PC1

also forgetful, destracted

"ac‧cess [uncountable]
1 the right to enter a place, use something, see someone, etc.
--- access TO ---

2 how easy or difficult it is for people to enter a public building, to reach a place, or talk to someone
--- access FOR people access TO a place ---

3 the way you use to enter a building or reach a place:

4 internet access - the ability to connect to the internet." "ac‧cess [uncountable]
1 Cats should always have ACCESSto fresh, clean water.

2 We're trying to improve ACCESS for disabled

exactly, precisely

casual acquaintance

the person who receives something
to be addressed
the address

access, acceptence, entrance
admission fee, admission charge

alight - alighted/alit - alighted/alit
to set/be on fire
to be very happy
to get off the buss
to descend

change, adjustment, modification

a feeling of great surprise To everyone's amazement, the goal was disallowed. Erstaunen astonishment

the job of being an apprentice, or the period of time in which you are an apprentice He's serving an apprenticeship as a printer. Lehre

the competition between different countries to have a larger number of powerful weapons: The nuclear arms race was central to the Cold War. Wettrüsten

"1. [transitive] formal,
to express your ideas or feelings in words

2.  [intransitive and transitive]
to pronounce what you are saying in a clear and careful way" "1. Many people are unable to articulate the unhappiness they feel.

2. He was so drunk that he could barely articulate his words.
" "1. aussprechen, in Worte fassen


2. deutlich/gut verständlich (aus)sprechen"

"1. able to talk easily and effectively about things, especially difficult subjects [≠ inarticulate]

2. writing or speech

attachment
add
linked with

"1 A [transitive] to fasten or connect one object to another [= fix], attach something to something
1 B the attached form/cheque/leaflet, etc.

2 be attached to somebody/something --- to like someone or something very much, because you have known them or had them for a long time.

3 attach importance/significance, etc. to something --- to believe that something is important.

4 [transitive] to connect a document or FILE to an email so that you can send them together

to attain independence
to attain one's majority - Volljährigkeit erreichen
earn, gain, obtain, reach

"1.[intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]   to hit someone or something hard, in a way that causes pain or damage

2.[transitive] to criticize someone or something very strongly

" "1.Someone bashed him on the back of his head.

2. He was always bashing the trade unions." 1.bash something on/against something 2. bash into

faith, assumption
to believe

two-sided

"1.[intransitive] to make the sound that a sheep or goat makes

2.(informal ) to complain in a silly or annoying way.

" "1. My sister can bleat like a goat so well that the goats at the zoo think she is one of them.

2.'But I've only just got here,' bleated Simon"

"[intransitive]
1 to look through the pages of a book, magazine, etc. without a particular purpose, just looking at the most interesting

[intransitive and transitive]
2 to look at the goods in a shop without wanting to buy any particular thing

[intransitive and transitive]
3 to search for information on a computer or on the Internet


" "1 Jon was BROWSING through the photographs.

2 The trip allows you plenty of time for BROWSING around the shops.

3 a feature that allows you to BROWSE your h

"[countable usually plural]
a quality or feature of something or someone that is typical of them and easy to recognize" "- CHARACTERISTICS of a baby discovering the physical characteristics of objects
- defining/distinguishing CHARACTERISTIC (=one that separates someone or
something from others of the same type)
- Violent images are a defining CHARACTERISTIC of his work." Eigenschaft

frosty, breezy, cool

Meißel

climb, struggle

classical music

[transitive]
a phrase, new words, a term
to invent a new word or expression, especially one that many people start to use

to coin a phrase spoken said in a joking way when you use a very common expression, to show that you know it is used a lot

The word 'aromatherapy' was COINED in the 1920s.
He'd thought the flight would never - to COIN a phrase - get off the ground.

the act of making coins, money

Übereinstimmung / Zusammenfall / Zufall

to give someone the cold shoulder

"[countable]
also comic book
a magazine for children that tells a story using comic strips

" I'm really into COMICS at the moment, especially X-Men. ein Comic "comic book
comic strip"

to use something to try to make a profit, especially in a way that other people do not approve of

"com‧mit

past tense and past participle = committed,

present participle = committing" "1 CRIME - [transitive] to do something wrong or illegal:
--- commit murder/rape/arson, etc. ---

2 commit suicide

3 commit adultery - if a married person commits adultery, they have sex with someone who is not their husband or wife

4 SAY YOU WILL DO SOMETHING
[intransitive and transitive] to say that someone will definitely do something or must do something
--- commit somebody/yourself to (doing) some

"1 [countable] a promise to do something or to behave in a particular way.
--- to make a commitment (to) ---

--- to have a commitment to ---

2 [uncountable] the hard work and loyalty that someone gives to an organization, activity, etc.

--- commitment to ---

3 [countable] something that you have promised you will do or that you have to do.

4 [countable] an amount of money that you have to pay regularly.

" "1--- to make a commitment (to) ---
Are you ready to make a long-term commitment?

--

common - commoner - commonest

"1. be composed of something, to be formed from a number of substances, parts, or people [= consist of]

[transitive not in progressive]
formal, to combine together to form something [= make up]

2. [intransitive and transitive] to write a piece of music [↪ composer, composition]

3. compose a letter/poem/speech, etc., to write a letter, poem etc., thinking very carefully about it as you write it" "1. a) Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen.
The legal system is composed of people, and people

compression

compulsory education
compulsory memebership
obligatory, required, forced

conduction
the way a person behaves
take somebody somewhere

"Pronunciation:
con-DUCT" "to conduct 
1. carry out  [transitive]
to carry out a particular activity or process, especially in order to get information or prove facts
- conduct a survey/investigation/review, etc.     
- conduct an experiment/a test      
- conduct a campaign   
- conduct an interview       

2. music [intransitive and transitive] to stand in front of a group of musicians or singers and direct their playing or singin

"1. someone who stands in front of a group of musicians or singers and directs their playing or singing: Dirigent

2. British English: someone whose job is to collect payments from passengers on a bus: Schaffner/Fahrkartenkontrolleur

3. American English: someone who is in charge of a train and collects payments from passengers or checks their tickets [= guard British English]: Schaffner/Fahrkartenkontrolleur

to talk, to put through, to inform, to chat

change over, transformation

1 when you change something from one form, purpose, or system to a different one
--- conversion into ---
--- conversion of ---
--- conversion to ---

2 when someone changes from one religion or belief to a different one
--- conversion to ---
--- conversion from ---

con-VERT
to change something into a different form of thing, or to change something so that it can be used for a different purpose or in a different way
--- convert something to/into something ---

to persuade someone to change to a different religion
--- convert somebody to something ---

CON-vert

someone who changed his or her belief
a convert to christianity

to convey something by sea
to convey one's condolences to somebody
to convey the right or wrong impression
etw klar machen
to convey a property to a puchaser
to convey enthusiasm to somebody (übertragen)

braverey, fearlessness, determination

brave

action that is taken to deal more strictly with crime, a problem, protests, etc. The government's crackdown against drugs has not been as successful as they had hoped. Razzia

a cunnin idea, a cunnin person

a reduction in something, such as the number of workers in a company or the amount of money a government or company spends

The shortage of teachers was blamed on government cutbacks

Kürzungen (finanziell)

to be as daft as a brush

to damp down fire/flames - dämpfen
to damp down speculations - dämpfen
to damp a cloth - ein Tuch anfeuchten

also: destroy or break
just a dash of lemonjuice

rush
run quickly
an occasion when someone runs somewhere very quickly in order to get away from something or someone, or in order to reach them
--- make a dash for something ---

a sum of money that a person or organization owes He had enough money to pay off his outstanding DEBTS.

decayed

"[transitive] formal
to use the knowledge and information you have in order to understand something or form an opinion about it
- deduce that
- deduce from
       " "- From her son's age, I deduced that her husband must be at least 60.
- What did Darwin deduce from the presence of these species?" "auf etwas schließen

ableiten"

Urkunde, Dokument //
to do a good deed - eine gute Tat machen
my good deed for the day
in word and deed - In Wort und Tat
to do the dirty deeds for somebody

refuse
denial

expell,displace
deportee
deportation

dethrone, dismiss, overthrow

drop money in the bank

to put something down in a particular place
to put money or something valuable in a bank or other place where it will be safe
- deposit something in something
- deposit something with somebody/something

The female deposits her eggs directly into the water.
You are advised to deposit your valuables in the hotel safe.

to deprive somebody of freedom, of sleep, of his or her dignity...

"a. the distance from the top surface of something such as a river or hole to the bottom of it

b. the distance from the front to the back of an object" "The cave descends to a depth of 340 feet.

The depth of the shelves is about 35 cm." Tiefe profoundness, profundity, deepness

"
de-SCEND


" "1. to move from a higher level to a lower one

2.   [intransitive] LITERARY   if darkness, silence, a feeling, etc. descends, it becomes dark, etc. or you start to feel something, especially suddenly

3.  to be related to a person or group who lived a long time ago (descending from something/somebody)" "1. I woke up just as our plane started to DESCENDED .


2. Total silence DESCENDED on the room.


3. She claims to be DESCENDED from Abraham Lincoln." to be descended FROM

DEZ - ert "1 a large area of land where it is always very hot and dry, and there is a lot of sand   

2 a place where there is no activity or where nothing interesting happens" "1 the Sahara DESERT
This area of the country is mostly DESERT desert.

2 The railroad yard was a DESERT now."
de - ZERT "1 to leave someone or something and no longer help or support them

2 to leave a place so that it is completely empty

3 to leave the army, navy etc without permission

4 if a feeling, quality, or s

1.to feel that there is no hope at all. 1.Despite his illness, Ron never despaired. "1.despair of (doing) something 

2.despair of somebody     "

figure, symbol, number

to distrust, to question, to give no credence to

cut off
detach

demoralise, depress, scare

unlike,different
similar, similarity

"1 [uncountable and countable] a change in the direction or use of something, or the act of changing it
--- diversion of ---

2 [countable] something that stops you from paying attention to what you are doing or what is happening.

3 [countable] British English a different way that traffic is sent when the usual roads are closed

" "1 --- diversion of ---
the diversion of the river
the diversion of funds into the military budget

2 Two prisoners created a diversion to give the men time to escape

send on a different course, redirect

"[transitive]
1 to change the use of something such as time or money
divert something into/to/(away) from, etc. something

2 to change the direction in which something travels
divert a river/footpath/road/etc.

3 if you divert your telephone calls, you arrange for them to go directly to another number, for example because you are not able to answer them yourself for some time.

4 to deliberately take someone's attention from something by making them think ab

contribution, benefaction

contributor, benefactor

"someone who leaves school or college before they have finished
" a highschool dropout "1. Aussteiger
"

nutrioutious, digestible, harmless

inspire, strengthen, animate

NOT countable! "[uncountable] the tools, machines, clothes, etc. that you need to do a particular job or activity
" "I need some new camping equipment.
" Ausrüstung

to ban, to exclude

exhausting
fatigue, burnout

expression

"Pronunciation:

ex-TRACT" " [transitive]

extract something from something
1 formal to remove an object from somewhere, especially with difficulty.

2 to carefully remove a substance from something which contains it, using a machine, chemical process, etc.

3 to get an advantage or good thing from a situation

extract something from somebody
4 to get something which you want from someone, such as information, money, help, etc., especially when they do not want to give it to you

5 to take

faith + IN sth. "1. a strong feeling of trust or confidence in someone or something

2. belief or trust in God
one of the main religions in the world" "1. I still have faith in him.
'Have faith, Alexandra,' he said.
The public has lost faith in the government.
It's really helped restore my faith in human nature.

2. deep religious faith
my faith in God
People from all faiths are welcome." "1. Vertrauen


2. Glaube (religiös)" strong faith belief

"1. the dangerous radioactive dust which is left in the air after a nuclear explosion and which slowly falls to earth
2. the results of a particular event, especially when they are unexpected" "1. protection against radioactive fallout
2.The political fallout of the affair cost him his job." "1. Radioaktiver Staub



2. negative Konsequenzen, Auswirkungen"

extremely unlikely to be true or to happen All this may sound a bit far-fetched, but companies are already developing 'intelligent' homes. weit hergeholt, unwahrscheinlich, abwegig far-fetched story/tale

Fasten your seat belts please.

Schwerverbrecher

ein Dämon, ein Scheusal

"1. a very cruel, evil, or violent person

2. someone who likes watching television, doing sports etc a lot, or more than is normal [= fanatic]

3. someone who takes a lot of illegal drugs
" "1. A heartless fiend
Both of them were fighting like fiends.

2. He's a real sports fiend; he never misses a game.

3. My neighbor's cousin is a cocaine fiend.
"

"1. praise that you do not really mean

2. flattery will get you nowhere/everywhere
used humorously when someone has praised you and you want to say that you will help them or not help them" Never underestimated the power of flattery. Schmeichelei

enemy, rival

amnesic, absentminded

toward the future
to move ahead
to forward a massage

a club at an American college or university that has only male members Burschenschaft, Studentenverbindung brotherhood

"1. very angry

2. done with a lot of energy, effort, or speed" "1. Her family are furious that her name has been published by the press.

2. Neil set off at a furious pace." "1. wütend, rasend

2. "

extreme, often uncontrolled anger I was shaking with fury. Rage, Wut anger

to be fussy about food - pingelig
a fussy job - Fuzelarbeit

achievement
to win something through one's efforts

a wide open wound

Stöhnen, Ächzen

the dog groweld at the man

scarf, bandana

successor, follower

air' "1 the person who has the legal right to receive the property or title of another person when they die                                                                                                                                                               

2 the person who will take over a position or job after you, or who does things or thinks in a similar way to you " "1 Thomas was the sole HEIR to a vast estate.

sleep

snakes hiss

"1. [uncountable]
when someone is unfriendly and full of anger towards another person


2 [uncountable]
strong or angry opposition to something

3. hostilities [plural]
formal
fighting in a war: a cessation of hostilities" "1. They eyed each other with open hostility.
Hostility toward(s)/between foreigners has increased recently.

2. The reform program was greeted with hostility by conservatives.
There is a lot of public hostility to the tax.
Picture

hieroglyphic

uneducated, unalphabetic

childish

sinful, unethical, wrong

in Kraft setzen
establish, introduce

"1. [transitive] if someone in authority imposes a rule, punishment, tax, etc., they force people to accept it

2. [transitive] to force someone to have the same ideas, beliefs, etc. as you

3. [intransitive] formal - to expect or ask someone to do something for you when this is not convenient for them
" "1. - The court can impose a fine.
- The government imposed a ban on the sale of ivory.

2. Parents often impose their own moral values on their children.

implausible, unlikely, unbelievable

to incubate your ideas

"1. asking too many questions and trying to find out too many details about something or someone

2. interested in a lot of different things and wanting to find out more about them" "1. I'd have asked more questions, but I didn't want to seem inquisitive.

2. She has always been a very inquisitive child." Neugierde "an inquisitive little boy
an inquisitive mind" curiosity

investigate, check out
inspector, inspection

IN - sult "1. a remark or action that is offensive or deliberately rude

2. to offend someone by being too simple or stupid
" "1. Their offer was so low I took it as an INSULT.

2.  Some advertising is an INSULT to our intelligence."
in - SULT "1. to offend someone by saying or doing something they think is rude

2. to say or do something that suggests you think someone is stupid
" "1. I hope Andy won't be INSULTED if I don't come.

2. I won't INSULT your intelligence by lying. "

solitude

"[uncountable]
1 when one group, person, or thing is separate from others
- isolation of
- international/diplomatic/political isolation
- in isolation
- isolation hospital/ward (British English)

2 when someone feels alone and unable to meet or speak to other people

3 in isolation (from something)
if something exists or is considered in isolation, it exists or is considered separately from other things that are connected with it" "1 Because of its geographical ISOLATION, the area deve

"1. a country ruled by a king or queen

2. the animal kingdom" "1. Where are the borders of the United Kingdom?

2. Dolphins have longest memories in the animal kingdom." Königreich

"1 (past tense and past participle) to make clothing out of wool, using two needles

2 (past tense and past participle) to join people, things, or ideas more closely together, or to be joined closely together knit together

3 (past tense and past participle) knit a bone --- the bone knits grows into one piece again after being broken." "1 My grandmother taught me how to knit.
She's KNITTING a scarf

2 In a good report, individual sentences KNIT together in a clear way that readers can follow.

toilette: very formal-lavatory ; very informal-loo

"1. the measurement of how long something is from one end to the other [↪ breadth, width]

2. the amount of time that you spend doing something or that something continues [↪ duration]

3. shoulder-length/knee-length, etc.
reaching down as far as your shoulders, etc.

4. go to some/great/any lengths (to do something)
to try very hard or to do whatever is necessary to achieve something that is important to you

5. speak/talk, etc. at length
if you talk at length about something, you talk about i

"1. [uncountable]
the freedom and the right to do whatever you want without asking permission or being afraid of authority:

2. legal right [countable usually plural]
a particular legal right: liberties such as freedom of speech ➔ civil liberty

3. without permission [singular]
something you do without asking permission, especially which may offend or upset someone else take the liberty of doing something

4. be at liberty to do something
formal
to have the right or permission to do something
"

lifetime

also: portrait

endurcance, durability,lastingness

death as a martyr In that year, thousands of Christians suffered martyrdom for their faith. Märtyrertod

mashed potatoes

"countable
1 (law) someone who is below the age at which they become legally responsible for their actions:

2 (American English) the second main subject that you study at university for your degree [≠ major].


" "1 I'm afraid that MINORS aren't allowed to watch this film because it is too violent.

2 My MINOR at college was economics." Minderjähriger

displace, misplace

"[transitive]
to make someone believe something that is not true by giving them information that is false or not complete
" "Politicians have misled the public over the dangers of these chemicals.
Don't be misled by appearances; he's a good worker.
Don't be misled into thinking that scientific research is easy." jmd. täuschen, in die Irre führen

monogamy, polygamy, polygamous

"1 [intransitive and transitive] to find which way you need to go when you are travelling from one place to another.

--navigate your way through/to/around something--

2 [intransitive and transitive] to understand or deal with something complicated.
A solicitor will help you navigate the complex legal system.

--navigate through--

3 [transitive] to sail along a river or other area of water.


4 [intransitive and transitive] to find your way around on a particula

social networking

"1. the development of social and professional contacts; the sharing of information and services among people with a common interest.

2. Computers. the use of Web sites or other online technologies to communicate with people and share information, resources, etc.

" "1. I heard John got his promotion through SOCIAL NETWORKING.

2. I met my husband through SOCIAL NETWORKING."

to feel numb
to be numb with grief - vor Schmerz wie beteubt sein
to numb the pain - den Schmerz betäuben
to numbed by something - durch etwas abgestumpft sein

"1. A part of your body that is numb is unable to feel anything, for example because you are very cold.

2. Unable to think, feel, or react in a normal way" "1. My fingers were so NUMB I could hardly write / The anaesthetic made his whole face go NUMB.

2. I just sat there, NUMB with fear." to be numbed BY something

"1. to make someo

earn, gain, gather

on-o-mat-o-PEE-a' the use of words that sound like the thing that they are describing, for example 'hiss' or 'boom' Arf' and 'meow' are examples of ONOMATOPOEIA. "adj: onomatopoeic

'on-o-mat-o-PEE-ick'"

oppression, oppresser
harrass, beat down, cause to suffer

beginning of war, illness...

conclusion, result of a conference, meeting discussion

"1.a way of expressing or getting rid of strong feelings

2. (formal) a shop, company, or organization through which products are sold

3.(American English) a place on a wall where you can connect electrical equipment to the supply of electricity" "1. Is football a good outlet for men's aggression?

2.Benetton has retail outlets in every major European city.

3. Why would he need 18 outlets in the kitchen?" "1. Ventil (emotional), Ausgleich

2. Geschäft, Filiale (?)


3. Steckdose"

gain, product, profit, yield
of a country or an enterprice

scandalous, shocking, offensive

"1. very shocking and extremely unfair or offensive

2.extremely unusual and slightly amusing or shocking" "1. It's outrageous that the poor should pay such high taxes.

2. He says the most outrageous things." "1. empörend, abscheulich


2. unverschämt" outrageous liar

Verhaltensmuster
Maßstab
the hotel is a pattern of elegance

peal of thunder
peal of bells

export permit
hunt permit
work permit
to hold a permit

to plead for mercy - um Gnade bitten
flehen
to plead guilty - sich schuldig bekennen - how do you plead?
to plead insanity - auf Unzurechnungsfähigkeit plädieren
to plead a case - eine Sache vor Gericht klären

"nu-MAT-ic
new-MAT-ic" "1 filled with air

2 worked by air pressure" "1. My car has pneumatic tyres

2. The bridge is lifte using a pneumatic pump." "1. pneumatic tyres

2. pneumatic pump"

"VERB
prac‧tise British English ; practice American English
1 [intransitive and transitive] to do an activity, often regularly, in order to improve your skill or to prepare for a test.

--- practise doing something ---

--- practise for ---

--- practise something on somebody ---

2 [transitive] to use a particular method or custom.


3 [intransitive and transitive] to work as a doctor or lawyer.

4 [transitive] if you practise a religion, system of ideas, etc., you live your life according to i

convinced

to hesitate, to pause, to postpone

"1 [transitive] to make the sound of a letter, word, etc., especially in the correct way [↪ pronunciation]

2 [transitive] to officially state that something is true pronounce somebody/something sth" "1 How do you PRONOUNCE your name?

2 The victim was PRONOUNCED dead on arrival.
I now pronounce you man and wife." aussprechen

possibility of future success
prediction
explore for valuable things
to prospect for gold

- hyphen
! exclamation mark
? question mark
. full stop, period
"" inverted comma, quotation mark
/ slash
\ slash forward
()brackets
_ dash
' apostroph

filter, clean, clarify

"1. to remove dirty or harmful substances from something

2. to make someone pure by removing evil from their soul" "1. chemicals used to purify the water

2. They prayed to God to purify them." "1. säubern

2. reinigen"

able to think and understand things quickly Toby was quick-witted and entertaining. schlagfertig

"1 variety of things/people
[countable usually singular]
a number of people or things that are all different, but are all of the same general type
range of

wide/broad/whole/full range of something

narrow/limited range of something

" "a RANGE of services
The drug is effective against a RANGE of bacteria.

students from a wide RANGE of backgrounds
advice on a whole RANGE of subjects

A fairly narrow RANGE of people are responsible for key decisions." Reichweite

the unpleasant situation experienced by people working in big cities, when they continuously compete for success and have a lot of stress in their lives "It's very easy to get caught up in the rat race.
The novel is about a couple who get out of the rat race and buy a farm in France." Konkurrenzkampf caught up in the rat race

"1 a piece of paper that you are given which shows that you have paid for something:
A. receipt for


2 (formal) when someone receives something
A. receipt of
B. on/upon receipt of something
C. be in receipt of something (=to have received something)


3 receipts [plural]: the money that a business, bank, or government receives" "1. Keep your receipt in case you want to bring it back.
A) Make sure you get receipts for everything. Can you give me

a difficult time when there is less trade, business activity, etc. in a country than usual "Ireland went into recession in 2008 after the end of the Celtic Tiger.
Attempts to pull the country out of recession have failed." Rückgang, Rezession economic recession

denial
to refuse
to deny

"Pronunciation:

RE-fuse" "waste material that has been thrown away

[= rubbish BrE; = trash, garbage AmE]" I need to take all this old trash to the refuse dump. Müll, Abfall a refuse dump

"Pronunciation:

re-FUSE" "1. to say firmly that you will not do something that someone has asked you to do

2. to say no to something that you have been offered

3. to not give or allow someone something that they want, especially when they have asked for it officially" "1. She asked him to leave, but he re

"[transitive]
to get something back, especially an ability or quality, that you have lost [= recover]
" "The family never quite regained its former influence.

He somehow managed to regain his balance.

Government forces have regained control of the city.

When she regained consciousness (=woke up after being unconscious), she was lying on the floor.

He looked stunned, but he soon regained his composure (=became calm again).

The doctors don't know if he will ever regain the use of his legs."

"[uncountable and countable]
the words, style, and grammar used by speakers and writers in a particular situation or in a particular type of writing

" letters written in a formal REGISTER Sprachebene formal/informal register

Zügel
to give free rein to somebody
to hand over the reins

emphasise, support

"re‧lease [transitive]
1LET SOMEBODY GO --- to let someone go free, after having kept them somewhere
[↪ free, discharge].

--- release somebody FROM something ---

2 MAKE PUBLIC
to let news or official information be known and printed
[= publish]

3 FILM/RECORD
to make a CD, video, film, etc. available for people to buy or see.


4STOP HOLDING/DROP --- to stop holding or drop something.

5 MACHINERY
to allow part of a piece of machinery or equipment to move from the position in which it is fa

"1. to arrange for an agreement or official document to continue for a further period of time : renew somebody's contract/licence/membership, etc.
2. (formal) to begin doing something again after a period of not doing it [= resume]:
renew a friendship/acquaintance, etc. (=become friendly with someone again)
3. to remove something that is old or broken and put a new one in its place [= replace]
4. renew a book : to arrange to borrow a library book for a further period of time" " 1. I need to re

"[transitive]
1. to start doing something instead of another person, or start being used instead of another thing

2. to remove someone from their job or something from its place, and put a new person or thing there

3. if you replace something that has been broken, stolen, etc., you get a new one [↪ irreplaceable]

4. to put something back where it was before" "1. I'm replacing Sue on the team.
Lectures have replaced the old tutorial system.

2. I'm getting a promotion so soon I'll replace my b

substitution "1. when you get something that is newer or better than the one you had before

2. an artificial knee, etc. that replaces a damaged one, given to people in a medical operation
" "1. Our old car is badly in need of replacement.

2. He has an appointment for next week for his hip replacement." "1. Ersatz


2. Prothese"

"1. to stop yourself from doing something you want to do

2. if someone represses upsetting feelings, memories, etc., they do not allow themselves to express or think about them

3. to control a group of people by force" "1. Brenda repressed the urge to shout at him.

2. He had long ago repressed the painful memories of his childhood

3. The police were widely criticized for their role in repressing the protest movement." "1. sich selbst an etwas hindern


2. etw. unterdrücken


3."

"1. when someone does not allow themselves to express feelings or desires which they are ashamed of, especially sexual ones - used when you think someone should express these feelings

2. cruel and severe control of a large group of people"

go back, turn back

"1. to change back to a situation that existed in the past [= go back to]

2. formal, to return to an earlier subject of conversation [= go back to]" "1. The city reverted to its former name of St Petersburg. 
After a few weeks, everything reverted to normal.

2. To revert to the question of exams, I'd like to explain further." "1. zurückgreifen


2. zurückgreifen" revert to bad habits

a lion roars

"1 [countable] a large fish with silver skin and pink flesh that lives in the sea but swims up rivers to lay its eggs

2 [uncountable] this fish eaten as food

3 [uncountable] a pink-orange colour" "1. The SALMON swam upstream earlier this year than normal.

2. Have you tried the SALMON? It's delicious.

3. I want to paint my house SALMON." fresh/smoked salmon

limited, rare, in short supply, not enough, a lack of something

a lack of something, insufficiency, shortage

"1 PROTECTION FROM DANGER
[uncountable] things that are done to keep a person, building, or country safe from danger or crime

2 PROTECTION FROM BAD SITUATIONS
[uncountable] protection from bad things that could happen to you.

3 GUARDS
[uncountable] the department of a company or organization that deals with the protection of its buildings and equipment.
" "1 PROTECTION FROM DANGER
There are strict security checks on everyone entering the Opera House.
A large number of homes lack adeq

a process by which an organization makes a lot of big changes in a short time to improve its effectiveness a big shakeup of the education system Reorganisation

gewieft

"1. [intransitive and transitive] to break into pieces violently or noisily, or to make something do this by dropping, throwing, or hitting it.

2.[intransitive,transitive always + adverb/preposition] to hit an object or surface violently, or to make something do this.

3.[transitive]  to destroy something such as a political system or criminal organization.

4.[transitive] to hit a high ball with a strong downward action, in tennis or similar games" "1. Vandals had SMASHED all the windows.

Not used the same as in German! used to describe someone or something that has been given a name THAT YOU THINK IS WRONG The so-called experts couldn't tell us what was wrong. "sogenannt
...but not exactly the same!"

Ruß

bite or byte a very short part of a speech or statement, especially one made by a politician, that is broadcast on a radio or television news programme His campaign relies on catchy sound bites. kurzer, prägnanter Soundclip; Zitat

rhymes with 'ow!" a fully grown female pig My neighbor is a pig farmer and he just bought a new SOW.

"so" "1. to plant or scatter seeds on a piece of ground

2. to do something that will cause a bad situation in the future

" "1. SOW the seeds in late March.

2. The new policy will SOW confusion and doubt."

to sprinkle sugar on something

"1. [transitive] to scatter small drops of liquid or small pieces of something

2be sprinkled with jokes/quotations etc. to be full of jokes etc.

3. it is sprinkling  (American English)  if it is sprinkling, it is raining lightly

" "1.Sprinkle the top with cheese.

2.The book is liberally sprinklewith clichés.

3. I don't mind running if it is only sprinkling."

"1 [intransitive] to pay money, usually once a year, to have copies of a newspaper or magazine sent to you, or to have some other service
subscribe TO

2 [intransitive] --- British English --- to pay money regularly to be a member of an organization or to help its work
subscribe TO

3 [intransitive] to agree to buy or pay for shares
subscribe FOR

PHRASAL VERB: subscribe TO something
if you subscribe to an idea, you agree with it or support it


" "1 You ca

slight

"1. [American English] a railway system that runs under the ground below a big city [= underground British English] Ubahn

2. [British English] a path for people to walk under a road or railway [= underpass]" Unterführung

follower, inheritor, heir

provide
to be supplied with food
supplier
to supply a demand - Nachfrage befriedigen
water supply
to be in short supply

SUS - pect
1. someone who is thought to be guilty of a crime
A suspect has been arrested
2. the people or things that are usually involved in or responsible for a particular activity
Die üblichen Verdächtigen

sus - PECT
1. to think that something is probably true, especially something bad
2. to think that something bad has happened or is happening
3. to think that someone is probably guilty

also newspaper of halfsize

"1 a strong desire to have or do something even though you know you should not temptation to do something

2 something that makes you want to have or do something, even though you know you should not
" "1 There might be a temptation to cheat if students sit too close together.
Resist the temptation to buy the item until you're certain you need it.
I finally gave in to the temptation and had a cigarette.

2 Selling alcohol at truck stops is an unnecessary temptation for drivers." Versuchung enti

a book in which words are put into groups with other words that have similar meanings I didn't want to use "nice" five times in my paragraph so I looked up appropriate synonyms in my thesaurus. Lexikon synonym finder

mean

Suppenterrine

promise to do or accomplish
accept as a challenge
to do something

to feel under the weather

also: cloak, curtain, mask

"1 [uncountable]
ability to see [= sight]
good/normal/poor/etc. vision
twenty-twenty/20-20 vision (=the ability to see perfectly)
night vision (=the ability to see when it is dark)

2 [uncountable]
the area that you can see:
a figure at the edge of her vision somebody's field/line of vision (=the area someone is able to see without turning their head)

3 [countable]
an idea of what you think something should be like
grand/powerful/original/etc. vision
a grand vision for the country

4 have visi

"vo‧cab‧u‧la‧ry
1 [uncountable and countable] all the words that someone knows or uses
active vocabulary (=the words someone can use)
passive vocabulary (=the words someone can understand, but does not use)

2 [countable] all the words in a particular language.

3 [uncountable ad countable] the words that are typically used when talking about a particular subject.

5 (the word) failure/guilt/compromise, etc. is not in somebody's vocabulary
used to say that someone never thinks of accepting fai

"1 [uncountable]
a large amount of money, property, etc. that a person or country owns

2 a wealth of something
a lot of something useful or good" "1 The country's wealth comes from its oil.
the distribution of wealth (=the way wealth is divided among the people of a country or society)
The purpose of industry is to create wealth.

2 There is a wealth of information available about pregnancy and birth." Reichtum prosperity

wellfare state

"1 a system in which the government provides money, free medical care, etc. for people who are unemployed, ill, or too old to work [↪ social security]
2 a country with such a system" Most nations have instituted at least some of the measures associated with the welfare state; Britain adopted comprehensive social insurance in 1948, and in the U.S., social-legislation programs such as the New Deal and the Fair Deal were based on welfare-state principles. Sozialstaat

wheezer from toystory

"past participle of 'to wound' has an 'oo' as in 'baloon' = 'wounded""


the past participle of 'to wind' rhymes with 'ground' = 'wound'
" "wound [transitive]
1 to injure someone with a knife, gun etc.

2 to make someone feel unhappy or upset.

" "1.Gunmen killed two people and wounded six others in an attack today.

2. I was deeply wounded by his comments.
He made some very wounding remarks." "be mortally/fatally wounded (=be wounded so badly that you die)

to be badly wounded"

"a place on the Internet where you can find information about something, especially a particular organization.

" "Wikipedia is an amazing WEBSITE where you can learn lots of new information about many different topics.

For more information on weight loss and healthy eating, visit our WEBSITE.

Responses will be posted (=put) on the WEBSITE." Webseite

to zone out

"1 to stop paying attention because you are bored or tired, or because you have taken drugs.

2 engage in a mindless activity


" "1 What? Oh, sorry - I was just ZONING OUT there for a minute.

2 I love the weekends because I can sit in front of the TV and ZONE OUT." geistig abschalten "to tune out: to stop paying attention to a person, situation, etc..

--'zone out' has an element of something that cannot be helped, that is involuntary, while 'tune out' carries the connotation tha