Unit 4 CAE Noosa
Voci
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Cartes-fiches
a period of time when you are absent from work because of illness.
sick leave / He was away for a fortnight on sick leave
designed to help people work efficiently and comfortably
ergonomic / Our offices have an ergonomic design
übersteigen, durchschreiten, stiefeln
to stride
Schätzung, Kalkulation
estimate (n)
to do something bad to someone because they have done something bad to you / sich rächen
to retaliate upon/against / They have treathened to retaliate against any troops that attack
to use someone unfairly for your own advantage / ausnutzen
to exploit (v) / exploitation (Ausnutzung) N / exploiting (adj)
discovering why something does not work effectively and making suggestions about how to improve it. Störungsbehebung
troubleshooting / The instruction manual includes a section on troubleshooting to help you with any problem..
auf etw. stossen, vorfinden
to come upon
vollstäng, gründich, sorgfältig
thorough / calls for thorough training
Ort, Stelle, Fleck, Platz
place // to have an important and symbolic place in history
zum Scheitern verurteilt / dem Untergang geweiht sein
to be doomed
Beute, Opfer
prey / their prey are small, fragile and sometimes hidden
kinderleicht, todsicher / He said he had a foolproof scheme for making money
foolproof / He said he had a foolproof scheme for making money
Abenddämmerung
dusk
Gipfel, Scheitel, Höhepunkt
summit
Erschöpfung, Ermüdung
exhaustion / debility (schwäche, Ermüdung)
schnörkelig
quirky
wild, zügellos
riotous
geschmacklos
savourless
befahren, handeln, bewältigen
to negotiate
hervortreten, sichtbar werden
to abound
knapp, rar, spärlich
scarce
being completely accurate according to the rules.
strictly speaking // Strictly speaking, the deadline for this report is Monday, but it won't matter if you need an extra day or two
nackt, kahl
bare // a bare brick square
Quote, Mass, Verhältnis
rate
Mittelpunkt, Zentrum (plus preposition)
center (of)
to make something weaker / untergraben, unterhöhlen, minimieren
to undermine / A series of scandals have undermined people's confidence in the government
Umfang, Grösse, Ausmass
extent / measure
hupen
to honk / No one honked or shouted rude words out of the window
etw. beantworten, entgegnen, telefon abnehmen
to answer to
Wohlbedinfen
wellbeing
to get something good as a result of your actions // Belohnung erlangen, ernten
I worked really hard at university, and now I'm reaping the rewadrds
vereinbart, festgelegt
stipulated
Ausmass, Skala, Waage
scale
to travel regularly between work and home
to commute / commuter (reisender) He commutes to London every day
Glück
bliss
very old and not modern enough, negativ (alt, nicht mehr schön)
antiquated / Our accounts are in a mess owing to the antiquated system we are using.
Gewinnchancen
odds
to be very careful about how you use something becuase it could cause problems for you.
treat with healthy respect
Mitte, Zentrum
middle (in the middle)
