Privatunterricht 6

English vocabolary

English vocabolary


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Language English
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Level Primary School
Created / Updated 03.08.2014 / 04.08.2014
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PV: hand over responsabilities

hand over

PV: let it out of sb./sth.

take it out on sb./sth.

PV: hire people, accept work

take on 

the company took on new staff

rang in einer Scala

is ranked on a scale

a very unpleasant and painful or difficult experience

ordeal

The hostages' ordeal came to an end when soldiers stormed the building.

unerhört, abscheulich

outrageous

devide people in social topics

Everyone believed my neighbou's claims

Everyone was take in by my neighbour's claims

to offend so.

to put your foot on it

go to 

head for 

Let's go to the nearest restaurant.

working hard or for long hours every day

to work your fingers to the bone

I can't remember  at the moment

it's on the tip of my tongue

plight of

the plight of the poor/homeless

Few of us can be unmoved by the plight of the refugees.

Betrüger

con man

chosen for special name/place

designated

start the action

set the ball rolling with sth.

to do something that might be very dangerous for you

do sth. at your peril

We underestimate the destructiveness of war at our peril.

to demolish PV

tear down

The town council decided to tear down the building, as it was unsage.

einen Termin einhalten

to keep an appointment abroad

lindern, mässigen, abschwächen

to mitigate

erneut anfangen

to resume

s'Feuferli und s'Weggli

I can have my cake and eat it.

Schönheit ist im Auge des Betrachters

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

argued that

argued about

disagree with

to agree

mit jmd. einverstanden sein

to concur with so./sth.

judged on 

viewed as important as ...

equality of rights

equality of status

voted on sth.

voted for sth.

begründen

to consititute sth.

ausschimpfen

to scold, scolded, scolded

The small child was being scolded by its mother for getting dirty.

unbezahlbar

priceless

The precious stones our company mines are now known to be priceless.

teuer

dear

sparsam - verschwenderisch

thrifty - wasteful

knapp bei Kasse

hard up

Zielscheibe des Spotts

the butt of a joke

anhänglich

devoted

Erziehung

upbringing

strahlen

vor Stolz strahlen

beam

to beam with pride

 

grinsen

to grin, grinned, grinned

laut lachen

to guffawed

herumzappeln

to wriggle about

Kaminein-/umfassung

mantelpiece

very funny

hilarious