Proficiency Vocab

Front 1

to grunt

Back 1

grunzen, ächzen

to grunt with pain

Front 2

ingrained

Back 2

fest sitzend, fest verankert

some habits are very deeply ingrained

Front 3

to be besotted with sb/smth

Back 3

in jdn/etw völlig vernarrt sein

to be besotted with an idea

Front 4

woe

Back 4

Kummer, Leid
economical / financial woes - wirtschaftliche Probleme

Front 5

to epitomize sth

Back 5

etw. verkörpern, repräsentieren / für etwas stehen

Front 6

foe

Back 6

enemy

Front 7

fogeyish
to have a fogeyish attitude towards sth

Back 7

verknöchert
verstaubte Ansichten über etw haben

Front 8

judicious

Back 8

...choice, person : klug
...decision: wohl überlegt

Front 9

vernachlässigen / versäumen

verwahrlost sein

Back 9

neglect
to be in a state of neglect

Front 10

gloomy

to be gloomy about smth

Back 10

trostlos, trüb, düster

für etw schwarz sehen

Front 11

auf jdn/etw anspielen

Worauf willst du anspielen?

Back 11

to allude to sb/sth
to insinuate sth (böse)

What are you driving at?

Front 12

unterschwellig / unterbewusst

das Unterbewusste

Back 12

subliminal (e.g. message)

the subliminal self

Front 13

reluctant

to be reluctant to do smth

Back 13

widerwillig

sich dagegen sträuben etw. zu tun

Front 14

Back 14

honeydew melon

Front 15

Back 15

(red)currant

Front 16

pulpy

Back 16

breiig, matschig, breiweich

fruit: saftig, fleischig

Front 17

faszinierend (not fascinating)

Back 17

spellbinding

Front 18

traction

to lose traction

Back 18

Bodenhaftung

Front 19

to thrust

Back 19

to push with force

to thrust sth/sb forward

to thrust sth/sb into sth

to thrust oneself forward (vordrängeln)

Front 20

eerie

Back 20

spooky

Front 21

gullible

Back 21

credulous / trusting

leichtgläubig

a gullible person is easy to trick because they trust and believe peopletoo easily

Front 22

ingenuous

Back 22

someone who is ingenuous believes everything that people tell them,especially because they have not had much experience of life

Front 23

squelch

Back 23

to make a wet sucking sound such as the sound thatyour feet make when you walk on wet ground

Front 24

to hiss

Back 24

zischen

Front 25

to tinkle

Back 25

klirren (Glas)

Front 26

scornful

Back 26

verächtlich

Front 27

inscrutable

Back 27

undurchdringlich, undurchschaubar

Front 28

sentinel

Back 28

Wachposten / Wächter(in)

a sentinel of democracy = ein Wächter /Hüter der Demokratie

Front 29

stoop

to stoop

stoop (AM)

Back 29

1. krummer Rücken, Buckel

2. sich beugen / einen Buckel machen

3. AM offene Veranda

Front 30

wispy

Back 30

dünn, person schmächtig, schmal

she's got very wispy hair - sie hat sehr strähniges Haar

Front 31

limelight

+ Verb

Back 31

das Rampenlicht

to be in the limelight - im Rampenlicht stehen

Front 32

to root around / about

Back 32

herumwühlen

Front 33

bloated

Back 33

aufgedunsen

vollgestopft fam

bloated feeling Völlegefühl

bloated bureaucracy - aufgeblähter Verwaltungsapparat

Front 34

to cringe

Back 34

1. sich ducken

2. zucken

3. schaudern

to cringe back in terror - ängstlich zusammenzucken

we all cringed with embarrassment - das war uns allen furchtbar peinlich

Front 35

to waive sth

Back 35

auf etw. verzichten

to waive a fee / payment

Front 36

incumbent

Back 36

amtierend

Front 37

to placate sb

Back 37

jemanden beruhigen / beschwichtigen

outraged minority groups will not be placated by promises

Front 38

to gush to sb about sth

to gush over sth

Back 38

jdm von etw vorschwärmen
über etw ins Schwärmen geraten

Front 39

schism

Back 39

Spaltung

Front 40

ostensibly

Back 40

angeblich, vorgeblich

Front 41

precursor of / to smth.

Back 41

a person or thing that comes before sb/smth and that leads to or influences its development / -> forerunner

(a stringed instrument that was the precursor of the guitar; events that were precursors to revolution)

Front 42

brooding

Back 42

sad, mysterious or threatening (dark, brooding eyes; a brooding silence; Ireland's brooding landscape)

Front 43

berth

Back 43

a bed on a train or a ship

Front 44

divulge smth to sb

Back 44

to give sb information that is supposed to be a secret SYN reveal

Police refused to divulge the identity of the suspect

Front 45

susceptible

Back 45

very likely to be influenved, harmed or affected by sb/sth // easily influenced by feelings and emotions SYN impressionable

Front 46

contemptuous

Back 46

feeling or showing that you have no respect for sb/sth SYN scornful

(she gave him a contemptuous look)

Front 47

assertive

Back 47

expressing opinions or desires strongly and with confidence

Front 48

to bellow

Back 48

brüllen / schreien

Front 49

midwife

Back 49

Hebamme

Front 50

cumbersome

Back 50

1. large, heavy, difficult tu carry SYN bulky

2. slow and complicated

schwerfällig, umständlich, träge

a cumbersome old computer

it's rather cumbersome having to carry all these cases around...

Front 51

to loiter

Back 51

to stand or wait somewhere especially with no obvious reason

SYN hang around

> teenagers were loitering in the street outside

Front 52

slender

Back 52

feingliedrig, knapp, dürftig, mager, schlank

Front 53

haunches

Back 53

Gesäss, Hüfte

Front 54

zesty

Back 54

1. exciting, interesting, enjoyable

ie. the play is full of zesty language and wordplay

2. smth that tastes sharp, fresh

ie. a zesty white wine

Front 55

contrition

Back 55

Reue

the feeling of being very sorry for smth bad that you have done

Front 56

to be loath to do smth.

Back 56

etw. ungern tun