Volume 048

Question 1

to be not able to rely on

Answer 1

auf jdn kein Verlaß sein

Question 2

fiendish mob

Answer 2

r. Höllenbrut

Question 3

sore

Answer 3

wund

Question 4

to get wise to s.b.

Answer 4

jdn auf die Schliche kommen

Question 5

predicament

Answer 5

e. Zwangslage

Question 6

crazy

Answer 6

aberwitzig

Question 7

threadbare

Answer 7

fadenscheinig

Question 8

to give leave of absence

Answer 8

beurlauben

Question 9

habit

Answer 9

e. Kutte

Question 10

scoundrel

Answer 10

Kanaille

Question 11

to a large extent

Answer 11

weitgehend

Question 12

tasteless

Answer 12

fade

Question 14

shameful

Answer 14

beschämend

Question 15

whipping, flagellation

Answer 15

e. Geißelung

Question 16

chastisement, castigation

Answer 16

e. Geißelung

Question 17

admonisher

Answer 17

r. Mahner

Question 18

parting (hair)

Answer 18

r. Scheitel

Question 19

to gloss over

Answer 19

beschönigen

Question 20

document

Answer 20

e. Urkunde

Question 21

malice

Answer 21

e. Häme

Question 22

to sizzle

Answer 22

brutzeln

Question 23

to refuse to be intimate with

Answer 23

sich verweigern mit

Question 24

to pillory s.o.

Answer 24

jdn an den Pranger stellen

Question 25

to bawl

Answer 25

grölen

Question 26

thank god

Answer 26

gottlob

Question 27

unrestrained

Answer 27

unbändig

Question 28

poacher

Answer 28

r. Wilddieb

Question 29

smells of burning, precirous, dicey

Answer 29

brenzlig

Question 30

slave-driver (army)

Answer 30

r. Schleifer

Question 31

extensive

Answer 31

ausgiebig

Question 32

cardboard

Answer 32

e. Papper

Question 33

runner-down, denigrator of o's country

Answer 33

r. Nestbeschmutzer

Question 34

foul-mouthed person

Answer 34

r. Dreckschleuder

Question 36

bleary-eyed

Answer 36

übernächtigt

Question 37

indestructible

Answer 37

unverwüstlich

Question 38

antedilvian

Answer 38

vorsintflutlich

Question 39

that's rather far-fetched

Answer 39

das ist an den Haaren herbeigezogen

Question 40

sly fox

Answer 40

s. Schlitzohr

Question 41

to forget

Answer 41

verschwitzen (slang)

Question 42

to consider

Answer 42

erwägen

Question 43

in stock

Answer 43

auf Lager

Question 44

to debit

Answer 44

abbuchen

Question 45

to find, discover

Answer 45

vorfinden

Question 46

mild, tepid

Answer 46

lau

Question 47

to fan, arouse

Answer 47

anfachen

Question 48

to put ointment on a wound

Answer 48

eine Wunde anstreichen

Question 49

fickle

Answer 49

wankelmütig

Question 50

an irony of history

Answer 50

ein Treppenwitz Geschichete

Question 51

to adorn

Answer 51

zieren

Question 52

idle, futile

Answer 52

müßig

Question 53

timpanist, teacher

Answer 53

r. Pauker

Question 54

model

Answer 54

s. Leitbild

Question 55

cane

Answer 55

Rohrstock

Question 56

numb, damp

Answer 56

klamm

Question 57

triumphal march

Answer 57

r. Siegeszug

Question 58

freedom of trade

Answer 58

e. Gewerbefreihiet

Question 59

hinge

Answer 59

e. Angel(-n)

Question 60

bodice, girdle

Answer 60

s. Mieder

Question 61

integrity

Answer 61

e. Lauterkeit

Question 62

remorse

Answer 62

e. Zerknirschung

Question 64

watch out

Answer 64

obacht!

Question 65

detestable

Answer 65

verabscheunswert

Question 66

offensive

Answer 66

unflätig

Question 67

forage cap

Answer 67

s. Schiffchen

Question 68

to attest, testify to

Answer 68

bezeugen

Question 69

shooter

Answer 69

e. Knarre

Question 70

transfiguration

Answer 70

e. Verklärung

Question 71

blockhead

Answer 71

knallkopf

Question 72

piece of evidence

Answer 72

e. Beleg

Question 73

bust, broken

Answer 73

futsch

Question 74

hostility

Answer 74

e. Anfeindung

Question 75

presumption

Answer 75

e. Anmaßung

Question 76

rotten, brittle

Answer 76

morsch

Question 77

godly, pleasing in the sight of God

Answer 77

gottgefällig

Question 78

funeral pyre

Answer 78

r. Scheiterhaufen

Question 79

verger, sexton

Answer 79

Mesner

Question 80

milestone

Answer 80

r. Markstein

Question 81

posterity

Answer 81

e. Nachwelt

Question 82

megalomania

Answer 82

r. Größenwahn

Question 83

craving for status

Answer 83

e. Großmannssucht

Question 84

to be the anniversary

Answer 84

sich jähren

Question 85

to be very popular

Answer 85

großen Zulauf haben

Question 86

artistic

Answer 86

kunstsinnig

Question 87

balanced, even

Answer 87

ausgeglichen

Question 88

aesthete

Answer 88

r. Schöngeist

Question 89

transverse flute

Answer 89

e. Querflöte

Question 90

despotism

Answer 90

Willlkür

Question 91

head of the household, host (football)

Answer 91

r. Hausherr

Question 92

to slave away

Answer 92

schuften

Question 93

stupid, dim

Answer 93

tumb (obs.)

Question 94

flywheel

Answer 94

s. Schwungrad

Question 95

sign

Answer 95

r. Wink

Question 96

hinge

Answer 96

s. Scharnier

Question 97

skeleton, frame

Answer 97

s. Gerippe

Question 98

halo

Answer 98

r. Hof

Question 99

pus

Answer 99

e. Eiter

Question 100

to discharge pus

Answer 100

eitern

Question 101

to bleed to death

Answer 101

verbluten (+SEIN)

Question 102

examination

Answer 102

e. Vernehmung

Question 103

to serve a sentence

Answer 103

verbüßen

Question 104

oblong loaf

Answer 104

r. Wecken

Question 105

scaffold

Answer 105

s. Schafott

Question 106

Imperial and Royal

Answer 106

k.u.k. ("kaiserlich und königlich)

Question 107

villainous

Answer 107

schurkisch

Question 108

to tumble

Answer 108

purzeln

Question 109

gambler

Answer 109

r. Hasardeur

Question 110

to level

Answer 110

einebnen

Question 111

case-shot

Answer 111

s. Kartätschen

Question 113

disapproving, suspicious

Answer 113

scheel

Question 114

hun

Answer 114

r. Hunne

Question 115

hideous face

Answer 115

e. Fratze

Question 116

torch

Answer 116

s. Fanal

Question 117

in grand style

Answer 117

mit Glanz und Gloria (iron.)

Question 118

obstetrician

Answer 118

r. Geburtshelfer

Question 119

brute force

Answer 119

e. Brachialgewalt

Question 120

to torment, plague

Answer 120

drangsalieren

Question 121

putty

Answer 121

r. Kitt

Question 122

to bully, harass

Answer 122

kujonieren

Question 123

to feed up

Answer 123

päppeln

Question 124

pert, cheeky

Answer 124

kess

Question 125

gouty

Answer 125

gichtig

Question 126

uncle

Answer 126

r. Oheim

Question 127

to get s.o, into trouble

Answer 127

in die Bredouille bringen

Question 128

side trip, digression

Answer 128

r. Abstecher

Question 129

to string up, undo

Answer 129

aufknüpfen

Question 130

case

Answer 130

s. Futterall

Question 131

in a rush

Answer 131

Hals über Kopf

Question 132

to tear (as in rush)

Answer 132

preschen

Question 133

habit (monk)

Answer 133

e. Kutte

Question 134

to scold

Answer 134

zetern

Question 135

smelling salts

Answer 135

s. Riechsalz

Question 136

to shed leaves, strip

Answer 136

sich entblättern

Question 137

messy devil

Answer 137

r. Liederjan

Question 138

promising

Answer 138

verheißungsvoll

Question 139

ankle-deep

Answer 139

knöcheltief

Question 140

bloated

Answer 140

aufgedunsen

Question 141

agile, supple

Answer 141

gelenkig

Question 142

carrion eater, scavanger

Answer 142

r. Aasfresser

Question 143

Attila the Hun

Answer 143

r. Etzel

Question 144

to up to o's ears in....

Answer 144

bis zum Hals im Mist stecken

Question 145

to repimand, discipline

Answer 145

maßregeln

Question 146

mood, whim

Answer 146

e. Laune

Question 147

Indian Ink

Answer 147

e. Tusche

Question 148

funnel, crater

Answer 148

r. Trichter

Question 149

he likes to act big

Answer 149

er ist ein Gernegroß

Question 150

gallery

Answer 150

e. Empore

Question 151

ridge

Answer 151

r. First

Question 152

paw

Answer 152

e. Pranke

Question 153

to adminsiter medicine

Answer 153

verabreichen

Question 154

hemp

Answer 154

r. Hanf

Question 155

he couldn't care less

Answer 155

das ist ihm schnurzpiep

Question 156

mess, dirty joke

Answer 156

Ferkelei

Question 157

dirt, filth

Answer 157

r. Schweinkram

Question 158

to chew (up)

Answer 158

zerkauen

Question 159

mutton

Answer 159

Hammelfleisch

Question 160

solitary , eccentric

Answer 160

eigenbrötlerisch

Question 161

pigsty, corrupt shambles

Answer 161

Schweinestall

Question 162

murder of

Answer 162

r. Mord an (+DAT.)

Question 163

weariness, weakness

Answer 163

e. Mattligkeit

Question 164

to deny

Answer 164

dementieren

Question 166

to be flaggergasted

Answer 166

aus allen Wolken fallen

Question 167

lapel

Answer 167

s. Revers

Question 168

horrible

Answer 168

garstig

Question 169

packet, bundle

Answer 169

s. Heidengeld

Question 170

danger of collapsing

Answer 170

einsturzgefährdet

Question 171

to get ready for the kill

Answer 171

e. Messer wetzen

Question 172

nick, wind gap, gun-port

Answer 172

s. Schnarte

Question 173

to lose, forfeit

Answer 173

einbüßen

Question 174

management

Answer 174

e. Bewirtschaftung

Question 175

to implement

Answer 175

umsetzen

Question 176

public petition

Answer 176

s. Bürgerbegehren

Question 177

request

Answer 177

e: Aufförderung

Question 178

rejection

Answer 178

e. Ablehnung

Question 179

permit (for motorway)

Answer 179

e. Vignette

Question 180

expert's report

Answer 180

s. Gutachten

Question 181

refutable

Answer 181

widerlegbar

Question 182

to stretch

Answer 182

recken

Question 183

rotten, brittle

Answer 183

morsch

Question 184

astride

Answer 184

rittlings

Question 185

eaves

Answer 185

e. Traufe

Question 186

maze, labyrinth

Answer 186

r. Irrgarten

Question 187

scuffle

Answer 187

e. Handgemenge

Question 188

thread, yarn

Answer 188

r. Zwirn

Question 189

unspeakable

Answer 189

unsäglich

Question 190

to whisper

Answer 190

raunen

Question 191

to fiddle, falsify

Answer 191

türken

Question 192

to fiddle the figures

Answer 192

einen Türken bauen

Question 193

to quarrel, squabble

Answer 193

sich zanken

Question 194

to drag

Answer 194

schleifen

Question 195

ornaments, knicknacks

Answer 195

Nippes

Question 196

casemate ("armoured compartment for storage of weapons")

Answer 196

Kasematte

Question 197

heathen

Answer 197

heidnisch

Question 198

beach warden

Answer 198

Strandvogt

Question 199

to graft, sweat away

Answer 199

malochen

Question 200

dysentery

Answer 200

e. Ruhr

Question 201

patronage

Answer 201

s. Mätzenatentum

Question 202

to stuff o.s

Answer 202

mästen

Question 203

curt, brusque

Answer 203

schroff

Question 204

fatso

Answer 204

r. Dickwanst

Question 205

dyslexic

Answer 205

Legastheniker

Question 206

cause

Answer 206

e. Erreger

Question 207

to perish, die

Answer 207

verenden

Question 208

to be fond of s.o.

Answer 208

jdm hold sein

Question 209

dirty slob

Answer 209

r. Schmutzfink

Question 210

miser

Answer 210

r. Geizhals

Question 211

reduction, lowering

Answer 211

e. Herabsetzung

Question 212

to lay into, bully

Answer 212

schurigeln

Question 213

it's best not to tangle with him

Answer 213

mit ihm ist nicht gut Kirschen essen

Question 214

shameful, ignominious

Answer 214

schmählich

Question 215

coup de grace

Answer 215

r. Gnadenstoß

Question 216

to tempt, lead astray

Answer 216

verleiten

Question 217

brave, valiant

Answer 217

wacker

Question 218

to struggle

Answer 218

abrackern

Question 219

to pick o.s. up

Answer 219

aufraffen

Question 220

vanity

Answer 220

e. Eitelkeit

Question 221

to whip, chastise

Answer 221

geißeln

Question 222

to eat like a horse

Answer 222

wie ein Scheunendrescher freesen

Question 223

ink blot

Answer 223

r. Tintenkleks

Question 224

casual, inefficiency

Answer 224

r. Schlendrian

Question 225

to push

Answer 225

forcieren

Question 226

witty remark

Answer 226

s. Aperçu

Question 227

shove, push

Answer 227

r. Schub

Question 228

to clear a forest

Answer 228

einen Wald urbar machen

Question 229

area

Answer 229

r, Landstrich

Question 230

to build another storey

Answer 230

aufstocken

Question 231

to swot

Answer 231

bimsen

Question 232

inertia

Answer 232

e. Beharrung

Question 233

to grumble

Answer 233

murren

Question 234

to jump out of the frying pan and into the fire

Answer 234

von Regen in die Taufe kommen

Question 235

to crack the whip

Answer 235

mit der Schnalze schnalzen

Question 236

wire puller

Answer 236

r. Drahtzieher

Question 237

absolutely

Answer 237

schlichtweg

Question 238

timeconsuming

Answer 238

zeitaufwändig

Question 239

profiteering, daylight robbery

Answer 239

Wucher

Question 240

to accuse

Answer 240

bezichtigen

Question 241

to torpedo

Answer 241

torpedieren

Question 242

statement

Answer 242

e. Stellungnahme

Question 243

interweaving

Answer 243

e. Verflechtung

Question 244

bigheaded

Answer 244

stur

Question 245

awning

Answer 245

e. Markise

Question 246

pond

Answer 246

r. Tümpel

Question 247

bacterium

Answer 247

r. Spaltpilz

Question 248

to stare

Answer 248

glotzen

Question 249

hooligan

Answer 249

Rabauken

Question 250

tubby

Answer 250

r. Moppel

Question 251

to mooch about

Answer 251

tigern

Question 252

to be in a Catch-22 position

Answer 252

in der Zwickmühle sitzen

Question 253

to disappear, crumble

Answer 253

verkrümeln

Question 254

to be suitable for

Answer 254

taugen

Question 255

appropriate

Answer 255

einschlägig

Question 256

precursor, forerunner

Answer 256

Wegbereiter

Question 257

justification

Answer 257

e. Rechtfertigung

Question 258

driving out

Answer 258

e. Verdrängung

Question 258

authority

Answer 258

e. Instanz

Question 258

outlaw, ostracised person

Answer 258

r. Verfemte