English Vocabulary

puddle

reveal, whistle blow

He paid £15 to have his hair cut.

convince or persuade or impress or encourage? I lost too much gambling last time, so you won't __________ me to play again.

expansion (Due to the expansion of the company they will need more workers.)

rough outline (He gave me a rough outline of the story.)

queueing (I found the exhibition so unimpressively that I couldn't understand why people were queueing to get in.)

fat fatter fattest  (John is the fattest person in the family.)

get one's eye in

1. chiefly (hauptsächlich) UK, sports: To become accustomed (gewöhnt, gewöhnlich) to the playing conditions, and thus bring one's hand-eye coordination to a reasonable level.
2. chiefly (hauptsächlich) UK: To develop a perceptual (wahrnehmend) skill (Fähigkeit, Fertigkeit), especially visual.

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nerd

stellar (No matter how stellar the design, no website is complete without great copy.)

caption (No matter how stellar the design, no website is complete without great copy. From headlines and captions to text in meta data fields, copy is what will convert a visitor into a customer.)

to convert (No matter how stellar the design, no website is complete without great copy. From headlines and captions to text in meta data fields, copy is what will convert a visitor into a customer.)

harsh (As you may know, there are billions of videos to watch online — but not all videos are created equal. Given this harsh reality, Vimeo does its best to hand-select (with our trackpads) the very best videos of the web. For whom? For you, silly.)

pad (As you may know, there are billions of videos to watch online — but not all videos are created equal. Given this harsh reality, Vimeo does its best to hand-select (with our trackpads) the very best videos of the web. For whom? For you, silly.

boredom (Beyond our beloved Staff Picks, we’re doing even more to bring you top-notch stuff to watch on a daily basis. Boredom, be gone! Infinite-ish entertainment awaits.)

lapse (Whether fashion, sports, or time lapses are your lifeblood, the new vimeo.com/categories makes it a cajillion times easier to browse videos by interest. Even better, our tasteful curation team regularly features some of the very best for you to peruse.)

whether (Whether fashion, sports, or time lapses are your lifeblood, the new vimeo.com/categories makes it a cajillion times easier to browse videos by interest. Even better, our tasteful curation team regularly features some of the very best for you to peruse.)

cajillion (Whether fashion, sports, or time lapses are your lifeblood, the new vimeo.com/categories makes it a cajillion times easier to browse videos by interest. Even better, our tasteful curation team regularly features some of the very best for you to peruse.)

to feature (Whether fashion, sports, or time lapses are your lifeblood, the new vimeo.com/categories makes it a cajillion times easier to browse videos by interest. Even better, our tasteful curation team regularly features some of the very best for you to peruse.)

to peruse (Whether fashion, sports, or time lapses are your lifeblood, the new vimeo.com/categories makes it a cajillion times easier to browse videos by interest. Even better, our tasteful curation team regularly features some of the very best for you to peruse.)

to get off = to leave; to depart. What time did they get off? We have to get off early in the morning before the traffic gets heavy.

to get so off (Get Me Off Your Fucking Mailing List)

tremendously [trimendesli] didadidi

to get so or sth off (= to remove someone or something from someone, oneself, or something. Come in and get those wet clothes off. Get him off of me!)

1. to get someone cleared of a criminal charge. Ted's lawyer got him off, although we all knew he was guilty. I hope someone can get her off. She is innocent no matter how it looks.

2. to get someone freed from a responsibility. (See also get off the hook.) I think I can get you off. What do I need to do to get myself off?

independent  (Independent-Label (kurz auch Indie-Label) ist die Bezeichnung in der Musikindustrie für diejenigen Plattenfirmen seit den 1930er Jahren, die nicht nur funktionaler Teil der Major-Labels sind. )

major (Major-Label bezeichnet in der Musikindustrie ein Unternehmen, das zur Gruppe der „großen“, marktführenden Musiklabels gerechnet wird. Unabhängige, nicht zu Major-Labels gehörende Plattenlabels werden Independent-Labels genannt. Bis Anfang der 1950er Jahre wurde der Musikmarkt in den USA von sieben Plattenlabels dominiert: Capitol Records, Columbia Records, Decca Records, London Records, Mercury Records, MGM Records und RCA Victor.[1] Sie wurden Major record companies genannt.)

stroke / to do a stroke

proficiency

to contribute (can contibute effectively to meetings and seminars within own area of work or keep up a casual conversation.)

to exempt so

appropriately

thoroughly

casual

impact (Which impact do Computer and Internet have on education?)

to recognise (The FCE exam, or the Cambridge First Certificate Exam to give it its full name, is a really helpful qualification to have – as it recognised and accepted by thousands of employers and educational bodies around the world!)

grasp ( By having completed the FCE exam, you can demonstrate that you have a good grasp of both written and spoken English – for work and learning.)

to fluster ( To avoid get flustered by this, practice lots of English reading – and try to get the general meaning of something quickly. )