English
Voc1
Voc1
Set of flashcards Details
Flashcards | 300 |
---|---|
Language | English |
Category | Finance |
Level | University |
Created / Updated | 20.11.2012 / 19.12.2014 |
Weblink |
https://card2brain.ch/box/english130
|
Embed |
<iframe src="https://card2brain.ch/box/english130/embed" width="780" height="150" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe>
|
unveil, If you unveil something new, you show it or it make known for the first time:
A new government policy on forests is due to be unveiled in April
bekannt machen, enthüllen
spree, a short period of doing a particular, usually enjoyable, activity much more than is usual:
I went on a drinking/shopping/spending spree on Saturday.
Twenty people were shot dead in the city making it the worst killing spree since the riots.
Orgie, amüsante Tour
bed down,
ein Tier versorgen
gripe, a strong complaint:
Her main gripe is that she's not being trained properly.
meckern, maulen
bound to be, having a moral or legal duty to do something:
The company is bound by a special agreement to involve the union in important decisions.
She feels (duty) bound to tell him everything.
verpflichtet sein
sway, to move slowly from side to side:
The trees were swaying in the wind.
The movement of the ship caused the mast to sway from side to side/backwards and forwards.
A drunk was standing in the middle of the street, swaying uncertainly and trying hard to
schaukeln, wiegen
Countervailing, adjective [before noun] FORMAL
having equal force but an opposite effect:
There was nobody strong enough to lead an effective countervailing force against the dictator.
a countervailing argument
ausgleichen, Gegenmacht
deterioration, to become worse:
She was taken into hospital last week when her condition suddenly deteriorated.
The political situation in the region has deteriorated rapidly.
Rückgang
assuage, to make unpleasant feelings less strong:
The government has tried to assuage the public's fears
befriedigen, schmerzen lindern/stillen
evaporate, [I or T] to cause a liquid to change to a gas, especially by heating:
The high concentration of sugars forms a syrup when the sap evaporates.
Plants keep cool during the summer by evaporating water from their leaves.
2 [I] to disappear:
Halfw
verdampfen, verdunsten, verfliegen
trawl, to search among a large number or a great variety of places in order to find people or information you want:
The newspaper had trawled its files for photos of the new minister.
You need to trawl through a lot of data to get results that are valid.
das Schleppnetz
contagion, describes a disease that can be caught by touching someone with the disease or a piece of infected clothing:
The infection is highly contagious, so don't let anyone else use your towel.
2 describes someone who has a contagious disease:
Keep hi
ansteckende Krankheit, Seuche
sanguine, positive and hopeful:
They are less sanguine about the prospects for peace.
hoffnungsvoll
green shoots,
Pflanzen Sprossen
derail, 1 [I or T] If a train derails or is derailed, it comes off the railway tracks.
2 [T] to prevent a plan or process from succeeding:
Renewed fighting threatens to derail the peace talks.
entgleisen
stifle, verb [I or T]
to (cause to) be unable to breathe because of a lack of air:
He is said to have stifled his victim with a pillow.
We almost stifled in the heat of the city.
ersticken
elusive, difficult to describe, find, achieve or remember:
The answers to these questions remain as elusive as ever.
Success, however, remained elusive for her.
elusive memories
ausweichend, schwer fassbar
opaque, 1 preventing light from travelling through, and therefore not transparent or translucent:
opaque glass/tights
undurchsichtig
panacea, 1 DISAPPROVING something that will solve all problems:
Technology is not a panacea for all our problems.
2 something that will cure all illnesses
Wundermittel
vigilance, more careful attention, especially in order to notice possible danger:
The police said that it was thanks to the vigilance of a neighbour that the fire was discovered before it could spread.
die Wachsamkeit
muse, to think about something carefully and for a long time:
I began to muse about/on the possibility of starting my own business
grübeln, nachsinnen, sinnen, nachgrübeln
mull, to think carefully about something for a long time:
I need a few days to mull things over before I decide if I'm taking the job.
etwas erwägen
disguised, 1 to give a new appearance to a person or thing, especially in order to hide its true form:
[R] He disguised himself by shaving his head and wearing a false beard.
Minor skin imperfections can usually be disguised with a spot of make-up.
We tri
getarnt
essence, relating to the most important characteristics or ideas of something:
In essence, both sides agree on the issue.
wesentlich, im Wesentlichen
moat,
Wassergraben
demise,
Niedergang, Tod
savage,
grausam, primitiv, wild
pertinent,
sachbezogen, angemessen,
backdrop,
Hintergrund, Kulisse
amplifier,
Verstärker
rejoicing,
frohlockend, der Jubel
turmoil,
Aufruhr, Getümmel, Tummult
fallacy,
Täuschung, Trugschluss
prospect,
Ausblick, Erwartung
poignant,
rührend, ergreifend, melancholisch
trajectory,
Flugbahn
impending,
bevorstehend
restrain,
zurückhalten, bändigen
fierce,
angespannt, scharf, grimmig
resemble,
ähneln, gleichen