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HWZ Passarellenprüfung

HWZ Passarellenprüfung

Patrick Stucki

Patrick Stucki

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Cartes-fiches 319
Langue English
Catégorie Anglais
Niveau Université
Crée / Actualisé 21.01.2013 / 13.02.2022
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citizen She married an American and became a US citizen.

Bürger(in)

 

companion The dog soon became my constant companion.

Begleiter(in), Gefährt(in)

 

extrovert Michelle is such an extrovert and loves meeting new people.

Extravertierte(r)

 

guardian I am acting as guardian of my late brother’s family.

Hüter(in), Wächter(in), Vormund

 

introvert He's more of an introvert and prefers to spend time on his own.

Introvertierte(r)

 

spouse Each spouse is responsible for paying their own income tax.

Ehegatte, Ehegattin

 

stepmother When my dad remarried, I didn't really get on with my stepmother.

Stiefmutter

 

empathise She empathizes with Kim because of her own experiences as a mother.

sich hineinversetzen, mitfühlen, einfühlen

 

sympathise We sympathize deeply with the families of the victims.

mitempfinden, sympathisieren

 

adopt He decided to adopt a more radical approach to the problem.

annehmen, adoptieren

 

foster My parents have fostered lots of children over the years.

pflegen, fördern

 

partner Are partners invited to the office party? China is one of our major trading partners.

Partner(in), Teilhaber(in)

 

peer As a teenager she was very popular with her peers.

Ebenbürtige(r), Gleichaltrige(r)

 

dependant He still has dependants from a previous marriage.

Angehörige(r), (finanziell) Abhängige(r)

 

sibling She doesn't miss the sibling rivalry with her brother and sisters.

Geschwister

 

ancestor He could trace his ancestors back to James the First.

Vorfahr(in), Ahn(in)

 

predecessor Algood seems to have learned nothing from the faults of his predecessors.

Vörgänger(in)

 

descendant She’s a descendant of Charles Darwin.

Nachkomme

 

successor They haven't yet named a successor to the outgoing CEO.

Nachfolger(in)

 

break up The marriage broke up just a few years later.

sich trennen, beenden

 

come between He didn't want this to come between them.

entzweien, zwischen jemanden kommen

 

meet up We usually meet up for a quick coffee in the morning.

sich treffen

 

take to sb Mrs Brady never took to my sister.

jemanden sympatisch finden

 

bring together The event was unique in bringing together politicians, business leaders, and academics.

zusammenbringen, zusammenführen

 

bring out The wine really brings out the spicy flavour of the meat.

hervorbringen

 

bring out (2) The next year they brought out a low-priced car to compete with Fiat.

herausbringen, produzieren

 

ask sb out A few boys asked her out, but never the right one. 

jemanden um eine Verabredung bitten

 

cancel out Our votes will cancel each other out.

sich aufheben, ausgleichen

 

answer back Don't you dare answer me back!

frech werden, widersprechen

 

bump into It was dark and I bumped into the table.

sich an etwas stossen

 

bump into I bumped into your mother at the supermarket.

jemanden zufällig treffen

 

crowd around Everyone crowded around her when she signed autographs.

sich drängen um

 

go together Too often greed and politics seem to go together.

einhergehen mit

 

go together I don't think the colours go together very well.

zueinander passen

 

open up Open up! This is the police!

öffnen, aufschliessen

 

open up (2) It's taken a few months, but Katy is finally starting to open up.

 

sich öffnen

 

open up (3) Going freelance opens up all sorts of possibilities to you.

eröffnen, erschliessen

 

pick on sb Why do you always pick on me?

auf jemandem herumhacken

 

sound out Officials arrived to sound out public opinion at meetings in factories.

aushorchen, ausfragen, vorfühlen

 

take after In looks she takes after her father.

jemandem ähneln, geraten nach