Never to be forgotten again
Words I keep forgetting
Words I keep forgetting
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| Cartes-fiches | 149 |
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| Langue | English |
| Catégorie | Anglais |
| Niveau | Autres |
| Crée / Actualisé | 12.07.2014 / 12.07.2014 |
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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
