Never to be forgotten again
Words I keep forgetting
Words I keep forgetting
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| Sprache | English |
| Kategorie | Englisch |
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| Erstellt / Aktualisiert | 12.07.2014 / 12.07.2014 |
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das Abzugsloch
vent
an air vent
unheimlich
eerie
herumtollen (Kinde, Tiere)
to play happily
frolic
Ast (2)
bough /bau/
branch
male deer
buck
Eigenart, Schwäche, Macke
a strange habit or characteristic that is seen as not importantand not harming anyone
foible
We all have our little foibles.
träge, gleichgültig
showing no real interest or effort
indolent
hitzig, unüberlegt, impulsiv, ungestüm
acting in a hasty manner and without thinking
impetuous
vorgeblich, angeblich
(of reasons etc) apparent , but not necessarily true
ostensible
Illness was the ostensible reason for his absence , but in fact he was just lazy .
ausrangieren
to throw away as useless
discard
They discarded the empty bottles .
zweckmässig, zweckdienlich, ratsam
convenient or advisable
expedient
It is not expedient to pay him what he has asked .
Instil (an idea, attitude, or habit) by persistent instruction:
einschärfen
inculcate /ˈɪnkʌlkeɪt/
I tried to inculcate in my pupils an attitude of enquiry
Our coach has worked hard to inculcate a team spirit in/into theplayers .
(Especially of a smells, characteristics or qualities) spread through and be perceived in every part of
Be present and apparent throughout
erfüllen
pervade
a smell of stale cabbage pervaded the air
the sense of crisis which pervaded Europe in the 1930s
The film is a reflection of the violence that pervades our culture .
several different; various
verschiedene
sundry
/ˈsʌn.dri/
to ( cause to) gradually disappear or waste
dissipate
The heat gradually dissipates into the atmosphere .
His anger dissipated as the situation became clear .
sich mit jmd beraten
confer with sb
jmd etwas verleihen
to confer sth on sb
aus Achtung vor
in deference to
willingness to consider the wishes etc of others
die Ehrerbietung
deference
He always treats his mother with deference.
versteckt, indirekt, schräg
sloping
oblique
He drew an oblique line from one corner of the paper to the other.
He made an oblique reference to her work .
Neigung zu
propensity for
Strauch, Busch
shrub
nähen
sew
səʊ
the way in which a person or animal walks
Gang(art)
gait
the old man’s shuffling gait.
extremely great in ability , amount , or strength
prodigious
[prəˈdɪʤəs]
She wrote a truly prodigious number of novels .
She was a prodigious musician .He had a prodigious appetite for both women and drink .
( especially of an organization ) to pay the cost of something
aufkommen für
defrey
The company will defray all your expenses , including car hire .
to make unpleasant feelings less strong
beschwichtigen, besänftigen, lindern
assuage
[əˈsweɪʤ]
The government has tried to assuage the public's fears .
an opportunity occurred to assuage her desire for knowledge
Anwalt
attorney
describes food or drink that has a pleasant taste
schmackhaft, annehmbar, akzeptierbar
palatable
a very palatable wine
The meal was barely palatable.
aus etwas folgen
sich aus etwas ergeben
to ensue from sth
[ɪnˈsju:/
the panic that ensued from the false news report .
She was killed in the ensuing riots .
Futtertrog, Krippe
manger
[ˈmeɪnʤəʳ,/
to move as if wanting to avoid attention
schleichen
slink (slunk / slunk)
He slunk into the kitchen and stole a cake .
the fox came slinking through the bracken
all the staff have slunk off home
Hohn, Spott
derision
schmollend, eingeschnappt, beleidigt
sulky
räudig, schäbig
mangy
[ˈmeɪnʤi]
Take or use most or all of (something) in an unfair or selfish way:
to hog
he never hogged the limelight
rinse out
swill out
1 (of horses) easily excited or frightened and therefore difficult to control
2 (of people) not very serious and with ideas and feelings that keep changing
skittish
careful about spending money and not wasting things
sparsam
thirfty
(Of a woman or her clothes) dowdy and old-fashioned:
frumpy
