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Refresh your English September 2015
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- ambition - something that you very much want to do, usually something that is diffecult to achieve das Ziel, der Ergeiz, die Ambition
- appreciate (to sth.)- to understand the true of a situation, and realize why it is important or serious etwas schätzen, etwas würdigen, für etwas dankbar sein
- boring- not at all interesting, and making you feel impatient or dissatisfied langweilig
- calm- not affected by strong emotions such as excitement, anger, shock, or fear ruhig, still, gelassen
- challenging- difficult to deal with or achieve, but interesting and enjoyable anspruchsvoll, herausfordernd, fesselnd
- choose, chose, chosen- to decide which you want from a number of people or things wählen, auswählen
- comfortable- feeling physically relaxed, without any pain or other unpleasant feelings bequem, angenehm, gemütlich
- confident- someone who is confident believes in their own abilities and so does not feel nervous or frightened zuversichtlich, sicher, selbstsicher, überzeugt
- creative- someone who is creative has a lot of imagination and new ideas erfinderisch, kreativ, schöpferisch
- dangerous- likely to harm or kill someone, or to damage or destroy something gefährlich, gefahrbringend
- dependable- a dependable person always behaves in a sensible way and does what they say they will do unzuverlässig, verlässlich
- diverse- very different from each other unterschiedlich, facettenreich
- exciting- interesting an full of action, especially when you do not know what is going to happen next spannend, aufregend
- 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
- interesting- something that is interesting makes you want to know about it or take part in it interessant
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- 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
- 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
- motivating- to make someone feel determined to do something or enthusiastic about doing it motivierend, anregend
- outgoing- someone who is outgoing is friendly and enjoys meeting and talking to people aufgeschlossen, kontaktfreudig
- punctual- arriving or happening at the time agreed on pünktlich, rechtzeitig
- rewarding- giving you satisfaction, pleasure, or profit lohnend, einträglich
- sensible- reasonable and practical vernünftig, verständig, bewusst
- sensitive- reacting quickly or strongly to something empfindlich, sensibel, einfühlsam
- spontaneous- happening in a natural way without being planned or thought about spontan
- spontaneous- happening in a natural way without being planned or thought about spontan
- 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 and exhausting anstrengend, ermüdend
- varied- including a wide range of things or people abwechslungsreich, variiert, verschiedenartig
- sophisticated- knowing and understanding a lot about a complicated subject anspruchsvoll, gebildet, kultiviert
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- bossy- someone who is bossy keeps telling other people what to do, in a way that annoys them herrisch, rechthaberisch
- hesitate- a pause before doing something, or to do something very slowly, usually because you are nervous, embarrassed, or worried zögern, zaudern
- reunification/reunion- the process of joining together parts of a country that were divided so that they form one country again Wiedervereinigung-
- bully (to s.o.)/bullying /to be bullied to frighten or hurt someone who is smaller or weaker than you jemanden mobben/ mobben/ gemobbt werden
- welcome money- was a monetary gift from the Federal Republic of Germany to visitors from eastern side Begrüßungsgeld
- ghost train station- it signifies an empty or out-of-service station that gives off a ghostly vibe Geisterbahnhof
- Mauerspecht- a Mauerspecht, therefore, refers to a person who chips away at a wall "Mauer" und "Specht" wall and woodpecker
- Ossi / Wessi - Those in the west were informally referred to as Wessis (from West) and those in the east were called Ossis (in German, Ost means "east") West und Ost…..
- Ostalgie- The word literally means nostalgia of east "Ost" und "Nostalgie" east and nostalgia
- Rennpappe- The Trabant (Trabi), the cheaply-produced car in East German. A hard plastic consisting of recycled materials "rennen" und "Pappe" to run and cardboard
- Barbed Wire Sunday- was the day that GDR authorities began sealing off the border between East and West German using barbed wire Stacheldrahtsonntag
- Wendehals- The word to discribe someone whose opinion conveniently took a turn in the opposite direction Wende und Hals "turning point" and neck"
- conspirator- someone who secretly makes a plan with another person or group to do something bad or illegal, especially in politics der Verschwörer
- conspiracy- a secret plan by a group of people to do something bad or illegal, especially in politics die Verschwörung, das Komplott
- core- the members of a group who do the most work, or who support it most strongly der Kern (einer Gruppe)
- deny (to sth.)- to say that you did not do something that someone has accused you of doing etwas leugnen, bestreiten
- discovery- the process of finding something or someone that was missing or hidden die Entdeckung, der Fund
- effigy- a model or someone, especially one destroyed in a protest against them das Bildnis
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