go where there are not many people
(saying)
to get off the beaten track
showing good judgement, especially about style and quality
= urteilsfähig
discerning
(listing the good qualities of a place)
= sich rĂĽhmen, sich brĂĽsten, prahlen
to boast
areas of land, collocates in order to keep safe the animals and plants that live there
tracts
original and natural forest
= Urwald
virgin forest
to fix bricks firmly in place or to make relationships more solid
= festigen
cement / to cement
phrase used to refer to an invisible barrier that stops e.g. women from rising to top positions at work
= “unsichtbare Barriere”, die eine Entwicklung verhindert
a glass ceiling
someone does not know about the unpleasant and ordinary things that happen in life (e.g. academics)
someone lives in an ivory tower
give an opportunity to get somewhere
“A degree in law is a … a well-paid job.
be a gateway to
used to talk about the start of an idea:
… of success
… of discontent
… of revolution
seed(s)
to get rid off
= etw. aussortieren, loswerden
to weed out
cut/limit
The government will probably have to … its proposals.
to prune back
to get results from
= die FrĂĽchte ernten / die Belohnung erhalten
to reap the rewards of
to discover
The journalists have … some interesting facts.
to dup up
to begin to develop
= keimen
to germinate
to grow / develop well and successfully
= gedeihen
to thrive
to become less
= schrumpfen
to shrivel
to lose energy
= welken
to wilt
Säugetier
mammal
Beuteltier
marsupial
ein Beutel / Tasche
pouch
Nagetier
rodent
Reptil
reptile
Fleischfresser / Raubtier
carnivore
Pflanzenfresser
herbivore
Raubtier
predator
Aasgeier / Aasfresser
scavenger
WarmblĂĽter / KaltblĂĽter
warm/cold-blooded
fĂĽgsam, gutmĂĽtig
docile
zahm
tame
scharf, wild
fierce (dog)
Vogelschutzgebiet
bird sanctuary
Jagen, Töten etc. (als Sport)
blood sports
Pelzhandel, Fellhandel
fur trade
Wilderer
poachers
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