Misc
Misc
Misc
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| Flashcards | 136 |
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| Language | English |
| Category | English |
| Level | Other |
| Created / Updated | 19.01.2014 / 15.08.2014 |
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sleepy and lethargic; half asleep
drowsy
breathing with a whistling or rattling sound in the chest
wheezy
'a wheezy laugh'
appease the anger or anxiety of (someone)
mollify
jd vertreten; für jd einspringen
Vertretung
stand in
jd aufziehen, anstacheln, verhöhnen
taunt
annoyed or irritated and quick to take offence at petty things:
huffy / in a huff
sich beruhigen
become or make calmer or quieter
settle down
be filled with intense but unexpressed anger:
seething
Meissel (rund)
gouge
gaʊdʒ
Hammer und Meissel (flach)
hammer and chisle
cut or force something out roughly or brutally
gouge out
one of the young man’s eyes had been gouged out
düster, finster
trüb
murky
the sky was murky and a thin drizzle was falling
the murky silt of a muddy pond
üble Tricks, Hinterlist
skullduggery
skʌlˈdʌg(ə)ri
sich in einem Geschäft umsehen (ohne unbedingt etwas zu kaufen)
browse
(of a person or their manner) appearing deceitful or evasive
verschlagen, falsch
shifty
1. (of a voice) rough and low in pitch
2. abrupt or taciturn in manner
gruff
encourage someone to do something foolish or risky (Phv)
anstacheln
egg sb on
soaked through
sodden
make a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of pain or distress
wince
Stacheldrahtzaun
barbed wire fence
schwanken, sich ständig verändern
to fluctuate between
willkürlich
arbitrary
lacking any obvious principle of organization
haphazard
the music business works in a haphazard fashion
Some of the scenes struck me as hastily filmed and haphazardly cut together.
unabsichtlich, versehentlich
inadvertent
Wie hoch ist die wahrscheinlich, dass er...
Es ist sehr wahrscheinlich, dass
What are the odds on him ...-ing
It's odds on that...
very probably
in all likelihood
in all likelihood you will outlive your grandparents
Glücksbringer
lucky charm
aufs Gratewohl; nehmen, was es gerade gibt
pot luck
We had no idea which hotel would be best, so we just took pot luck with the first one on the list.
Mary's welcome to stay for dinner if she doesn't mind taking pot luck (= having whatever is available).
knapp
Knappheit
scarce, scarcity
jem./etwas zufälig sehen/finden (phrasal)
to chance upon
attribute something to (phv)
put down to
if I forget anything, put it down to old age
Flüchtigkeitsfehler
einen Flüchtigkeitsfehler machen
slip-up
to slip up
suddenly develop or appear (phv)
spring up
a terrible storm sprang up
etwas dem Glück überlassen
leave sth to chance
by means of
by dint of
he had got to where he was today by dint of sheer hard work
by means of
by dint of
he had got to where he was today by dint of sheer hard work
Blitz
bolt/flash of lightening
Glücksträhne (2)
lucky streak
run of good luck
wie es der Zufall wollte (für positive Ereignisse)
as luck would have it
entgegen aller Erwartungen / negativer Umstände
against all odds
