English Grammar Short Test

English Vocabulary

English Vocabulary

Amy Häusler

Amy Häusler

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Karten 22
Sprache English
Kategorie Italienisch
Stufe Mittelschule
Erstellt / Aktualisiert 25.03.2012 / 28.04.2015
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liberal

- having social and political views that favour progress and reform

- tolerant / liberal

vast

- unusually large in size

- enorm / riesig

to bear a relation to

- to be connected to something

- in Beziehung zu etw. stehen

to dress down

- dress informally

- schelten / tadeln

to depict

- to represetn by drawing, sculpture, painting, etc.

- darstellen

to co-exist

- to exist together in peace

- zusammenleben

courteous

- polite and considerate in manners

- höflich

to become familiar with

to get used to

a relatively new country

a country which has a quite short story

I am unable to immagine

I can't see

let somebody off

not to punish

in actual fact

in reality

People I'd barely laid eyes on

People I'd only just met

in awe of

amazing

to go in a particular direction

head for

to start enjoying something or become enthusiastic about it

get into something

to gradually stop doing something

phase out

to face or deal with something difficult or unpleasant

come up against

to criticize someone angrily for doing something wrong

to tell of

Although

Although I've travelled by plane many times, I still hate flying!

Although connects two clauses an requires a comma after the clause

Despite

Despite travelling by plane many times, I still hate flying!

Despite connects two clauses and requires a comme after the clause. It's followed by a noun, an -ing form, or the fact that + subject, verb, object.

However

I've travelled by plane many times, however, I still hate flying.

I've travelled by plane many times. However, I still hate flying.

However connects two clauses or two sentences and requires a comma after it.