n)

the edge of a book where all the pages are fixed together: Don’t bend the bood back - you'll damage the spine. - Buchruecken

trailer (n)

an advertisement for a film or television programme that shows a short part of that film or programme: Did you see the trailer for the new Samule L. Jackson movie? - Vorspann

to have a big mouth

used as a criticism of someone when they say things they should not - grossmäulig sein

to come clean

to tell the truth about s'th you have kept secret - ins Reine kommen

to get/catch sb's drift

to understand the basic meaning - jmdn recht verstehen

to get s'th off your chest

to talk to sb about s'th that has been worrying you, so that you feel better about it - sich etw vom Herzen reden / von der Seele reden

to get the wrong end of the stick

to understand s'th completely wrongly - etw falsch verstehen

to give sb your word

to promise to do s'th - versprechen

to hear s'th on/through the grapevine

the way in which info spreads quickly from one person to another through conversation - mir zu Ohren gekommen

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to overstretch

to extend beyond (e.g. one's budget) - überspannen/lastet

overweight

podgy, fat - übergewichtig

anchor (n)

someone who presents the news on a television or radio news programme: Diane Sawyer is co-anchor of ABC's Prime Time Live. - Moderator, Berichterstatter

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