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Giulia Ravasio

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Language English
Category English
Level Other
Created / Updated 06.07.2021 / 27.10.2022
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awestruck

to stand in tention of awe, reverent

dough/duff

a mass made of flour and water

sneaking suspicion

slowly feeling suspicious about sth.

to put someone down

to degrade someone

to  have it in for so.

to be focused on so.

to be fond of sth.

 

to always love this kind of sth.

sth. gets your goat

annoyes/frustrates

Descendants

People having the same ancestors

other word for selfish

greedy, a greedy person

to sleep in

to sleep longer on perpous

to accrue 

anfallen

anwachsen

entstehen

sich ansammeln

hinzukommen

measures

action to achieve something

I would suggest that the government takes measures to reverse some of the demage that has been done

adj. with peace

peaceful

candour

 

Aufrichtigkeit

It is Lena Dunham's condour that makes me gasp.

 

breezily

luftig, windig

flott, leichthin

She's also a very funny writer, with a breezily confessional tone, and imbues the gloom with hope...

imbue

durchfärben, tränken, inspirieren

 

She's also a very funny writer, with a breezily confessional tone, and imbues the gloom with hope...

Have you got any ... in your toes?

sensation (Gefühl/Empfinden)

so. acts .... (neglect)

negligently

plans are going to come to ...

fruition (Erfüllung)

penchant

having a favorite in some sort of category

to dread so./ sth.

to be scared because of so./ sth.

Domestic solar panels can help reduce the amount of fossil fuels we use, but ......... I think their benefizs are minimal.

generally

..........., countries that do little to reduce pollution have some of the worst environmental problems.

Unsurprisingly

Hyman Kaplan, ...... determined efforts to learn English confused the teacher.

whose

The way the characters, ...... come from all over the world, are so wonderfully portrayed without being stereotyped.

who

Hans-Peter, .......... we know very little except for the fact that he recently emigrated from Europe, is a loud, colourful and larger-than-life character.

about whom

negativ noun of satisfy

dissatisfaction

negativ adverb of legal

illegally

adjective of too much protected

overprotective

noun of deep

depth

noun of resolve

resolutions

noun of broad

breadth

noun of detain (in Gewahrsam nehmen)

detention (Haft)

Schmuck

accessory

negative adjective of belief

unbelievable

procure sth.

to get sth. somewhere from someone (beschaffen)

synonym of set up

established

synonym of play out

show happening or developing

synonym of play down

minimise the importance of

synonym of miss out on

fail to get an advantage from