1 // English vocabulary

1 // voc, phrasal verbs, collocations CAE// 06/01/17 - 09/01/17, 20/01/17

1 // voc, phrasal verbs, collocations CAE// 06/01/17 - 09/01/17, 20/01/17


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egozentrisch

self- centred

other word: It is largely because of him

mainly, mostly

collocations make, get and do // household chores

do household chores

adj

vernünftig / angemessen oder (kostengünstig)

(very) resasonable

eigenwillig / unkonventional - different from usual behavior

unconventional

collocations make, get and do // cooking

do cooking

adj

Wohn- (Gegend)

residential area

collocations make, get and do // the right choice

make the right choice

lacking experience of life, knowledge and willing to believe that people always tell you the truth

naive

adj

selbstbewusst

self-confident

collocations make, get and do // use of something

make use of something

adj

einfühlsam / sensibel

sensitive

collocations make, get and do // an improvement

make an improvement

verb

umfragen

survey

(like visit) If you're not doing anything on Sunday, why don't you come ____ for lunch?

If you're not doing anything on Sunday, why don't you come over/round/around for lunch?

(founded by chance) 

came across 

adj

unzuverlässig

unreliable

a school where children can live during the school year

boarding school

drängen, ermahnen // adj dringend

to urge sb. // urgent

(inherited) Diana came ____ a lot of money when her uncle died.

Diana came into a lot of money when her uncle died.

erben

to inherit

(how well/badly are you doing) How are you getting ____ in your new job?

How are you getting on in your new job?

adj besorgt / ängstlich (start with a)

anxious

belonging to the same time OR belonging to the present time // gegenwärtig

life in contemporary Britain

(makes you feel depressed) In winter the weather in England really gets me ____.

In winter the weather in England really gets me down.

Botschafter

the British Ambassador in Rome

I don't think Melvyn gets ____ very well ____ his boss.

I don't think Melvyn gets on/along very well with his boss.

frostig (adj) kühlen (verb)

A small fire was burning to take the chill off the room. // to chill the cocktail

(start sth with much effort) You really should get ________ some hard work.

You really should get down to some hard work.

(surrender)

gave up

(quit) Milly gave ____ smoking three months ago.

Milly gave up smoking three months ago.

(to emit sth) During the process it give ____ an awful smell.

During the process it give off an awful smell.

what can be emited? // ausstossen

heat, noise, smell

When the tides goes ____ you can walk along the beach for miles.

When the tides goes out you can walk along the beach for miles. Opposite = comes in

You need to give yourself enough time to go ____ your essay to check it for mistakes.

You need to give yourself enough time to go through/over your essay to check it for mistakes.

(participate/enter) Tony's father went _______ the painting competition and won first prize.

Tony's father went in for the painting competition and won first prize.

I can't use this meat: it's gone ____.

I can't use this meat: it's gone off.

If you think it's an important word, you should look it ____ in an English-English dictionary.

If you think it's an important word, you should look it up in an English-English dictionary.

(investigate) Scotland Yard is looking ____ the matter.

Scotland Yard is looking into the matter.

(call/visit after a long time) If ever you're in California, look me ____.

If ever you're in California, look me up.