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to separate one type of things from a group of things:

(jdn/etw. aussortieren, einrenken, etw. wieder hinkriegen)

sort sth out

Sort out any clothes you want to throw away and give them to me.

to rise very quickly to a high level:

(aufsteien, hochsteigen, seglen (aviat))

(to) soar

All night long fireworks soared into the sky.

Temperatures will soar over the weekend, say the weather forecasters.

House prices soared a further 20 percent.

an event or situation, etc. that causes something to start:

a trigger

There are fears that the incident may be a trigger for more violence in the capital.

anschnallen, festschnallen

to strap on

to have a bad quality that you keep hidden:

(eine verborgende Schwäche haben)

 

have feet of clay

Some of the greatest geniuses in history had feet of clay.

using as few words as possible:

(in Küze, in aller Küze)

in a nutshell

Well, to put it in a nutshell, we're lost.

to (cause to) lose colour, brightness, or strength gradually:

(verblassen, schwinden erblassen)

(to) fade

If you hang your clothes out in the bright sun, they will fade.

My suntan is already fading.

They arrived home just as the light was fading (= as it was getting dark).

The sun had faded the blue walls.

the act of agreeing that something is true, especially unwillingly:

(Zugeständnis, Eintritt, Zulassung)

admission

Her silence was taken as an admission of guilt/defeat.

[ + that ] I felt he would see my giving up now as an admission that I was wrong.

By/On his own admission (= as he has said) he has achieved little since he took over the company.

Kaffeefleck

coffee stain

something that you accept as true without question or proof

(Annahme, Vermutung, Mutmassung)

assumption

People tend to make assumptions about you when you have a disability.

These calculations are based on the assumption that prices will continue to rise.

to make something else seem better or more attractive when combining with it:

(etw. ergänzen, komplementieren)

(to) complement

Strawberries and cream complement each other perfectly.

The music complements her voice perfectly.

A congenital disease or condition exists at or from birth:

 

congenital

a congenital abnormality/disease

to work with someone else for a special purpose:

(to) collaborate

Two writers collaborated on the script for the film.

A German company collaborated with a Swiss firm to develop the product.

The British and Italian police collaborated in catching the terrorists.

the process of gaining freedom and power to do what you want or to control what happens to you:

(Befähigung, Ermächtigung)

empowerment

female/youth empowerment

political/economic empowerment

Part of the philosophy of the World Wide Web is the empowerment of the individual.

to reduce or be reduced in size or importance:

(verringer, reduzieren, mindern, abnehmen)

(to) diminish

I don't want to diminish her achievements, but she did have a lot of help.

These memories will not be diminished by time.

What he did has seriously diminished him in many people's eyes.

the process of causing something to happen or exist

(kausalität, Ursache)

causation

A reasoning error or defect; a feature of an argument's reasoning that keeps the argument from delivering the degree of support that it claims to deliver for its conclusion.

a flaw in the logic

a guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that you have:

(Schlussfolgerung, Folgerung, Rückschluss)

inference

They were warned to expect a heavy air attack and by inference many casualties.

His change of mind was recent and sudden, the inference being that someone had persuaded him.

a connection or relationship between two or more facts, numbers, etc.:

(Korrelation)

correlation

There's a correlation between smoking and cancer.

If a person's arms are akimbo, they are bent at the elbows (= the middle part of the arms where they bend) with the hands on the hips:

 

akimbo

the situation in which one company, product, etc. has more power, influence, or success than others:

dominance

The ability of a firm to set or control market prices is a sign of dominance.

 

to do something unexpected that surprises and sometimes worries a person or animal:

(aufschrecken, erschrecken)

(to) startle

She was concentrating on her book and his voice startled her.

The noise of the car startled the birds and the whole flock flew up into the air.

Her article on diet startled many people into changing their eating habits.

to depend for your success on a single person or plan of action:

 

put all your eggs in one basket

I'm applying for several jobs because I don't really want to put all my eggs in one basket.

to pick only the best people or things from a group, so that only people or things that are less good remain:

(to) cherry-pick

The new schools were accused of cherry-picking the best students in the area.

to delay making a decision:

sit on the fence

You can't sit on the fence any longer - you have to decide whose side you're on.

the action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment:

(Vorurteil, Einseitigkeit, Voreingenommenheit)

bias

The senator has accused the media of bias.

Reporters must be impartial and not show political bias.

There was clear evidence of a strong bias against her.

the end of something that was previously considered to be powerful, such as a business, industry, or system:

demise

The demise of the company was sudden and unexpected.

specially made for a particular person:

(Massgeschneidert)

bespoke

a bespoke suit

bespoke furniture

to decide to do something, esp. after thinking about it for a long time:

 

take the plunge.

They took the plunge and got married last month.

to protect yourself against loss by supporting more than one possible result or both sides in a competition:

 

hedge your bets

They're hedging their bets and keeping up contacts with both companies.

they do the thing that is easiest in a situation.

ake the path of least resistance

to be unable to choose because there are so many possible good choices:

 

be spoilt for choice

There's so much good theatre in New York City - one is spoilt for choice.

the less unpleasant of two choices, neither of which is good:

 

the lesser of two evils

But allowing a criminal to go free is perhaps the lesser of two evils if the alternative is imprisoning an innocent person.

In simple words, it is a phrase used to justify something you do when you know perfectly well you shouldn't be doing it.

against someones better judgement

A more slangy variant of throw a sickie.

chuck a sickie

a punishment given by a judge in court to a person or organization after they have been found guilty of doing something wrong:

(bestrafen, verurteilen

(to) sentence

He got a heavy/light sentence (= he was severely/not severely punished).

The offence carries a jail/prison/life/five-year sentence.

He was given a non-custodial/suspended sentence.

used to emphasize that something is not large or important:

used to emphasize how strongly someone feels about something or how extreme a situation is: 4

 

(bloss, schier, rein nur alleinig)

mere

The plane crashed mere minutes after take-off.

It cost a mere 20 dollars.

The mere thought of it (= just thinking about it) makes me feel sick.

People became excited at the mere mention of his name.

the mere idea/possibility/prospect of somethin

to make something perfect or completely suitable for its purpose:

(verfeinern, verbessern)

(to) hone

His physique was honed to perfection.

Her debating skills were honed in the students' union.

 

 

to support or improve something or make it stronger:

(jnd. etw. unterstützen, stärken, polsterN)

 

(to) bolster

More money is needed to bolster the industry.

She tried to bolster my confidence/morale (= encourage me and make me feel stronger) by telling me that I had a special talent.

They need to do something to bolster their image.

 

to admit that you were wrong or that you have been defeated:

(zurückziehen, zurückweisen, zurücksetzen)

back down / back off

Eventually, Roberto backed down and apologized.

Local residents have forced the local council to back down from/on its plans to build a nightclub on their street.

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