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Vocabulary CAE
Vocabulary CAE
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Cartes-fiches
I was seated with the family, nervous, pretending to follow Carl Sagan on TV, covertly assessing their movements and utterances.
covertly adv.
to assess
utterance n.
andeutungsweise, geheim, verborgen, versteckt
etw. bewerten, beurteilen, einschätzen, einschätzen, festlegen
Äusserung
The next salvo came from Lola
salvo n.
der Beifall, Beifallssturm
She was twelve and intimidatingly precocious.
intimidating adj.
precocious adj.
einschüternd, furchterregend
altklug, frühreif,
She jumped up gleefully.
gleefully adv.
fröhlich, schadenfroh
glee = Frühlichkeit
I was discomfited by his taciturnity, which I mistook for moodiness.
to discomfit so.
taciturnity n.
moodiness n.
jmdn. aus der Fassung bringen, jmdn. Unbehagen verursachen, jmdn. besiegen
Wortkargheit, Schweigsamkeit, Verschlossenheit
Launenhaftigkeit
Her greatest charm was her ease with people.
ease n.
Ruhe, Leichtigkeit, Behaglichkeit, Ungezwungenheit
If theirs was garrulous, someone level-headed if their own was impulsive
garrulous adj.
level-headed adj.
schwatzhaft, geschäwtzig
nüchtern, vernünftig, besonnen
Although some funds may be channelled back to their country of origin, the overall economic effect is negligible.
negligible adj.
geringfügig, vernachlässigbar, unbedeutend, unerheblich
a trend that seems set to gather pace in years to come.
pace n.
Geschwindigkeit, Schritt, Tempo
I would question the assumption that the current level of economic migration across continents will be sustained.
to sustain
tragen, fortsetzen, erhalten, aushalten, aufrechterhalten
to distort the picture
etw. verzerren, verziehen, entstellen
The Cloud Appreciation Society website is full of reports such encounters.
encounter n.
Begegnung, Treffen, Zusammenstoss
Other beachgoer aren't as convinced.
Strandgänger
The current problems over the truth and honesty of television programmes are symptomatic of a deep intellectual suspicion about how such values are judged.
intellectual adj. - geistig, verständlich, klug
intellect n. - Verstand, GEist
There is no such thing as truth or accuracy in televison products.
accuracy n. - Genauigkeit, Exaktheit, Richtigkeit
accurate adj. - genau, exakt, richtig, sorgfälltig
Yet the depth of the problem for the TV companies is apparent in that there are now insistent voices calling for the abandonment of the traditonal principle of....
apparent adj. - scheinbar, offenbar, offensichtlich
apparentness n. - die Offenbarung, Offensichtilichkeit
insistent adj. - eindringlich, hartnäckig, beharrlich
to insist on . bestehen auf etw.
insistence n. - die Beharrlichkeit, Beharren, Bestehen
insistency n. - die Beharrlichkeit
to abandon so./sth. - jmdn./etw. verlassen, aufgeben, preisgeben, abbrechen, beenden
abandoned adj. - herrenlos, freistehen, leerstehen, verlassen, sitzengelassen, stillgelegt
abandonment n. - die Aufgabe, Hingabe, Verlassen, Überlassung, Abtretung, Verzicht
Who has been travelling in many remote parts of the world.
distant, located far away
to pursue a simpler lifestyle
jmdn. /etw. verfolgen, nachlaufen,
pursuer n. - Verfolger
pursuant adj. - verfolgend, entsprchend
pursuable adj. - verfolgbar
pursuance n. - der Verfolg, die Verfolgung
in pursuance of - nach dem Wortlaut
With his funky fish drifting as far afield as Greece and Cape Cod in New English
bis nach
from as far afield as --> von so weit her bis
It seems they started to make use of stone tools nearly one million years earlier than had previously been thought.
to make use of
Nutzen ziehen aus, anwenden
Archaeologists revised the date after spotting distinctive marks made by stone tools on animal bones dating back nearly three and a half million years.
the date after ...
to date back
the date after -ing
zurückgehen, zurückdatieren
The remains, including a rib from a cow-like creature and a thigh bone form an similar in size to a goat.
similar to sth.
the early humans developed larger brains, which in turn enabled them to make more sophisticated tools.
in turn
enabled ajd.
wiederum
aktiviert, ermöglicht
on the point of exhaustion
exhaustion
Erschöpfung
exhausted ajd. = exhaustive
exhaust n. --> Abgase,Ausströmen, Auspufgas
exhausting adj.
You give up because you find the wet weather rather discouraging.
lieber, ziemlich, im Gegenteil, viel mehr, eher
He was reluctant to ask for help with it.
reluctant adj.
zurückhaltend, widerwillig, abgeneigt, unwillig, widerstrebend, zögernd
to be reluctant --> sich sträuben, ungern etw. tun
reluctance n. --> der Widerwille, Abneigung, Unlust, Zögern
She resented her parents' ambitions for her.
to resent
verübeln
to resent so. 's sth. --> jmdm. etw. übelnehmen, jmdm. etw. missgönnen
Here are some simple steps you can take that might clinch a sale.
to clinch sth.
etw. zum Abschluss bringen, etw. unter Dach und Fach bringen
to clinch a deal --> einen Handel perfekt machen
Please verify this sentence.
to verify sth.
etw bestägitigen
bekräftigen, nachprüfen, beweisen, abgleichen, überprüfugen, verzifizieren
It is worth doing up the place by painting.
to do sth. up
aufarbeiten, aufmotzen, nachbessern, renovieren
I make up with my sister.
to make up with so.
to make up for sth.
to make up sth.
sich (mit jmdm.) vertragen
jmdn. für etw. etnschädigen
etw. zusammensetzen, zusammenstellen, etw. aufstellen
Some US theatres have taken matters into their own hands by designating some sections as "tweet seats".
to deisgnate sth.
to designate so.
etw. bezeichnen, kennzeichnen, markieren
jmdn. ausersehen, jmdn nominieren
Here a forest has grown up in a sheltered area of calm.
sheltered adj.
geschützt, gedeckt, behütet
to shelter (from sth.) --> Schutz (vor etw.) suchen,
to shelter so./sth. --> jmdn. /etw. beherbergen, beschützen
to take shelter --> sich unterstellen, Schutz suchen
the pain is endurable.
endurable adj.
erträglich
He is determined to make his mark in the company.
to make one's mark
sich einen Namen machen
to make one's point --> sich dursetzen, eine Idee rüberbringen
I would rather take part in the project.
I would rather ..
rather adv.
Ich möchte lieber...
I would rather wait. --> Ich würde lieber warten.
lieber, ziemlich, eher, stadessen, eigentlich
To come into partnership with me.
in collaboration with --> in Zusammenarbeit mit, gemeinsam mit
I was in charge to call the shot.
to call the shot
das Sagen haben
to give sth. a shot --> etw. ausprobieren
This milk has gone off. It smells terrible!
to go off
schlecht werden, hochgehen, explodieren, Alarm schlagen, ..
and encourages us to think outside the box.
to think outside the box
um die Ecke denken, quer denken
