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Refresh your English January 2015

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  • motivating- to make someone feel determined to do something or enthusiastic about doing it motivierend, anregend  
  • rewarding- giving you satisfaction, pleasure, or profit zufriedenstellend, befriedigend
  • stimulating- making you feel interested anregend, stimulierend  
  • stressful- involving or causing a lot of pressure or worry anstrengend, stressig  
  • surprising- unusual, or unexpected überraschend  
  • tiring- making you feel tired. exhausting ermüdend, anstrengend  
  • usual- normal, or typical of what happens or of what people do in most situations üblich, gewöhnlich, normal  
  • unusual- not normal, common, or ordinary ungewöhlich, ausgefallen, selten  
  • varied- including a wide range of things or people abwechslungsreich, variiert, verschiedenartig  
  • satisfying- making you feel pleased or happy zufriedenstellend, befriedigend  
  • advantage - disadvantage- something that makes one person or thing more likely to succeed than others - something that makes someone or something less effective, successful or attractive der Vorteil, der Vorzug, der Nutzen - der Nachteil, die Benachteiligung
  • allergy- a medical condition in which you become sick or your skin becomes covered with red marks as a reaction to something you eat, breathe, or touch Allergie
  • dyke- a wall that prevents a river, lake, or sea from flooding the land der Deich
  • feed (to)- to give food to a person or an animal füttern
  • fluffy- covered with very soft hair or feathers flauschig-
  • irrelevant- not important or not relevant to what you are discussing or doing irrelevant, bedeutungslos-
  • notorious- famous for something bad notorisch, berüchtigt-
  • prescription- a piece of paper that a doctor gives you that says what type of medicine you need Rezept (Medizin)
  • psychological- involving or affecting your mind psychologisch, seelisch
  • rape- a plant which you can produce rape oil der Raps
  • rechargeable- to regain energy…. to charge battery wiederaufladbar
  • recipe- a set of instructions for cooking or preparing a particular food Rezept (Kochrezept)
  • receipt- a document that you get from someone showing that you given them money or goods Quittung, Kaufbeleg
  • reckless- not thinking about the possible bad effects of your actions leichtsinnig, unbekümmert
  • from head to toe- von Kopf bis Fuß (Zeh)
  • safe- protected from being hurt, damaged, lost, stolen etc. sicher, gefahrlos (Arbeitsstelle...)
  • secure- safe from attack, harm, or damage sicher, gesichert, geschützt (Computer....)
  • spontaneous- happening in a natural way without being planned or thought about spontan
  • unfamilar- nicht vertraut,unbekannt, ungewohnt
  • alibi- someone who has an alibi can prove that they were somewhere else when a crime was committed and so can claim to be not guilty das Alibi
  • blessed (to be)- to have something very good or special gesegnet sein, vom Glück verwöhnt
  • cheat - someone who cheats der Betrüger, der Schwindler
  • cheat (to)- to behave dishonestly, or to not obey rules, for example in order to win a game or do well in an examination betrügen, schummeln, täuschen
  • excuses (to make)- to provide a reason or explanation for something bad that someone has done, in order to make it seem less bad sich rechtfertigen, sich entschuldigen
  • lose (your/my/his/her) mind- to become crazy or very confused den Verstand verlieren
  • mind- the part of you that thinks, knows, remembers, and feel things der Geist, Seele, Verstand, Gedanke
  • upset (to be)- to make someone feel sad, worried, or angry sich ärgern, ärgerlich sein
  • bully (to) s.o- to frighten or hurt someone who is smaller or weaker than you jmdn. mobben, einschüchtern, schikanieren
  • bullying- behaviour that frightens or hurts someone smaller or weaker das Mobben, das Schikanieren
  • convidence (to) s.o. - to be convidence to make someone believe that something is true jmdn. überzeugen, überreden
  • fed (to) up- to have enough for something or someone... your work, people, situations abgefüttert sein, genug haben, angefressen sein
  • nightmare- an extremely difficult or frightening situation. Very bad dreams Alptraum