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Catégorie Anglais
Niveau École primaire
Crée / Actualisé 09.03.2014 / 09.03.2014
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to admit

to confess that something is true. Noun: admission

to digress

to turn aside, especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument. Noun: digression

to dump

to get rid of something, here: to unload sth onto someone (e.g. "Don't dump vast amounts of data on people")

to hesitate

to pause before doing something, especially because you are nervous or worried.

Adj: (un)hesitant; noun: hesitation

to modify

to change sth slightly. Noun: modification

to persuade

to make someone agree to do something by giving them reasons why the should. Noun: persuasion; adj: (un)persuasive

to ramble

to talk for a long time in a confused way, especially about other things than the subject you should be talking about. Adj: rambling (schwafeln)

to respond

to react to something by taking a particular course of action. Nouns: response, responsiveness; Adj: (un)responsive

(in)accuracy

the quality or ability of (not) being precise. Adj: (in)accurate

distraction

sth that takes your attention away from sth you are doing or thinking about. Verb: to distract

failure

lack of success in doing or achieving sth. Verb: to fail

fluency

the ability to speak or write a language easily and well. Adj: fluent

recipient

a person who receives (gets) something. Verb: to receive

voicemail

answer phone, answering machine

abusive

rude and offensive

(in)articulate

(not) able to express your thoughts and ideas clearly and effectively

(un)civil

here: (im)polite

concise

expressed using only a few words, but in a way that is easy to understand. Noun: conciseness

coherent

logical and well-organised

dense

here: containing a lot of things with little space between them. Noun: density

economical

not spending/using morge of sth than is necessary. Verb: to economise on sth. (nicht gleich economic)

focused

with your attention directed towards what you want to do

(in)efficient

(not) working well and producing good results by using the available resources effectively. Noun: (in)efficiency

eloquent

expressing what you mean using clear and effective language. Noun: eloquence

extrovert

confident, lively, outgoing. Noun: extroversion

face to face

involving two people who are together in the same place

(un)inhibited

(not) embarrassed or not confident, unable to relax or to say what you want to. Noun: inhibition

irritable

getting annoyed easily. Noun: irritability; verb: to irritate someone

(un)reliable

can (not) be depended on. Noun: (un)reliability; verb: to rely on

(in)sensitive

aware of and able to understand other people and their feelings (sensibel in Deutsch)

reserved

slow or unwilling to express feelings and opinions

succinct

expressed in a very short but clear way; noun: succinctness

to get away with something

to do sth wrong and not be punished for it

to make things up

to invent things, to lie