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Refresh your English September 2015
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- faith- strong belief in or trust of someone or something der Glaube
- frame (to so.)- to make someone seem guilty of a crime when they are not, for example by lying to the police or by producing false evidence jemanden etwas anhängen
- fuse- an object like string that burns slowly to make a bomb, firework etc explode die Zündschnur, die Lunte
- headmaster- a male teacher who is in charge of a school Schuldirektor
- outrageous- very shocking or unreasonable unerhört, abscheulich, empörend
- revealed (to sth.) to let something become known, for example a secret or information that was previously not known etwas verraten, etwas enthüllen
- torture (to)- to hurt a person or animal deliberately in a very cruel way, especially as a punishment or in order to make them say something quälen, foltern
- vault- an underground room where people´s bodies are buried, especially under a church das Grabgewölbe
- CV - curriculum vitae- a document giving details of your qualifications and the jobs you have had in the past that you send to someone when you are applying for a job. The American word is résumé der Lebenslauf
- negotiate (to)- to try to reach an agreement by discussing something in a formal way, especially in a business or political situation etw. (mit jmdm.) verhandeln, handeln
- poverty- a situation in which someone does not have enough money to pay for their basic needs die Armut, die Not
- resume, résumé- a summary of something der Lebenslauf, das Resümee
- sect- a religious group whose beliefs are different from the beliefs or an estabished religion, usually in a way that most people do not approve of die Sekte
- special permit, exceptional permisstion- an special official document that gives you permission to do something die Sondergenehmigung,die Ausnahmegenehmigung
- adore (to so.)- to love someone very much anhimmeln
- has waited for ages- the number of years that someone has waited of something seit Ewigkeiten, seit Jahren gewartet
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- appalling- very unpleasant and shocking entsetzlich, fürchterlich
- aspire (to. sth.)- to want to achieve something or to be successful, especially in your career anstreben
- bursts (to in)- to go somewhere quickly and suddenly hereinplatzen
- dead religious- extreme, übertriebene, radikale……
- dismay- the feeling of being very worried, disappointed, or sad about something surprising or shocking that has happened Bestürzung
- doubt- to think that something is probably not true or that it probably does not exist bezweifeln
- eager (to be)- very keen to do something or enthusiastic about something that will happen etw. unbedingt tun wollen
- emerges (to from sth.)- to come out of something or out from behind something auftauchen
- hoover- vacum cleaner cleaner
- hubby- husband Ehemann
- hypocrisy- behaviour in which someone claims to have certain moral principles or beliefs but behaves in a way that shows they are not sincere Heuchelei
- pissed- absolutely drunk- betrunken, besoffen
- pretend- to behave in a particular way because you want someone to believe that something is true when it is not vortäuschen
- refuse (to)- to say you will not do something that someone has asked you to do weigern
- rehearsal- an occasion when you practise for the performance of a play, concert, opera etc. Probe
- seduce (to so.)- to persuade someone to have sex with you jdm. verführen
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- share - a part of a total number or amount of something that is divided between several people o things Aktie
- taken aback (to be)- you shocked about something über etwas geschockt sein, verblüfft sein….
- resume- to start something again after stopping temporarily erneut starten, fortsetzen
- proposal- a request to someone to get married to you Heiratsantrag