Never to be forgotten again

Words I keep forgetting

Words I keep forgetting

Arabelle Amacker

Arabelle Amacker

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(Of a person, typically a woman, or their clothes) unfashionable and unstylish in appearance

dowdy

(Of a person) short and stout:

 

dumpy

Maschendrahtzaun

chain-link fence

Falte

zerknittert

creased

zerknittertes Gesicht am Morgen

pillow crease in your cheek

A loud, sharp sound or series of sounds, as is made by pieces of metal being struck together:

 

clank

erschöpft sein, dünn werden (ein Witz)

wear thin

Impassive or expressionless:

 

deadpan

she delivered her monologue in a deadpan voice

‘That’s all right then,’ Claire said, deadpan

 

Say something amusing while affecting a serious manner:

 

to deadpan

‘I’m an undercover dentist,’ he dead-panned

 

Showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper:

unbekümmert, fröhlich

 

blithe

a blithe disregard for the rules of the road

 

Treat (someone) in an indulgent or overprotective way:

 

mollycoddle

I found school very difficult, and realized I’d been mollycoddled at home

 

A person who spreads/ spreading frightening or ominous reports or rumours:

 

scaremonger

scaremongering

jmd der ehrlich und direkt Meinungen gibt

a straight talker

A body of advisers appointed by a sovereign or a Governor General

Kronrat

privy council

The husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing.

 

chaff

A young lower-class person typified by brash and loutish behaviour and the wearing of (real or imitation) designer clothes.

chav

(Especially of an animal) in a wild state, especially after escape from captivity or domestication

(Of a young person) behaving in a wildly undisciplined and antisocial way:

feral

/ˈfɛr(ə)l  / or /ˈfɪə-/

Accept misfortune courageously or stoically:

(expr)

take it on the chin

 

one of her great strengths is her ability to take it on the chin

 

A complex or unwelcome consequence of an action or event:

 

ramifications (usu. plural)

any change is bound to have legal ramifications

 

Intrude on (a person’s territory, rights, personal life, etc.):

Advance gradually beyond usual or acceptable limits:

 

encroach on / upon

rather than encroach on his privacy she might have kept to her room

the sea has encroached all round the coast

 

 

"zwiiju"

graft

A piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically.

graft

A huge, powerful, and overwhelming force:

 

juggernaut

the juggernaut of public expenditure

 

Feeling or showing extreme tiredness, especially as a result of excessive exertion:

 

weary

/ˈwɪəri/

Nadel- vs Blattwald

coniferous forest vs deciduous forest

ein Reinfall

a damp squib

Fliegenpilz

toadstool

Reh und Kitz

doe & fawn

Nadelbaum

conifer