Unit 11, life erklärungen

a tweak is a small change to something that makes it a lot better

 a premise is a fact or belief that you use as the basis for developing an idea or plan of action

 a gesture is a movement of your hand or arm which you do in order to help make yourself understood, often at the same time as you are speaking

 if something is to the point, it deals with the important matter being discussed and does not waste time on less important considerations

 if you are puzzled, you are slightly confused because you do not properly understand something and you wonder what the actual truth is

 if you offend someone, you say something that makes them upset or angry

 someone who is guarded is very private and does not express their emotions in public or tell people much about themself

if you are distracted, you are not paying attention to what you are meant to be doing or thinking about but are thinking about something else

 if someone is abrupt, they say something that makes them seem rude or unfriendly

if you venture an opinion, you express it in a slightly uncertain way, for example because you are not certain about it

a subtlety is something that is important in a situation but that is not necessarily noticeable

 your opinion is what you think or believe about something

 something that is obsolete is no longer useful because something better and newer has replaced it

something that is monotonous is very dull and boring because it repeats the same activity over and over again

 if you fall short, you do not quite finish a task, or do not do it quite so well as you ought to

 you use -crafted to say how something was done or how well or badly it was carried out

 something that is bizarre is very strange and unusual

 if you say that something is beyond the call of duty, you mean that it is much more than you should normally be expected to do

 if you are living beyond your means, you regularly spend more money than you earn

if something or someone has changed beyond recognition, they have changed so much that you can no longer recognise them

 you use beyond me when you are describing something you think is bad, unacceptable, or impossible to understand

 if something is beyond doubt, it is absolutely certain

 if you say that something is beyond a joke, you mean you do not approve of it because it is not fair or reasonable

 things that are separate are not connected to each other physically or in any other way

 if you separate things, you move them or put them somewhere where they are not together

 something that is plausible is reasonable and seems likely to be true

 if something is intuitive, you are able to handle it or do it straight away without having to read instructions or learn how to do it

 something that is imperfect has something wrong with it or is not complete

 a gamble is a risk that you take, knowing that it might not work for you but that it will give you some benefit if it does work

 something that is elaborate is quite complicated and has a lot of detail

if you elaborate on something, you say more about it and provide more details about it

 if you duplicate something, you do something that has already been done by you or by someone else

a duplicate copy or version of something is a second one that can be used if the first one is not available

a dilemma is a difficult situation that forces you to make a decision that is not easy

if you deliberate, you think hard about something or discuss it seriously with other people before making a final decision about it

 something that is deliberate happens or is done on purpose and not by accident

 something that is blank has no writing or decoration on it

 someone who is articulate is able to express themself in words very fluently and clearly

 if you articulate something, you express it in words in a way that can be easily understood

 if something or someone vanishes, they suddenly disappear and you do not know where they are