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This set of flashcards helps university-level English learners expand their vocabulary and improve communication skills. It covers a wide range of expressions, from idiomatic phrases like "all ears" and "bored to tears" to more formal terms like "endorse" and "ambiguity." The platform supports backward learning, allowing users to practice from the target language to the source language. Ideal for advanced learners, this set is particularly useful for students and professionals aiming to enhance their fluency and precision in English.

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disrupt

to prevent something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected, unterbrechen, stören

boost

increase

hamper

hemmen, schweren

impair

damage, beschädigen

encounter

to meet someone unexpectedly:

a fractious child

grumpy, misbehaving, non obeying

play up accordingly

entsprechend reagieren

do away with

remove

trite aphorims

an overused saying that loses it's effect

happenstance

coincidence

fledging

nestling, neu und unerfahren

giddy

prone to find something funny, schwummrig

endorse

to make a public statement of your approval or support for something or someone:

bored to tears

utterly bored

rambling on

going on and on

mind starts to wander

mind goes off

all ears

listening

keep you ear on the ground

listen carefully, pay attention

listen in, eavesdropping in a conversation

to listen to someone's private conversation without them knowing:

All this talk about Ebba - her ears must be burning!

something that you say to someone who is being talked about:

independence

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

being on your own

origin

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

where something comes from

enthusiast

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

someone whos being positive

inhibit

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

verhindern, hemmen

narrow

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

eng, schmal

get the message across

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

make smth understandable

stand out

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

be special

grab your attention

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

catch you right away

tall order

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

somth that is extremely difficult to do

be in vain

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

not worth it

not be in vain

worth it! do it!

to come up with

invent

take into account

consider smth

bear resemblance

be similar to

significance

importance

advantageous

full of advantages

alter

change

obesity

fettsucht

conditions

bedingungen

debilitating

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convention

Versammlung

eligible

berechtigt

prolaim

ausrufen

havoc

chaos, devastation

accuse someone of

say someone did something wrong

release from

give freedom

acquit of

someone is not guilty

charge with

formal for accuse

appear before a court

officially be there

crack

get weak, agree you've been defeating

lodge

lodge a claim, complaint, Klage einbringen

sentence

bestrafen, verurteilen

defraud of

jmdn um etwas betrügen

remand on

send someone away from court until trial, Untersuchungshaft

remorse

regret, you have regret, but you show remorse

premeditated

vorsätzlich

manslaughter

vorsätzliche Tötung

ransom someone

jemanden freikaufen

unbiased

unvoreingenommen

impartial

unparteiisch

the eplanation doesn^t wash

this can't be true, unbelievable

painstaking

mühevoll

mushroomed

wie Pilze aus dem Boden geschossen

a hit and run accident

Fahrerflucht

minute

very very very small

foolproof

idiotensicher

seperation of powers

Gewaltentrennung

flagrant injustice

obviously bad injustice

crack down on

start dealing with bad or illegal behaviour in a more severe way:

fraudster

criminal

burglary

entering a building and steal things

grooming

the things that you do to make your appearance clean and neat, for example brushing your hair, or the things that you do to keep an animal's hair or fur clean and neat

arson

setting fire

juvenile delinquent

young person committing crime

notwithstanding

despite the fact mentioned

equip

provide with objects that are necessary

foster

take care of a child

perennial

xlasting a very long time, or happening repeatedly or all the time:

truancy

he problem or situation of children being absent from school regularly without permission:

albeit

although

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