HWZ 2012


Kartei Details

Karten 45
Sprache English
Kategorie Englisch
Stufe Universität
Erstellt / Aktualisiert 05.02.2012 / 25.02.2017
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to cram

to put a lot of information or things somewhere (e.g. in your head/a suitcase) / voll stopfen

to overhaul

to change completely / überholen (ein System, etc.)

to bury

to hide or cover something / begraben

to be in a mad dash

to do something very quickly in an uncontrolled way / etw überstürzen, in grosser Eile sein

to mess up

to get something wrong / versauen

to take a breather

to have a rest / verschnaufen

slick

impressively simple / professionell, clever

to crash

to stop working (of a computer) / abstürzen

failure (n)

a total breakdown / Misserfolg, Versagen

to fail

to stop working / not succeed / Versagen, versagen

to upgrade (e.g. A system)

to improve / modernize / aufrüsten, aufwerten

to delete

to get rid of / löschen

instalment (n)

a regular payment / Installation, Ratenzahlung

to install

to put something into place so you can start using it, to make regular repayments / installieren, in Raten bezahlen

to set up (e.g. a connection)

to start / (eine Verbindung) einrichten, errichten

to give an update / to update /update (n)

to give the latest information on s'th / jem neu informieren, aufdatieren, nachführen

to get in touch with

to contact s'one / mit jem. Kontakt aufnehmen

to get back to someone

to contact s'one again with some new information / jem Bescheid sagen, jem antworten

to keep someone in the loop

to keep s'one informed about what's going on / jem auf dem Laufenden halten

to let someone know something

to give s'one some information / jem unterrichten

to fill someone in

to inform someone / jem. ins Bild setzen

snail mail (n)

letters sent by post / Briefpost

mustn't grumble

I feel alright (answer to : How are you?) / man darf nicht klagen

trivial (adj)

unimportant / trivial

fine (n)

money you pay as a punishment when you've broken the law / eine Busse

forethought (n)

careful thought and planning that prepares you well for a future event / Vorausplanung

shareware (n)

free software for download / Software, die man vor dem Kauf kostenlos ausprobieren kann

time frame (n)

period of time during which s'th must happen / Zeitrahmen

downtime (n)

time when a computer isn't working / Ausfallzeit, Auszeit

malicious (adj)

deliberately wanting to hurt s'one or cause damage / bösartig

cartridge (n)

small disposable container / Patrone

income tax return

tax form to declare one's income / Einkommenssteuererklärung

oddly (adv)

strangely / seltsamerweise

to exploit

to use unfairly / ausbeuten

to downsize

to reduce the size (of a company) / verkeinern (Personalbestand)

fierce (adj)

wild, furious / wild, angeheizt

competition (n)

a contest for the acquisition of something / Wettbewerb

output (n)

production / Produktion, Leistung

outcome (n)

result / Ergebnis

tight deadline

short time by which something has to be ready / knapper Termin