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Karteikarten von abdelrahman rabie, aktualisiert more than 1 year ago
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| Frage | Antworten |
| INCESSANT The child’s incessant crying started to irritate her.?? | =never stopping, especially in an annoying or unpleasant way. =ceaseless. = constant. |
| RIFE WITH sth The office was rife with rumors. | = full of something unpleasant. |
| CUT THE CORNERS I don’t like to cut corners when I have company for dinner. | to do something in the easiest, cheapest, or fastest way. |
| INTANGIBLE She has that intangible quality which you might call charisma. | =an intangible quality or feeling is difficult to describe exactly. = intangible things have value but do not exist physically – used in business. |
| IN ESSENCE In essence, both sides agree on the issue.? | =relating to the most important characteristics or ideas of something. |
| COMPENSATE for STH Because my left eye is so weak, my right eye has to work harder to compensate. | = to replace or balance the effect of something bad. = make up for. |
| MAKE THE MOST OF sth We’re only in Paris for a day, so let’s make the most of it. | =to use or enjoy something as much as possible. |
| I'NADEQUATE This work is woefully (= extremely) inadequate - you'll have to do it again. | =not good enough or too low in quality. |
| OBSOL'ETE Gas lamps became obsolete when electric lighting was invented. | =no longer useful, because something newer and better has been invented → out-of-date |
| DUAL This room has a dual purpose, serving as both a study and a dining room.✌ | =with two parts, or combining two things. |
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