Proficiency Materclass 4

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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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Anglais

Catégorie

Anglais

Niveau

Université

Créé / Mis à jour

20.04.2016 / 28.04.2016

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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

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

being on your own

origin

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

where something comes from

enthusiast

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

someone whos being positive

inhibit

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

verhindern, hemmen

narrow

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

eng, schmal

get the message across

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

make smth understandable

stand out

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

be special

grab your attention

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

catch you right away

tall order

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

somth that is extremely difficult to do

be in vain

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

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

lähmend

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intrusive

aufdringlich

infringement

Rechtsverletzung

society has brought this on itself

it's societys own fault

avalanche

Lawine

have a snowball effect

domino effect

backfire

fehlschlagen

progressive

fortschrittlich

regressive

rückläufig

CCTV

video surveillance

go againts moral values

hurt human rights

attention span

Aufmerksamkeitsspanne

skim over information

überfliegen

this has got some extra sparkle

this has something special to it (party, wedding etc.)

intrusive

aufdringlich

infringement

Rechtsverletzung

have a snowball effect

spread extremely quickly

avalanche

Lawine

effect or impact

long term, far reaching, detrimental, catastrophic, profound, potential

step

backward, irreversible

progressive opp.

regressive

video surveillance

CCTV

take something into account

consider something

push the boundaries

test out limits

alternation span

the time you can focus on something

give me the shivers

is scary af

all the more

even more so

take the minutes

Protokoll führen

forever tethered to the past

attached to the past

great, heavy tomes

heavy books

rifle trough the pages

look quickly

it's defunct

obsolete, time is over

distinguish

unterscheiden

timber, lumberjack

holz, Holzfäller

green fingered

grüner daumen

R & R

rest and relaxation

he had everyone in stitches

everyone had to laugh really hard

knotty areas

difficult points

clinched it for me

was the last bit to decide

bribery

Bestechung

misconduct

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