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to sweep someone off their feet

they cause the other person to fall in love with them as soon as they first meet them

to pluck someone from a place

to rescue someone when they are in a dangerous or unpleasant situation

to drag their feet 

to deliberately respond slowly to something because they do not want it to happen quickly, or at all

to hoist someone/ something

to physically lift them to a higher position

without so much as

without even

as/ so far as 

to the extent that,e.g. in expressions like: As/So far as I know.

so + adjecktive/adverb + as to do 

to such an extent that something results (Don‘t work so hard as to make yourself ill.)

as/ so long as 

only if

to proceed to do something

to do it after completing another action

to follow one action with another

to complete one action and then do another

to progress to a certain level or stage

to move to that level or stage after completing a previous one

to continue to do/ doing something

to do the same action for a period of time

to glare at someone

to look at them with an angry expression on your face

to wink at someone

zwinkern

to peep at something

to look at it quickly and secretly, especially through a small opening

to eye someone/something

to look at them because you are interested in, attracted to or suspicious of them

to deem someone/ something to be

to consider them to be that thing or judge them to be like this

to ponder (on) something

to think about it carefully and for a long time in order to reach a decision

to discriminate between

to distinguish between

to weigh (up) something

you think about the negative and positive aspects of it before reaching a decision

to weigh someone up

to watch them and their behaviour carefully in order to form an opinion of them

to serve someone's purpose

to be suitable in terms in your own wishes

to realize an ambition

to achieve it

to perform a task

to carry it out

truly 

really, genuinely

fully

completely

purely

no more than, simply, only

literally

really, factually, even though it may be surprising

to vary according to something

to change because of the influence of something

to revolve around something

to have something as its main or only influence or aspect

to be determined by

to be completely affected or influenced by

to be known to someone as something

to be called that thing or given that name by a person

to do nothing + infinitive

used for emphasis with the meaning: certainly not do

to be given to something/ doing something

to tend to do or experience something considered undesirable

among + a group of people

is used to talk about something shared by or common to people in that group

to belay something

to create a false impression because it conceals something significant that contrasts with how it appears

rehearsal 

Probe

to get/ gain insight into something

to learn something about the true nature of it

chilly

cold/ rather cold

authenticity

Authentizität