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German part 71
Vocab
31
Language - German
Intermediate
07/04/2019

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Jemandem auf die Pelle rücken
Definition
to get in someone’s face
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Tresenabend
Definition
night bar, counter night
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Der Jähzorn
Definition
the violent temper
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Zimperlich
Definition
oversensitive, squeamish
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Sei nicht so zimperlich
Definition
don’t make such a fuss, don’t be so squeamish
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Der Dampf/Dämpfe
Definition
the steam
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Die Erklärungslücke
Definition
the explanatory gap, the gap in an argument or theory
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Die Erklärungslücke schließen
Definition
to fill the whole in an argument, to fill the hole in one’s reasoning
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Ergattern/Ergattert
Definition
to wrangle, to manage to get
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De Messlatte
Definition
the standard, the yardstick
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Die Messlatte höherlegen
Definition
to raise the standards, to raise one’s standards
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Unter gar keinen Umständen
Definition
under absolutely no circumstances
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Der Muffel
Definition
the sourpuss, the opposite of fan
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Einläuten/Eingeläutet
Definition
to ring in
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Der Abstand/Abstände
Definition
the distance, the gap
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Der Abstand zwischen zwei Orten
Definition
the distance between two places
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Verteufeln/Verteufelt
Definition
to demonize
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Reg dich nicht auf
Definition
don’t get worked up
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Aufregen
Definition
to irritate, to work up, to excite, to turn on
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Erwidern/Erwidert
Definition
to reply in a contrary manner, to rejoin, to retort
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Der Quereinsteiger
Definition
the newcomer to a profession, someone who comes from a totally different profession
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Trapsen/Getrapst
Definition
to stomp heavily, to klomp
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Die Nachtigal
Definition
the nightingale
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Die Rechtschreibung
Definition
the orthography
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Stampfen/Gestampft
Definition
to stomp, to stamp
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Der Beifall
Definition
the applause
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Der Inbegriff
Definition
the epitome
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Absprechen/Abgesprochen
Definition
to make a plan, to arrange
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Das Vorgehen
Definition
the approach
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Die Veruntreuung
Definition
the misappropriation, the embezzlement
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Dreist
Definition
audacious, bold
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