Student Book (Cambridge Englisch)

cover (verb)

• to report the news about a particular important event
• She's covering the American election for BBC television.
• covered

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/cover

Collocations: https://www.freecollocation.com/search?word=cover

Conjugation: https://konjugator.reverso.net/konjugation-englisch-verb-cover.html

current affairs (noun)

• political news about events happening now
• Everyone had the chance to hear about and talk of current affairs.

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/current-affairs

demography (noun)

• The demography of an area is the number and characteristics of the people who live in an area, in relation to their age, sex, if they are married or not, etc
• The increase in the number of young people leaving to work in the cities has had a dramatic impact on the demography of the villages.

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/demography

disgusted (adjective)

• feeling extreme dislike or disapproval of something
• She was disgusted at the way they treated their children.
• at, by, with

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/disgusted

Collocations: https://www.freecollocation.com/search?word=disgusted

distressed (adjective)

• being upset or worried
• She was deeply distressed by the news of his death.

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/distressed

draft (noun)

• a piece of text, a formal suggestion, or a drawing in its original state, often containing the main ideas and intentions but not the developed form.
• The first draft of his novel needed a substantial amount of rewriting.

• in a, the

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/draft

Collocations: https://www.freecollocation.com/search?word=draft

helpless (adjective)

• unable to do anything to help yourself or anyone else
• Helpless as a baby bird that had fallen out of its nest.

•  against, before, in the face of, with

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/helpless

Colloctations: https://www.freecollocation.com/search?word=helpless

hysterical (adjective)

• unable to control your feelings or behaviour because you are extremely frightened, angry, excited, etc.
• My God, the kid's mom was hysterical.
• I can't talk to you when you're hysterical.

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/hysterical

Collocations: https://www.freecollocation.com/search?word=hysterical

imply (verb)

• to communicate an idea or feeling without saying it directly
• Are you implying (that) I'm fat?
• implied

• that

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/imply

Collocations: https://www.freecollocation.com/search?word=imply

Conjugation: https://konjugator.reverso.net/konjugation-englisch-verb-imply.html

infer (verb)

• to form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information that you have
• I inferred from her expression that she wanted to leave.
• inferred

• that, from

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/infer

Collocations: https://www.freecollocation.com/search?word=infer

Conjugation: https://konjugator.reverso.net/konjugation-englisch-verb-infer.html

irritated (adjective)

• annoyed
• I began to get increasingly irritated by/at her questions.

• by, at

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/irritated

Collocation: https://www.freecollocation.com/search?word=irritated

overwhelmed (adjective)

• to feel sudden strong emotion
• They were overwhelmed with grief when their baby died.
• by, with

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/overwhelm?q=overwhelmed

phenomenon (noun)

• a natural fact or event that is seen or happens regularly or frequently
• Corruption is a phenomenon that represents a huge danger to the rule of law.

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-german/phenomenon

Collocations: https://www.freecollocation.com/search?word=phenomenon

readership (noun)

• the group of people who regularly read particular nespaper, magazine etc.
• The readership of the magazine consists mainly of teenage girls.

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-german/readership

revenue (noun)

• The income that a government odr company receivs regularly.
• High taxation raises revenue, but fails to cut consumption.

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-german/revenue

Collocations: https://www.freecollocation.com/search?word=revenue

run (verb)

• to publish something in a nespaper or magazine
• Channel 4 is running a series on the unfairness of the legal system
• ran, run

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/run > C1

Collocations: https://www.freecollocation.com/search?word=run

Conjugation: https://www.freecollocation.com/search?word=run

source (noun)

• someone or something that supplies information
• The journalist refused to reveal her sources (= say who had given the information to her).

• according to

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/source

Collocations: https://www.freecollocation.com/search?word=source

speechless (adjective)

• unable to speak because you are so angry, shocked, surprised, etc.
• The news left us speechless.

• with

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/speechless

Collocations: https://www.freecollocation.com/search?word=speechless

subscription (noun)

• an amount of money that you pay regularly to receive a product or service
• Your business can be listed on the website for a low monthly subscription

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/subscription

Collocations: https://www.freecollocation.com/search?word=subscription

tablet (noun)

• a small, flat computer that is controlled by touching the screen or by using a special pen
• This tablet PC converts into a smoothly working notebook with a keyboard addition.

Link: http://This tablet PC converts into a smoothly working notebook with a keyboard addition.

Collocations: https://www.freecollocation.com/search?word=tablet

transition (noun)

• a change from one form or type to another, or the process by which this happens
• The health-care system is in transition at the moment.

• during, in, between

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/transition

Collocatons: https://www.freecollocation.com/search?word=transition

unsafe (adjective)

• not safe, dangerous, or at risk
• Don't play in the street - it's unsafe.

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/unsafe

allude to (phrasal verb)

• to mention someone or something without talking about him, her, or it directly
• She mentioned some trouble that she'd had at home and I guessed she was alluding to her son
• alluded to

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/allude-to

Conjugation: https://konjugator.reverso.net/konjugation-englisch-verb-allude%20to.html

applause (noun)

• the sound of people clapping their hands repeatedly to show enjoyment or approval of something such as a performance or speech.
• His speech met with (= received) loud applause.

• to, for, deafening, loud, thunderous, tumultuous | enthusiastic, rapturous, warm, wild | prolonged, sustained | spontaneous, burst, ripple, roar, round, be greeted with, draw, earn, get, receive, win, break into, burst into, acknowledge, deserve, break out, greet sb/sth, grow | die away/down, subside

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/applause

bilingual (adjective)

• (a person) able to use two languages equally well, or (of a thing) using or involving two languages.
• He is bilingual in Mandarin and English.

Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bilingual

Collocations: https://www.freecollocation.com/search?word=bilingual