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Spitze des Eisberges
the tip of the iceberg
etw vergessen, gras drüber wachsen lassen
never live sth. down / marie made some rather foolish remarks and now she feels she'll never live it down
to make someone wait for you /jdm. warten lassen
keep someone waiting / the boss is ready to see you / don't keep her waiting.
a place where people who have escaped from their own country can life, usually in bad conditions and only expecting to stay for a limited time
refugee camp / Huge refugee camps have sprung up on the borders
Schule schwänzen, blau machen
play truant
individuelle bedürfnisse
individual needs
Schutzimpfung
vaccination
das feld flügen
plough a field
tiefgründig, umfassend, hintergründig
profound / a profound influence
Vorort
(quite) suburb
verwüstet, einsam, verlassen
desolate (surroundings)
eine straftat begehen
to commit a crime
punkt 13.00 uhr
on the stroke of 13.00
Grundstückpreis
property price
in fusstapfen von
in the footsteps of
vorstätisch
suburban (adj) more suburban in character as..
erwerben, aneignen / pick up
to acquire
causing death, tödlich verheerend
fatal / police are investigating a fatal accident in the town
Verfügbarkeit
availability
extremely brave and showing no fear of dangerous situations / unerschrocken, kühn, furchtlos
intrepid / He was tracked down by an intrepid reporter
drohen
to threaten / The robber threatened to shoot wendy if she didn't open the safe
zugeben
admit / they finally got her to admit that she had forged her employer's signature on the form
gelassen, heiter, ruhig
serene / serene scenery
reduzierung, reduktion, abbau
cutback
etw vergessen, gras drüber wachsen lassen
never live sth. down / marie made some rather foolish remarks and now she feels she'll never live it down
inside the range of distance where you can hear something or someone / in Hörweite
within earshot / Make sure the children are within earshot
rascheln, rauschen
to rustle
a situation where something may or may not happen / Gelegenheit, Möglichkeit, Chance
Opportunity / I'm going to work in Hong Kong for a year, Thats a great opportunity (equal, excellent, golden, perfect, tremendous, welcome opportunity)
anmelden, einschreiben, starten
sign up for sth.
needing a lot of time
time-consuming / the legal process was time-consuming and expensive
sich beweisen
to prove oneself
Zeuge / Zeugin
witness / One witness was able to give a good description of the thief
platzmachen für
make way for / The hall has been demolished to make way for the new sports centre
in der Falle sitzen, eingeschlossen sein
to be trapped
letzten Endes, schlussendlich
in the event / We had expected to arrive an hour late, but in the event we were early
anpöbeln, beleidigen
verbally abuse
