English Vocabulary

English Vocabulary

English Vocabulary

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Iris Gfeller

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tenement (... are written on the subway walls and tenement halls)

Miethaus, Mietwohnung, Wohnung, Wohnhaus, Mietskaserne

snout [snäut]

Schnauze

road that is not paved

ungeteerte Strassen

snoot

Grimasse

meanwhile

mittlerweile, inzwischen, unterdessen, zwischenzeitlich

snooty

hochnäsig, versnobt

snootily

arrogant, hochnäsig

no worries!

Kein Prblem!

radiant (how are you? Radiant)

glänzend, auch strahlend, freudestrahlend, strahlenförmig

I don't give a rat's ass (always used in the negative)

Ich scheiss drauf

lead (The band will go over like a lead zeppelin) (The-Who-Schlagzeuger Keith Moon sagte, eine Band um Jimmy Page würde «abstürzen wie ein bleiernes Luftschiff»)

Hinweis, Spur, Blei, Anhaltspunkt, Aufmacher, Leine, Bleistiftmine (heavy as lead = bleischwer)

exaggerated

überspitzt

within (fire from within - for a perfect moment in time = Schnapsflasche)

drin, innenliegend, im Innern

trap (Don't grow up - It's a trap!)

Falle

to hunt (Happy Hunting! )

jagen

flat (flat, responsive, private)

flach, geschmacklos, gleichberechtigt, matt

responsive  (flat, responsive, private)

ansprechbar

feature

Merkmal, Eigenschaft, Besonderheit, äussere Erscheinung

huge (our huge range of accommodation)

gross, gewaltig, riesig

accommodation (our huge range of accommodation)

Unterkunft

refund (if you find the same hotel cheaper, we’ll refund the difference) or (we’ll refund the difference if you find the same hotel for less)

rückerstatten

chubby

prall, pummelig, rundlich, mollig, pausbäckig

fussy

heikel, kleinlich, pingelig

to introduce (New UCI Anti-Doping Rules introduced to reflect 2015 World Anti-Doping Code and further strengthen cycling’s anti-doping procedures)

einführen, vorstellen

further (New UCI Anti-Doping Rules introduced to reflect 2015 World Anti-Doping Code and further strengthen cycling’s anti-doping procedures)

weiter, ferner

to strengthen (New UCI Anti-Doping Rules introduced to reflect 2015 World Anti-Doping Code and further strengthen cycling’s anti-doping procedures)

verstärken, kräftigen, ausbauen, festigen

procedure (New UCI Anti-Doping Rules introduced to reflect 2015 World Anti-Doping Code and further strengthen cycling’s anti-doping procedures)

Verfahren, Technik, Massnahme, Methode, Ablauf, Durchführung

clue

Hinweis, Anhaltspunkt, Schlüssel (I haven't a clue = Ich habe keine Ahnung)

unless (Unless you pay the supplement they want, they won't give us the tickets.)

wenn nicht, sofern nicht

flood (There was a terrible flood. The villagers who had received a warning escaped.)

Flut, Überschwemmung

You .....  wear a tie if you don't want to.

don't have to = You don't have to wear a tie if you don't want to.

I don't like my room as much as yours. = I like your room .....

more than mine = I like your room more than mine.

A: You speak very good English!
B: I ....... since I was ten.

A: You speak very good English! B: I have spoken since I was ten.

Schwer zu glauben: I find that ......  to believe!

I find that hard to believe!

"Why did you stop working?" "I stopped .....  a rest."

"Why did you stop working?" "I stopped to have a rest."

above all

vorallem, darüber hinaus

in spite of (That man is a millionaire. In spite of this he's not very happy.)

trotz allem, trotzdem

even though (She still loves him even though he's now in prison.)

auch wenn

to tick off (tick them off!)

to be ticked off = angefressen sein

to tick over = leerlaufen

abhaken, ankreuzen / to tick so off = jmd verärgern, zusammenstauchen, heruntermachen / to give so. a ticking-off = jmd die Leviten lesen / to get a ticking-off = einen Rüffel einstecken müssen

Jump/dive headlong

springen/tauchen mit dem Kopf voran