Volume 055 Flashcards

(209 cards)

1
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to ruin, mess up

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vermasseln

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2
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protection

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e. Absicherung

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3
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convincing

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triftig

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crow-bar

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s. Stemmeisen

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lump, chunk

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r. Brocken

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to woo away

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abwerben

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7
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shabby

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schäbig

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8
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to main, mutilate

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verstümmeln

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rigid, fixed

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starr

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10
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to tap, draw

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zapfen

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11
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to cheat

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betrügen

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12
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woodchip paper

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e. Raufasertapete

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13
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bit of money

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s. Mood (sl.)

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gangling, gawky

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schlaksig

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dresser, sideboard

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e. Anrichte

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16
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to graft, sweat away

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malochen

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17
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to do s.o. in

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jdm den Garaus machen

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18
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to draw to an end

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zur Neige gehen

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19
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midwife

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e. Hebamme

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20
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bourgeois

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spießig

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21
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house.trained

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stubenrein

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22
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pup

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r. Welpe

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23
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to blub

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flennen

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24
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to be flabbergasted

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baff sein

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to fill in, smooth over
spachteln
26
to have loads of money
Geld wie Heu haben
27
to know which way the wind blows
wissen, wie der Hase läuft
28
spray
r. Gischt
29
shivering fit
r. Schüttelfrost
30
he certainly shakes people up
er ist wie ein Hecht im Karpteneich
31
the whole thing/caboodle
s. ganze Pipapo
32
plankbed
r. Pritsche
33
enema, douche
e. Darmspülung
34
to be down the tubes
im Eimer sein
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trunk, snout
r. Rüssel
36
to be quite something
nicht von schlechten Eltern sein
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bodily contact
e. Tuchfühlung
38
acorn
e. Eichel
39
to slurp
schlabbern
40
jamjar
s. Einmachglas
41
awkward
zickig
42
belongings
e. Siebensachen
43
27th June - the day which is said to determine te weather for the next seven weeks
r. Siebenschläfer
44
for the last time
letztmalig
45
hiccup
r. Schluckauf
46
to have the hiccups
den Schluckauf haben
47
inhibited
verklemmt
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curt, brusque
schroff
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to take s.b. in hand
jdn an die Kandare nehmen
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straight out, plainly
ohne Umschweife
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fallow
brach
52
porter
r. Kofferträger
53
sinister
unheimlich
54
so so
es geht
55
keyboard
s. Keyboard
56
keyboard
e. Tastatur
57
drive
s. Laufwerk
58
harddrive
e. Festplattet
59
interface
e. Schnittstelle
60
memory
r. Speicher
61
operating system
s. Betriebssystem
62
power
e. Spannung
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power failure
r. Stromausfall
65
to get rid of (person)
abwimmeln
66
slip, boob
r. Patzer
67
convictions
e. Gesinnung
68
to make s.t. more difficult
erschweren
69
in the view of
nach Auffassung (+Gen.)
70
guarantor
r. Garant
71
rock, obstacle
e. Klippe
72
to initiate
einleiten
73
violation
r. Verstoß
74
to blacken o's name
jdn anschwärzen
75
(parking) ticket
s. Knöllchen
76
to be temperamental
seine Tücken haben
77
straightaway
auf Anhieb
78
to tear off
abreißen
79
precipitate
überstürzt
80
stalemate
s. Patt
81
to conceal
kaschieren
82
bringing into line
e. Gleichschaltung
83
levelling
e. Einebnung
84
mire, quagmire
r. Morast
85
to stamp
stampfen
86
harmony, agreement
s. Einvernehmen
87
reputation
r. Leumund
88
bloodbath
s. Gemetzel
89
to mould, shape
prägen
90
serf
r. Leibeigene (r)
91
scarcity, shortage
e. Verknappung
92
to lease
pachten
93
to plague, attack, haunt
heimsuchen
94
to mutiny, rebel
meutern
95
to show, express
bekunden
96
to waste a lot of time
verzetteln
97
words of encouragement
r. Zuspruch
98
rank and file
s.Fußvolk
99
indispensable
unabdingbar
100
to line
säumen
101
team, squad
e. Riege
102
go-getting
umtriebig
103
to assemble
versammlen
104
to snap, give away
einknicken
105
evening out
r. Ausgleich
106
witty
launig
107
capricious, moody
launisch, launenhaft
108
to refuse/deny s.b. s.t.
jdm etw. verwehren
109
to go walkies
Gassi gehen
110
fine
e. Geldstrafe
111
honorary
ehrenamtlich
112
to arrange, fix
anberaumen
113
unseizable
unpfändbar
114
recording
r. Mitschnitt
115
to be married
unter der Haube sein (humorous)
116
practice makes perfect
Übung macht den Meister
117
brownie
s. Heinzelmännchen
118
fulll to the brim
voll bis zum Rande
119
by the way, in passing
am Rande
120
conservatory
r. Wintergarten
121
to grow suspicious
stutzig werden
122
to go on patrol
auf Streife gehen
123
grovelling
kriecherisch
124
pier
e. Seebrücke
125
you can say that again
das können laut sagen
126
now wait a minute
nur mach mal halblang
127
to fiddle, falsify
türken
128
to have a chat
einen Plausch halten
129
to smoulder
schwelen
130
Cinderella
s. Aschenputtel
131
mass of houses
s. Häusermeer
132
flawless
lupenrein
133
outgrowth
r. Auswuchs
134
to inspire, fire
beflügeln
135
to pile up, accumulate
scheffeln
136
megalomania
r. Größenwahn
137
bigwig
r. Bonze
138
rampant, proliferous
wuchernd
139
to pull, strain
zerren
140
nepotism
e. Vetternwirtschaft (Inf.)
141
to underpin
untermauern
142
to use flattery
schönreden
143
mischievous
mutwillig
144
ruining
e. Verschandelung
145
father confessor
r. Beichtvater
146
to rake
harken (N. Germ.)
147
to have done s.t. wrong
etw. auf dem Kernholz haben
148
to whip
geißeln
149
picture puzzle
s. Vexierbild
150
to sniff the air
wittern
151
to take action, intervene
einschreiten
152
to summons
vorladen
153
patron
r. Mäzen
154
to worship
anbeten
155
to negate, deny
negieren
156
to convert
bekehren
157
discretion
s. Gutdünken
158
to release
freigeben
159
to drag
schleifen
160
to commit o.s.
sich festlegen
161
denigrator of o's family/country
r. Nestbeschmutzer
162
dashing
schneidig
163
prudish
prude
164
to increase
vermehren
165
swanky
protzig
166
to understand, comprehend
nachvollziehen
167
uncut, uncouth
ungeschliffen
168
to potter about
werkeln
169
to work o's way up
sich hochdienen
170
conurbation
r. Ballungsraum
171
fall of privation
entbehrungsreich
172
to get s.t. shipshape
etw auf Vordemann bringen
173
to do up
herrichten
174
unending
nicht ended wollend
175
greasy
speckig
176
carnation
e. Nelke
177
to be on strike
im Ausstand sein
178
to be much influenced by
im Zeichen stehen
179
to roar, howl
grölen
180
to crow, squark
krächzen
181
to clear up, resolve
klären
182
to talk shop
fachsimpeln
183
to boast, brag
prahlen
184
to gossip
tratschen
185
to boast
angeben
186
lightly
glimpflich
187
to be as pissed as a newt
wie eine Haubitze sein
188
to scream blue murder
Zeter schreien
189
to spend
verleben
190
disrespectful
unehrerbietig
191
strange person
r. Sonderling
192
to defy s.o.
jdm Paroli bieten
193
embroidery frame
r. Stickrahmen
194
on the off chance
aus Geratewohl
195
rigout, attire
r. Aufputz
196
beaver
r. Biber
197
honourableness
e. Lauterkeit
198
rendezvous, trait
s. Stelldichein
199
sable
r. Zobel
200
doomsday
r. Jüngste Tag
201
unexploded shell, dead loss
r. Blindgänger
202
tortoise shell
Schildpatt
203
society man
Salonlöwe
204
in all honesty
auf Ehre und Gewissen
205
obligation
e. Obliegenheit
206
to overtake
ereilen
207
circumstance
r. Umstand
208
wretched, miserable
dürftig
209