proficiency cards 2
cambridge CPE
cambridge CPE
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extensive
umfangreich (traffic lights)
spacious
a spacious garden
roomy
a roomy car
rambling
a rambling mansion (biulding)
cramped
cramped rooms
poky
inf poky little rooms
congested
the congested streets
compact
positiv eng
hemmed in
I was hemmed in by the crowds
not enough room to swing a cat
kein platz
boundary
edge of a large space
extension at the rear of the house
hinten im haus
to squeeze between us
bei uns eindrängen
a bit of squash
ein wenig eng
once in a blue moon
fast nie
all his born days
sein ganzes leben
I'll be with you in a mo/sec(tick/in less than no time/in a jiffy
very soon
for donkey's years / since the year dot
seit Ewigkeiten
we can talk till the cows come home
for ever
she gave you the book for keeps / for good
to keep forever
she came in the nick of time before missing the train
only just in minute
he is over the hill / past it
zu alt
she is already a has-been
person no longer famous
in a flash / at a rate of knots
very quickly
adj fleeting smile,glimpse,visit,moment, appearance
quick
adj lengthy process, investigation, discussions, negotiations, delays
continuing for a long time
transient effect, population, feeling, pleasure
nur für kurze zeit
adj persistent coughs, problems, rumors, smell, critic, gossip etc
beständig
adj inexorable rise, slide, decline, pressure
unstopping
incipient panic, rage, rebellion, stages, wrinkles
gerade beginnend
protracted negotiations
for a long time
squirm 61
winden, drehen nervousness
61 smirk
hämisch grinsen
61 titter
small laugh
61 straightlaced
fixed morals
61 the done thing
so wie es gefragt ist manieren
62 silent films/movies
Stummfilme
62 the sirens are wailing
häulende sirenen
62 a piercing scream
hoher schrei
62 you could have heard a pin drop
total silence