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• right of way Vorfahrtsrecht the legal right to go first across a road, before other road users
• traffic signs Verkehrsschilder
• traffic warden Politesse someone whose job is to make certain that people do not leave their cars in illegal places a person whose job is to check that people do not park their cars in the wrong place or for longer ...
• the legal right to go first across a road, before other road users right of way
• someone whose job is to make certain that people do not leave their cars in illegal places traffic warden
• a fine Strafzettel a sum of money that must  be paid as punishment for breaking a rule or law
• a sum of money that must be paid as punishment for breaking a rule or law a fine / a parking fine
• Stirn runzeln to make a serious, angry or worried expression by bringing your eyebrows closer together so that lines appear on your forehead to frown
• to frown Stirn runzeln
• geheim halten you musn´t tell a soul keep it secret
• keep it secret geheim haltenyou musn´t tell a soul
• to obtain (a visa) to get (a visa)
• beziehen, bekommen (von) to get, to obtain (from)
• to get, to obtain (from) beziehen, bekommen (von)
• the line was engaged the line was busy
• die Leitung ist besetzt the line is engaged/busy
• sich verloben to get engaged/ to become engaged
• engaged 1) having agreed to marry somebody 2) I couldn't get through—the line's engaged/busy
• doctor's appointment day and time when you see the doctor
• appointment Termin(day and time),  Verabredung, Bestellung
• appointment (Erklärung) a formal arrangement to meet or visit somebody at a particular time, especially for a reason connected with their work I've got a dental appointment at 3 o'clock.
• mate fellow   - only boys used it - Partner, Kumpel - Kerl, Bursche, Gefährte,Kamerad
• mate (Erklärung) 1.) a friend -They've been best mates since school. - I was with a mate. 2.)used as a friendly way of addressing somebody, especially between men -Sorry mate, you'll have to wait. -All right, mate?
• fellow (Erklärung) a way of referring to a man or boy -He's a nice old fellow.(Alter Knabe) Kerl a man, (used especially in the past by people in a higher social class)
• crossroads junction Kreuzung, Straßenkreuzung a place where two roads meet and cross each other
• roundabout traffic circle Kreisverkehr a place where two or more roads meet, forming a circle that all traffic must go around in the same direction
• likely wahrscheinlich, voraussichtlich, glaubhaft
• likely promising(syn) probable or expected more likely and most likely are the usual forms likely (to do something) Tickets are likely to be expensive. likely (that…) It's more than likely that the thieves ...
• private lessons private tuition teaching or instruction, especially of individual pupils or small groups Nachhilfeunterricht, Nachhilfe
• good behaviour good manners - gute Manieren, gutes Benehmen (--> decent -anständig korrekt)
• Verlobung engagement a formal agreement to get married  or   an agreement to marry someone   They announced their engagement at the party on Saturday. announced - bekannt gemacht
• eine Verlobungsfeier an engagement party   to celebrate the agreement to get married    
• feiern, ein Fest begehen to celebrate
• Zustimmung Vereinbarung Abkommen, Vertrag agreement
• Absprache arrangement, agreement
• (especially in the past) an older person, especially a woman, who goes with and takes care of a younger woman who is not married when she is in public a person who accompanies and looks after another person or group of people a person who looks chaperone   "Anstandsdame" , Begleiter, Aufsichtsperson
• überreden, überzeugen(von, zu) to make someone do or believe something by giving them a good reason to persuade (of, to)
• two people who are married or in a romantic or sexual relationship a pair a couple - Paar a married couple - Ehepaar
• vertrauen to trust
• said to be (soll sein) thought of (denken an) to be considered Berücksichtigung finden; berücksichtigen to consider  sth.  - etwas überlegen, erwägen consider think carefully about (something), typically before making a decision to spend time thinking ...
• Studiengebühren a sum of money charged/paid for teaching by university bezahlen- charged tuition fees
• to refuse to say that you will not do or accept something not willing to do something weigern, ablehnen
• weigern, ablehnen to refuse
• to be supposed to (do/be sth.) to be required to (do sth.) - (etwas tun/sein) sollen   to require - benötigen,voraussetzen, fordern ; bedingen, verlangen(demand)
• kühl chilly
• rude unhöflich (grob, ordinär) impolite
• polite decent  (anständig, korrekt) = socially acceptable or good höflich It was very decent (= kind) of you to help.
• let sb else decide have it to sb else decide   Jemand anderes entscheiden lassen
• geschafft, kaputt, müde,erschöpft exhausted - sb who is exhausted knackered  
• wealthy, rich loaded stinkreich  (reich, wohlhabend)
• thick dick, begriffstutzig   not clever/stupid, opposite of thin (informal)stupid I told you not to touch that - are you deaf or just thick?   (clever - klug, geschickt,clever) (stupid- dumm,blöd, bescheuert) ...
• be interested in sb/sth sich interessieren für jdn/etwas to be keen on (doing sth) - etwas gern tun keen- begeistert, leidenschaftlich  
• pendeln to travel to make the same journey regularly between work and home to commute
• vorher in the past, before before the present time previously
• kostbar, aufwendig luxurious and showing that you are rich sumptuous  
• suitable aptly   passend (geeignet, tauglich)
• brüllen to make a long, loud, deep sound to roar   We could hear the lions roaring at the other end of the zoo.
• normal a normal man who is liked and trusted a regular guy
• Führerschein haben to hold a licence to have a licence
• teilen to share
• die Nase voll haben to be fed up with   fed up bored, annoyed or disappointed, especially by something that you have experienced for too long I'm fed up with my job.
• to feel sick feeling as if you might vomit (erbrechen) übel, seekrank nauseous Roller coasters make me feel nauseous.
• Zufuhr von Wasser oder Salzlösungen the process of putting water into someone's body when they are suffering from dehydration rehydration rehydration salt
• Wüste an area, often covered with sand or rocks, where there is very little rain and not many plants desert
• desert an area, often covered with sand or rocks, where there is very little rain and not many plants   Wüste (verlassen, im Stich lassen)
• stickig no fresh air stuffy A stuffy a room or building is unpleasant because it has no fresh air
• to get the interest of someone to capture the interest of someone Interesse erobern, einfangen
• remote isolated   abgelegen
• sich erstrecken, verlaufen über, überbrücken to straddle
• Geld strömen lassen to pour money into a region
• angeben, prahlen to speak too proudly or happily about what you have done or what you own to boast, to show off
• eigenartig very strange and unusual, unexpected or not natural weird
• gerade currently at the moment  
• nicht beachten to ignore   to blank out
• to answer antworten to reply
• trotz, ungeachtet despite in spite of   despite all warnings - trotz aller Ermahnung in spite of everything - trotz allem
• verwöhnen to allow a child to behave exactly as it wants to to spoil
• vertraut close intimate - a very close friendship - eng,innig,intim, vertraut
• intimate close
• keen on having a clean home to be houseproud very worried about (sich kümmern um)your house being completely clean and tidy, and spending a lot of time making it so) sich sehr um sein Zuhause kümmern, weil man sehr großen Wert auf ...
• easy-going laid back locker, gelassen  
• locker, gelassen easy-going, laid back
• gemein, geizig mean
• the small screen television   Bildschirm
• deine Fragerei geht mir auf die Nerven! your stupid questions get on my nerves!
• trials difficulties
• trendy fashionable   modisch, trendig
• streng strict
• bevor vor etwas prior to sth   what did you do prior to getting this acting role? was haben Sie gemacht, bevor Sie diese Schauspielrolle erhielten?
• to encounter to meet treffen
• to meet to encounter treffen
• neugierig nosy, curious (wissbegierig)
• nosy curious
• um jdn. trauern to grieve for sb
• trauern to feel or express great sadness, especially when someone dies feel deep sadness to grieve
• to grieve to feel or express great sadness, especially when someone diesfeel deep sadness
• Hundehütte doghouse kennel    
• Schlamm earth that has become wet and sticky mud
• steuern to control the direction of a vehicle to steer
• selten rare
• to (cause to) feel frightened scare
• angry wütend furious
• Verspätung when you have to wait longer than expected for something to happen, or the time that you have to wait delay   There has been a delay in the book's publication.
• schmelzen to melt
• streitsüchtig argumentative
• Schneehaufen a pile of snow
• etw./jdn meiden etw. vermeiden to avoid sth/sb to avoid sth  
• etw gibt bald den Geist auf; macht es nicht mehr lange   sth its on its last legs   I need a new car, my old one is on its last legs ich brauch' ein neues Auto, mein altes macht's nicht mehr lange
• on its last legs Something that is on its last legs is in such bad condition that it will soon be unable to work as it should
• blond, gerecht, Jahrmarkt blonde hair, to treat everyone the same, a place whrer you have a rollercoaster fair
• blond, gerecht, Jahrmarkt blonde hair, to treat everyone the same, a place whrer you have a rollercoaster fair
• to dehydrate to (cause to) lose water
• neidisch unhappy and angry because someone has something or someone you want jealous
• Eisbär a bear with white fur that lives near the North Pole polar bear
• polar bear a bear with white fur that lives near the North Pole
• vernünftig sensible
• rare scarce
• Besentsil broomstick In children's books, witches are often shown riding broomsticks.  
• Zauberstab a small stick used by people who perform tricks for entertainment wand magic wand He waved his magic wand and a rabbit appeared.  
• Teich an area of water smaller than a lake pond
• Untertasse saucer
• hinken, humpeln to limp
• Ast branch
• quaken make a frog sound croak (frog)  past: croaked   When animals such as frogs croak, they call making deep rough sounds.
• Stechmücken a small flying insect that bites people and animals, and sucks their blood mosquitoes
• to aquire to get/ to buy erwerben
• weit huge big vast
• Fell he thick hair that covers the bodies of some animals, or the hair-covered skin(s) of animals, removed from their bodies fur
• kichern to laugh repeatedly in a quiet but uncontrolled way to giggle
• ungeschickt describes someone who often has accidents because they do not behave in a careful, controlled way clumsy
• verhungern to (cause to) become very weak or die because there is not enough food to eat to starve
• suchen jdn suchen to seek, sought, sought   looked for = sought
• angreifen (aus dem Hinterhalt) to ambush
• verrückt mentally ill insane
• begehrt, gefragt sought-after
• describes someone who is determined(entschlossen) to do what they want and refuses to do anything else you have an oppinion and do not listen to other advice stur stubborn
• Punkt Ort zeigen point
• Welle, winken (hand movement) wave
• Anzug, passen suit
• richtig, rechts right
• Fräulein, vermissen miss
• sich kurz melden, jdm eine email schreiben, jdm ein paar Zeilen schreiben jdm schreiben to drop sb a line
• stark, heftig, scharf fierce fierce attack=scharfer Angriff fierce combat = erbitterter Kampf fierce animal = wild
• Ventilator, Fan fan
• Zug, trainieren, ausbilden to train
• sensibel easily upset by the things people say or do, or causing people to be upset, embarrassed or angry sensitive