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Refresh your English January 2015
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- sake of - for the sake of - for the benefit or good of someone or something jemanden zuliebe - um einer Sache willen, um…. willen
- walk the dog- den Hund spazieren führen, Gassi gehen
- breastfeed (to)- to feed a baby with milk from your breasts stillen
- midwife- a nurse whose job is to look after women when they are giving birth to a baby Hebamme
- boiled/coloured/dyed eggs- gekochte bemalte, gefärbte Eier
- braided/plaited yeast bun- geflochtener Hefezopf
- chick - a baby bird Küken
- church/service mass- Gottesdienst
- crucifixion - Kreuzigung
- daffodil- a tall yellow flower that grows in spring Narzisse, Osterglocke
- Easter basket - Osterkorb-
- Easter bunny - Osterhase
- Easter goddess- Ostergöttin
- egg hunting - Ostereiersuche
- last supper - das Abendmahl
- lent season - Fastenzeit
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- resurrection - Auferstehung
- Maundy Thursday- Gründonnerstag
- Good Friday - Karfreitag
- carry on - go on- mit etw. weitermachen, fortfahren
- eel- a long thin fish that looks like a snake and can be eaten der Aal
- fishing rod- a long thin bar or stick of catching fish die Angel
- GPS- global positioning system globales Positionsbestimmungssystem
- sat nav- satellite navigation Satelliten Navigation
- set it up- if you have an old version in your GPS you have to set it up etwas aufrüsten, updaten
- shallow- a shallow place or area in the water - having a small distance to the bottom from the surface or hightest point die Untiefe, seichte Stelle - flach,seicht
- facing- der Belag, die Außenschicht, Oberfläche, Facette(adj.) zugewandt
- junction- a place where one road crosses or joins another die Straßenkreuzung
- actual - really true wirklich, eigentlich, tatsächlich, derzeitig
- allotment clup- an area with a lot of small pieces of land with a very small house you can rent and use for growing vegetables and flowers Kleingartenverein
- barn- a large building on a farm where animals, crops, or machines are kept die Scheune
- hen- a female chicken die Henne, das Huhn
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- hire (to)- if you hire something, such as a car, room, or piece of equipment, you pay the owner so that can use it, especially for a short time etwas mieten
- rent (to)- to pay money regularly to use a house, room, office etc that belongs of someone else etw. mieten
- rooster (brit. cock)- a male chicken der Hahn
- salary slip- a small piece of paper with your fixed amount of money that you earn each month der Gehaltsstreifen, Gehaltsnachweis
- self-esteem- the feeling that you are as important as other people and that you deserve to be treated well das Selbstwertgefühl, die Selbstachtung
- self-confidence- the feeling that you can do things well and that other people respect you das Selbstbewußtsein, das Selbstvertrauen
- third party property insurance- an arrangement in which you regularly pay an insurance company an amount of money so that they will pay to another person if you damage or break sth. from him die Haftpflichtversicherung
- apprenticeship- employment as an apprentice die Berufsausbildung, die Lehre
- boring- not at all interesting, and making you feel impatient or dissatisfied langweilig
- challenging- difficult to deal with or achieve, but interesting and enjoyable anspruchsvoll, herausfordernd, fesselnd
- comfortable- feeling physically relaxed, without any pain or other unpleasant feelings bequem,angenehm,gemütlich
- crazy- not at all sensible or practical verrückt, wahnsinnig, übergeschnappt
- diverse- very different from each other unterschiedlich, facettenreich
- exhausting- making you feel extremely tired and without energy anstrengend, beschwerlich, ermüdend
- exhilarating- making you feel extremely happy, excited, and full of energy erheiternd, berauschend, anregend
- intense- very great or extreme stark, heftig, intensiv
- interesting- something that is interesting makes you want to know about it or take part in it interessant
- monotonous- a monotonous sound or voice is boring and unpleasant because it does not change in loudness or become higher or lower monoton, eintönig, abwechslungslos
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