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- hammock - a bed consisting of a long piece of cloth and you can hang it between two trees and you can relax in it Hängematte
- humble (to so.) - when two person talk about you in a bad way and you can hear it all, it´s humble for you jmdn. demütigen, jmdn. erniedrigen
- interior design - the inside part of something, especially a building Innenarchitektur / Innenausstattung
- optician - someone whose job it is to test people´s sight and make and sell glasses Optiker
- smirk - someone ist laughing when you have a funny or not funny situation, for example you run against the door or you will look in a window and your head pushes againt it hämisch grinsen, schmunzeln, feixen, auslachen
- hallway / corridor - corridor /the area inside the front door or between the citchen, living room and bedroom Flur
- fuse - electrical equipment that makes stop working when there is too much electricity flowing through it Sicherung
- disable - körperlich beeinträchtigt, behindert
- hangover (to be) - einen Kater haben (nach zuviel Alkohol)
- vessel - a very big ship Container Schiff
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- sail - a large piece of strong cloth fixed to a tall pole on a boat, used for catching wind to move the boat across water das Segel
- A T M - automated teller machine Bankautomat
- distracted - not able to concentrate on something unaufmerksam
- charge - discharge - the battery is full - the battery is empty aufladen - entladen
- discharge - the battery is empty entladen
- like - dislike (to so./sth.) - I like chocolate - I dislike pork jmd./etwas mögen - jmd./etwas ablehnen
- polite - inpolite - to hold up the door for somebody - to interrupt someone during the speech höflich - unhöflich
- possible - impossible something can be done - or not done möglich - unmöglich
- friendly - unfriendly - someone who is always pleasant and helpful - the oposite of friendly freundlich - unfreundlich
- hitchhike - to travel by asking other people to take you in their car trampen, per Anhalter fahren
- literacy - to be literate the ability to read and write - able to read and write Bildung, Lese-u. Schreibfähig - gebildet, lese- u. schreibkundig
- illiterate - you can´t read or write ungebildet, nicht lese- und schreibkundig
- decrease - increase - reduce something - to make greater senken, verringern - steigern, erhöhen
- subsidiary - a company that is owned by a larger company Tochterfirma, Filiale
- offsite - onsite - to have a meeting offsite the company - to have a meeting in the company außerhäusig, außerhalb der der Firma - innerhalb der Firma
- outside - inside not inside a building - in the house draußen, außerhalb - innerhalb, drinnen
- smirt - smoke + flirt
- sage - a medical plant against sore throat or to use it for cooking Salbei -
- demi-detached house - a half from a house Doppelhaushälfte -
- evolve - change verändern -
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- pace - the speed of something Schnelligkeit -
- lexicographer - a person who writes a dectionary Lexikograph -
- widespread - common verbreitet -
- widespread - common verbreitet -
- publisher - a company that makes books Verleger / Verlag -
- selfie - a self-portrait usually taken with a camera phone Selbstporträt -
- usual - unusual normal, typical - extraordinary, special gewöhnlich - ungewöhnlich
- habit - something that you do often or regulary Gewohnheit, Gebrauch -
- recent - happening or starting a short time ago kürzlich, letztens -
- native - living in a particular country, area or city since birth gebürtig, heimisch -
- sandpit - Little children love it to play in a great box with sand. Sandkasten -
- soil - Muttererde
- heritage - das Erbe
- development - Entwicklung
- politics - Politik
- economy - Wirtschaft
- network - Netzwerk
- enviroment - Umwelt
- technology - Technik
- helplessness - die Hilflosigkeit, Ratlosigkeit