Proficiency Masterclass 2

täglich aufgeschnappte Wörter Teil 2

täglich aufgeschnappte Wörter Teil 2


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Karten 110
Sprache English
Kategorie Englisch
Stufe Universität
Erstellt / Aktualisiert 04.04.2016 / 08.04.2016
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resort

lats option, way out

put up with

stick it out, endure

broker

Markler an der Börse

gather pace

getting faster and faster

at ease

comfotable

likened

this is a little like this

put it down to

say that it's the reason for...

stigma

Schandmal

reluctance

unwillingness to do something

displeasure

cause someone to be unhappy

startle

do something unexpected, aufschrecken

rankle

bother someone for a long time, an jemandem nagen

saddle

satteln

deliberate

planned

unswervingly (trust, belief)

unerschütterlich

unsettled

without regular pattern

grasp

ergreifen, quickly grab something and hold it firmly

polemic

speech, writing: strongly attacking or defending an opinion, idea, belief

sophisticated

anspruchsvoll, niveauvoll

vehicles

machine with wheels, engine, transporting people

injustice

no fairness, justice

injustice

no fairness, justice

risible

unuseful, uneffective, lächerlich

simultaneously

gleichzeitig

blackmailed

erpresst

deceit

Betrug, Täuschung

Stroppiness

bein in a bad mood, annoyed, Pampigkeit

prone to

anfällig, can (easily) be...

obstacles

something that blocks you

illusion

idea, belief that is not true

archaic

old fashioned, altertümlich

shiver

shake slightly because of cold, illness or fear

squeamish

empfindlich

linger

take a long time to disappear, verweilen, trödeln

lurk

wait secretly to do something bad, monsters under your bed

daunting

entmutigend

it's part and parcel of living in London

it's a feature that can't be avoided

inherent

natural part of something, angeboren

imminent

drohend, likely to happen very soon

averse

disliking, opposed to