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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pummelig, short and rather fat
tubby
miscellaneous (Pron)
miscellany
/ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəs/
/mɪˈsɛləni/
schielen (2 options)
squint
to be cross-eyed
(with at, up at, throughetc) to look with half-shut or narrowedeyes
squint
squint at the sun / through the keywhole / your eyes against the sun or smoke
stämmig
hefty
anspruchsvoll, pingelig, wählerisch
fastidious
She is so fastidious about her food that she will not eat in a restaurant .
Rehkitz
fawn
to be too humble or to flatter (someone) in a servileway
to fawn upon sb
heiter
full of good humour
jovial
lively and happy
munter, aufgekratzt, quitschfidel
chirpy
tapfer (2)
brave, valiant
very bad or shocking
heinous
/ˈheɪnəs /
/ˈhiːnəs /
a solemn promise
pledge
useless, having no effect
futile
/ˈfjuːtail/
a futile attempt
reich, wohlhabend
affluent
verbittered, zynisch
judging everything as bad because bad things have happened to you in the past:
jaundiced
He seems to have/take a very jaundiced view of life .I'm afraid I look on all travel companies ' claims with a rather jaundicedeye , having been disappointed by them so often in the past.
luxuriös, üppig, prächtig, kostspielig
expensive and splendid
sumptuous
üppig, grossartig, verschwenderisch
to spend or give very freely
lavish
spending money in a way that wastes it and is not wise
profligate
/ˈprɒf.lɪ.ɡət/
She is well-known for her profligate spending habits .
he succumbed to drink and a profligate lifestyle
unusual and strange in a way that might be funny or annoying
skurril, launenhaft
whimsical
a whimsical tale
Despite his kindly , sometimes whimsical air , he was a shrewdobserver of people
Bitter and abusive language
Schmähungen
vituperation
/vɪˌtjuːpəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/
Miss Snowden yesterday launched a vituperative attack on her ex-boss and former lover .
bockig
easily annoyed and complaining in a rude way like a child
petulant
a petulant child
"Well, he didn't invite me to his party so I'm certainly not inviting him to mine!" she said petulantly.
greedy ( especially for money ); eager to seize as much aspossible
raubgierig
rapacious
rapacious landlords
selbstzufrieden, selbstgefällig
complacent
herumschnüffeln
pry
treiben (auf Wasser)
drift
fälschen
forge
jmd absetzen, entthronen
depose
The president was deposed in a coup .
causing or having a very sharp feeling of sadness
bewegend, ergreifend, erschütternd
poignant
/ˈpɔɪ.njənt/
to pardon (a criminal ) or delay his punishment
begnadigen, Strafvollstreckungsverzug gewähren
reprieve
The murderer was sentenced to death , but later was reprieved .
to leave (a person etc) in a difficult situation and without help (id)
jmd im Stich lassen
leave sb in the lurch
firm, unchangeing
standhaft
steadfast
abschweifen
digress
jmd (freundlich) ermahnen
jmd dringend zu etwas raten
admonish
The judge admonished the young man for fighting in the street .
karg, nüchtern, streng
severely simple and plain ; without luxuries or unnecessaryexpenditure
austere
stubborn
obstinate
(too) plentiful, excessive
überreichlich
profuse
to express (an emotion etc) freely (id)
(sich) Luft machen
to give vent to
He gave vent to his anger in a furious letter to the newspaper .
