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Refresh your English January 2015
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- ashamed- feeling guilty or embarrassed because you have done something wrong, or think that you have not reached a standard that people expect beschämt, schämen
- behavior/behaviour- the way a person acts or behaves das Verhalten, Benehmen, Betragen
- building/construction site- Baustelle
- countryside- die Landschaft, die Natur, ländlicher Raum
- day care (center)- Schulhort-
- embarrassed- ashamed of something and worried about what other people will think of you verlegen
- grades/marks- Grades and marks are given for shool or university work Noten, Zensuren
- knit (to)- to make something of clothing yourself by using wool stricken
- marks/grades- Grades and marks are given for shool or university work Noten, Zensuren
- memorize (to)- to learn something so that you remember it perfectly auswendig lernen, einprägen
- mug- a big cup der Becher
- puberty- the stage of development when a child changes physically into an adult Pubertät
- rows- something (e.g. chairs) is arranged in a straight line (e.g. rows in a cinema or theater) die (Stuhl) Reihen
- box office - a place at a theater or other arts establishment where tickets are bought or reserved die Theater-, Kinokasse
- retro- deliberately intended to be like clothes, music etc from the recent past Retro, bewusst altmodisch
- nostalgic- remembering happy times in the past nostalgisch, wehmütig
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- stale- stale food is no longer fresh and original abgestanden, schal, fade
- slick- done in a very impressive way that seems to need very little effort gekonnt, clever, geschickt
- impressive- if something is impressive, you admired, for example because it is very good, large, or shows great skill eindrucksvoll, beeindruckend, imposant
- inflation- an economic process in which prices increase so that money becomes less valuable die Inflation
- quirk- something strange that happens for reasons that you do not know or understand der Trick, die Laune, die Eigenart, der Spleen
- elaborate- very detailed and complicated aufwendig, ausführlich, durchdacht
- stunt- something dangerous, for example jumping from a building, that is done to entertain people, often as part of a film der Stunt, der Trick
- spin-off- a new product, service, television programme etc.that is based on another one that already exists Nebenprodukt, der Ableger, die Abspaltung
- intend- to have a plan in your mind to do something beabsichtigen, vorhaben
- deliberately - with a definite intention absichtlich
- announce(to sth./so.)- to make a public or official statement of something etwas ankündigen, jmdn. etwas bekannt machen
- announcement- a public or official statement that gives people information about something die Ankündigung, die Bekanntgabe
- simultaneously- happening or done at the same time gleichzeitig, zeitgleich
- perform (to)- to complete an action or activity, especially a complicated one vorführen, aufführen
- performance- the act of performing a play, dance, or other form of entertainment die Vorstellung, die Aufführung
- perceive (to sth.)- to understand or think about something in a particular way etwas wahrnehmen
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- perception- a particular way of understanding or thinking about something die Wahrnehmung, die Auffassung
- respond (to)- the react to something by taking a particular course of action antworten, erwidern
- adapt (to sth.)- to change your ideas or behaviour to that you can deal with a new situation etwas anpassen
- adaption- the process of changing or making changes die Anpassung, die Angleichung
- eclipse- a short period when all or part of the sun or moon becomes dark, because of the positions of the sun, moon, and earth in relation to each other. A total eclipse is when the sun or moon is completely covered die Finsternis, die Eklipse
- lacking- if something important or useful is lacking, it doesn´t exist or ist not available mangelnd, inhaltsleer
- adjust (to sth.)- to change something slightly in order to make it better, more accurate, or more effective etwas ausgleichen, korregieren
- release (to sth.)- etwas veröffentlichen
- certificate- to announce something, or to give something to people officially / an official document zertifizieren, bescheinigen / als Nomen: Zertifikat, Bescheinigung
- contribution- something that you do that helps to achieve something or to make it successful der Beitrag (seinen Beitrag zu etwas leisten)
- intonation- the way in which your voice rises or falls when you speak Betonung von Silben u. Wörtern im Satz
- pronunciation- the way in which someone speaks a foreign language die Aussprache
- representative- typical of people or things in a particular group / someone who has been chosen or elected by a person or group to vote, give opinions, or make decisions for them repräsentativ / Nomen: (Stell) Vertreter
- stress- a worried or nervous feeling that stops you relaxing der Stress
- make up for sth.- es (wieder) gut machen-
- remember (to sb./sth.)- to have an image in your mind of a person, a place, or something that happened or was said in the past sich (an jemanden/etwas) erinnern-
- remind (to sb.) - to remind- to help someone to remember something that they have to do jemanden erinnern - ermahnen
- reminder- something that reminds you of something that happened in the past - a letter or note that reminds you of something that you need to do or need to remember die Erinnerung, Gedächtnisstütze - Mahnung
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