Privatunterricht 9
English vocab.
English vocab.
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Cartes-fiches
tell a lot of people about sth.
spread the word
The authorities shut down our website, but we managed to spread the word by phone.
to keep sth. secret
keep sth. to yourself
an experience that makes you feel very angry, upset or frightened
nightmarish
The nightmarish mega-jams in Japan.
to announce sth. officially that was previously a secret
to unveil (unvel)
In his statement, Brown unveiled a series of initiatives.
Denkmuster
paradigm
sich zum Ziel setzen
to set my sights on sth.
I set myself the sight on succeeding the exam.
aus Neugier
out of curiosity
Just out of curiosity where did you buy this t-shirt?
Tapetenwechsel
a change of scenery
behüttete Kultureinstellung
a cotten-wool culture
Erfahrungsgeschichte
track record
Todesstrafe
capital punishment
death penalty
to compete
to pit yourself against sb.
to look around
to root around
nap-sleep, more than a nap
kip
formal word for sleep
slumber
expression to fall asleep
crash out = immediately, exhausted
drift off = slowly fall asleep, lose concentration (sorry I was drifting off)
drop off
nod off
doze off
if you cannot get asleep
to lose sleep over sth.
wie ein Stein schlafen
to sleep like a log
I usually sleep like a log.
to argue about
to make the case for sth.
Some businesses are making the case for giving workers power naps.
to keep it
hang on to sth.
I hope that differen cultures manage to hang on to their traditions in the age of internet.
Our family tries to hang on to our Xmas tradition every year.
have the necessary feature
part and parcel
Making mistakes is a part and parcel of learing a language.
at whatever time
as and when
I eat as and when during the day.
for short periods
I've been doing Pilates off and on recently because I had to put it in the back burner.
In general,
By a large,
By a large, I think doing exercise on a regular basis is good for your health.
in the balance
a touch and go
Whether we get a pay rise or not is a touch and go.
an annoying habit or routine
a build up
There is always a build up of traffic here at this time.
to not understand sth.
to be baffled by sth.
It baffels me when people are not concerned about preventing the environement.
annoy sb.
gets on your nerves
It gets on my nerves when people don't throw their rubbish in the litter bin.
to be inconvenienced
to be put out (adj.)
Would it put you out if I invite a friend of me?
to be sorry about sth.
to be apologetic about sth.
to be envious
to feel enviably (adv.) about sth.
enviable (adj.)
to envy
I felt enviably about his pay rise.
makellos
very clean
immaculate
to create sth.
to create a fienship / an allegiance (Loyalität)
to forge sth.
to follow the rules/standarts
to follow suit
becomming bigger/larger/stronger
to snwball along the way
find point of revolution
to spark an uprising
