Unit 4 -7


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no longer young but not yet old

mittleren Alters

middle-aged

someone who receives a pension from the government after they reach the age when they are officially old enough to stop working

Rentner/in, Pensionär/in

pensioner

no longer working because you have reached the age where you are officially too old to work

im Ruhestand

retired

a young person between the ages of 13 and 19

Teenager

teenager

a very young child who is learning how to walk

Kleinkind

toddler

used to express strong agreement with an idea

Was für eine gute Idee!

What a good idea!

used to say that a day was particularly good, bad or surprising in some way

Was für ein Tag!

What a day!

used to say that a place is very untidy or a situation is very complicated

Was für ein Chaos!

What a mess!

used to say that a night was particularly good, bad or surprising in some way

Was für eine Nacht!

What a night!

used to say that something that happens is very bad

Was für ein Alptraum!

What a nightmare!

used to say that something that happens is very annoying

Wie ärgerlich!

What a nuisance!

used to say that you are happy and relaxed because something bad has not happened or a bad situation has ended

Was für eine Erleichterung!

What a relief!

used to say that sth is very disappointing

Das ist aber schade!

What a shame!

used to say that something is very unexpected

Was für eine Überraschung!

What a surprise!

used to say that doing something is not worth the time it would take

Was für eine Zeitverschwendung!

What a waste of time!

used to say that something or someone was very unlucky

Was für ein Pech!

What bad luck!

used to say that someone has behaved in a very stupid way

Was für ein Idiot!

What an idiot!

a date when you celebrate something that happened in a previous year that is important to you

Jahrestag

anniversary

to make bread, cakes etc using an oven

backen

bake

if you ..., you become extremely angry

in die Luft gehen (wütend)

go ballistic

used for emphasizing the most important point or idea in what you are saying

wirklich

basically

if you ... a flame, or if it blows out, it stops burning because you blow on it or because of the wind

ausblasen

blow out

if you ..., your cheeks become red because you feel embarrassed or ashamed

erröten

blush

the person who is in charge of you at work

Vorgesetzter

boss

a stick of wax with a string in it called a wick that you burn to give light

Kerze

candle

the job of looking after children, especially while their parents are working

Kinderbetreuung

childcare

a result or effect of something

Auswirkung

consequence

an expert or a professional person whose job is to give help and advice on a particular subject

Berater

consultant

a written legal agreement between two people or businesses that says what each must do for the other or give to the other

Vertrag

contract

someone whose job is to paint houses and put paper on the walls

Maler

decorator

a feeling of being nervous or ashamed because of what people know or think about you

Verlegenheit

embarrassment

a belief that something should happen in a particular way, or that someone or something should have particular qualities or behaviour

Erwartung

expectation

if your memory ...s, it becomes worse or less clear

nachlassen

fade

someone whose job is to work outside on a farm

Farmarbeiter

farmhand

money that you pay to a professional person or institution for their work

Gebühr

fee

used for emphasizing what you are saying, especially how strong or severe something is

heftig

fiercely

to make someone leave their job, sometimes as a punishment

feuern

fire

to start an organization, company, political party, etc.

gründen

found

all the members of a family who are of a similar age and whose parents are of a similar age

Generation

generation

to speak or write to someone, especially after you have not spoken to them for a long time

jemanden kontaktieren

get in touch with sb