Unit 4

Norwin Dammann

Norwin Dammann

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to come near or nearer to sth or so

 

auf jmdn. zukommen

 

approach

the place where someone is going or where sth is being sent or taken

 

das Fahrziel

 

destination

to move across a rough surface

 

holpern

 

bump

to press sth firmly, especially from all sides in order to change its shape, reduce its size or remove liquid from it

 

drücken

 

squeeze

at first

 

am Anfang

 

to begin with

to (cause to) flow quickly and in large amounts

 

stark regnen

 

pour

surprised or shocked so much that they cannot think clearly or speak

 

verblüfft

 

stunned

having your attention completely held by sth, so that you cannot think about anything else

 

verzaubert

 

 

 

spellbound

an organized journey for a particular purpose

 

die Expedition

 

expedition

bored, annoyed or disappointed, especially by sth that you have experienced for too long

 

genug haben

 

fed up

an angry disagreement between two or more people or groups (= row)

 

der Streit

 

 

 

quarrel

a short journey usually made for pleasure, often by a group of people

 

die Exkursion

 

excursion

very sad and without hope

 

deprimiert

 

 

depressed

very interested in sth or sb and wanting to know more

 

fasziniert

 

intrigued

a noisy disagreement (= quarrel)

 

der Streit

 

row

an argument or disagreement between two people, groups or countries

 

der Streit

 

dispute

an association or a club for people with the same interest

 

der Verband

 

 

union

a company that offers regular flights

 

die Fluggesellschaft

 

airline

to spend time away from your work

 

frei nehmen

 

take off

seashore

 

die Küste

 

coastline

to arrive at a hotel and arrange to stay there

 

einchecken

 

 

book into

to go somewhere in order to do sth

 

weggehen

 

go off

to move or get somewhere, to make progress

 

durchkämpfen

 

make your way

to interest so in sth and keep them thinking about it

 

interessieren, fesseln

 

engage

words that are often used together

 

die Redewendung

 

collocation

to remove or take away

 

auslassen/entfernen

 

eliminate

the text or speech that comes immediately before and after a particular phrase and helps to explain its meaning

 

der Zusammenhang

 

context

unusual or special and therefore surprising and worth

mentioning

 

aussergewöhnlich

 

remarkable

to come to mind

 

einfallen

 

occur to

to move or go fast

 

schnell rennen/rasen

 

race

the state of being very tired

 

die Erschöpfung

 

exhaustion

when sth is extremely dangerous, esp. because of bad

weather conditions

 

gefährlich, tückisch

 

treacherous

involving a lot of sudden changes, arguments or violence

 

unruhig

 

turbulent

to test sb's ability and skills, esp. in an interesting way

 

herausfordern

 

challenge

the physical and/or mental strength to do sth which might be difficult and will take a long time

 

die Ausdauer

 

stamina

sth that blocks you so that movement, going forward or action are prevented or made more difficult

 

das Hindernis

 

 

 

obstacle

to record the details of an event, a process, etc

 

dokumentieren

 

 

document

honest and direct in what you say

 

offen, aufrichtig

 

frank

the degree to which sth is likely to happen

 

die (Gewinn‐)Chancen

 

 

odds

mentally ill, stupid or crazy

 

verrückt

 

insane