3 // English vocabulary

3 // voc, phrasal verbs, collocations CAE// 10/01/17

3 // voc, phrasal verbs, collocations CAE// 10/01/17


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(of a machine or vehicle) to stop working because of a fault

break down

Erziehung

upbringing

Vorsichtsmassnahmen / Vorkehrungen 

precaution

nachlassen / schwinden - to become tired, weaker or less enthusiastic

to flag or flag something

to cancel something; to decide that something will not happen

call off

find it by chance

come across

einarbeiten oder einbringen in - to include something so that it forms a part of something

to incorporate (into)

other word: inherit // come _____

come into// She came into a fortune when her uncle died

Handfläche

palm

kleiner Finger

pinky or little finger

other word: disconnected // cut __

cut off

to not be completed, or not happen

Our plans fell through because of lack of money.

Zeigefinger

forefinger or index finger

kommt gut aus, talk about relationship

get on very well

Ohrläppchen

earlobe

a short pause for rest or to relax

to take / have a breather

continue doing sth // keep __ trying

keep on trying

seltsam / sonderbar

bizarre / weird

schwingen

to swing

vortragen 

to recite

they're look so similiar. 

takes after her mother

stay at the same place

march on the spot

if you learn a language without lessons, you learn from being sociable or if sth on the floor

pick up

to become or make somebody become calm, less excited, etc

settle down

difficult to understand sth, what somebody is saying

He has a strong accent and it can sometimes be a bit difficult to make out what he's saying.

give support

back up

other word: pay

settle up. Waiter can I settle up?

declaime the offer

turn down

like reverse - used to say that the opposite of what you have just said is also true

and vice versa - Peter doesn't like John and vice versa.

phrasal verb: accept the offer

take up

which preposition comes after capable?

capable of

which preposition comes after found?

it

to stop / quit

give up sth ( smoking)

other word: founded. for example the company was founded in 1908

set up / established

If you learn sth. new is:_____________?

an eye-opener or it was a real eye-opener

other word and preposition: sth free of charge // added free oder included of no costs

thrown sth in

gives new jobs

take on

really enjoye sth and don't care if its good or not or true and false

but we lapped it all up. // lap up

not allowed to go inside

the manager had to turn away a lot of customers

in very bad condition or broken because it was very often used

after a time the vinyl gets worn out, // wear out