Unit 7


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Language Deutsch
Category English
Level Secondary School
Created / Updated 11.05.2017 / 12.05.2017
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adolescent

young person developing from a child into an adult (jugendlicher)

ahead of time

earlier than was expected

(feel) at ease

make sb feel confident and relaxed (wohl fühlen)

behind the times

old-fashioned (altmodisch)

brush off

rejeczion or dismissal of sth by treating it as unimportant

call off

to cancel sth

cross off

durchstreichen

ease off

to becomr or make sth become less strong, unpleasant etc.

every walk of life

jeder lebensweg

fend off

protect yourself from sth, especiall by avoiding them (abwehren)

fight off

to resist sb/ sth ny fighting against them/it

foolish

not showung good sense or judgement (dumm, unklug)

for the time being

for a short period of time but not permanently (vorerst)

from time to time

von zeit zu zeit

get up to

to be busy with sth, especially sth surprising or unpleasant

give in to

to agree to do sth you don't want

go on about

talk about sth/sb for a long way, especially in a boring or complaining way

in next to no time

so soon or so quickly that it is surprising

in the course of time

when enough time has passed

in the nick of time

at the very last moment

infantile

typical of a small child, childish

juvenile

silly and more typicsl of a child than an adult

laugh off

try to make people think that sth isn't serious or important, especially by making a joke about it

live a charmed life

always be lucky and safe from danger

long in the tooth

old or ageing

make off

steal sth and hurry away with it

(a) new lease of time

chance to life or last longer, or with a better quality of life

(be) out of touch with

not know or understand what is happening in a particular subject or area

(be) over the hill

old and therefore no longer useful or attractive

put off

change sth to a later time or date

self-reliant

able to do or decide thing by yourself (selbstständig)

(be) set in your ways

have habits or opinions that you have had for a long time and that you don't want to change

set off

begin a journey

shelf life

lenght of time that food etc. can be kept before it's too cold to be sold

shrug off

treat sth as if it is not important

wear off

gradually disappear or stop