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It's (strittig) wheter global warming is caused by heavy industrie
debatable (adj)
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Schulden vertuschen
suppress debts
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In business, many specialists have a (persöndliches Interesse daran haben zu) companies in a favourable light.
have a vested interest in presenting
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The council ist (rechenschaftspflichtig) to the people who elected it
accountable
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She (nicht abgeneigt sein etwas zu tun) members of her own party
wasn't averse to criticising
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Max is more (redegewandt) than most teenager I know
articulate
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The wording of his statement was highly (missverständlich)
ambiguous (opposite =unabiguous (unmissverständlich)
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He's so (streitsüchtig)
argumentative
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Everyone (flippte aus) for their new record
went bananas
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He always tried to do everything (vorschriftenmässig)
by the book
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Calvin (lieferte starke Argumente für) his unpopular policy in his article
make out a case for
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Mandy bands break up because of (persöndliche Differenzen)
personality clashes
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The organisation has to operate within the usual democratic (Einschränkungen)
constraints
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He is not ready to (zusagen, zustimmen)
commit
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You only get one chance , so you have to (es zum Erfolg bringen)
make it count
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Hotel staff must be (höfflich) at all times.
courteous
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a very positive (Beitrag) to crime prevention
contribution
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The demonstration soon (artete in Gewalt aus)
degenerate into violence
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Joe is very (ernsthaft)
earnest
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Some worrying rumours were beginning (hochzukommen)
to emerge
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allmählich im Hintergrund verschwinden
faded into the background
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The counsellor may be able (erleichtern) communnication between the couple
to facilitate
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an jem. glauben
faith in me
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We still need (abschliessen) some details
to finalise
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genialer Einfall, Geniestreich
stroke of genius
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We are taking a careful and (wohlüberlegten) approach to the problem
measured
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This raises an (faszinierenden) subject for future research
intriguing
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zwischenmenschlich
interpersonal
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Jimmy (überwindete) his difficulties to graduate with a frist-class degree.
overcame
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His colleagues used to be shocked by his (Ausbrüche) of temper
outbursts
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übertreffen, hinter sich lassen
outperform
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It can be useful to have (unkonventionell denkende und handelnde Teammitglieder) in your team
rule-benders
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The Iraq contract was shrouded in (Verschwiegenheit) for months
secrecy
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He's trying (Streitigkeiten beiseite legen)
to smooth over
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auf dem neusten (technischen) Stand
state-of-the-art
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The film opened (gleichzeitig) in the US and Europe
simultaneously
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As an artist, he was years (seiner Zeit voraus)
ahead of his time
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I think you should try to make your welcome speec less (langatmig)
verbose
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Delivering bad news requires (Einfühlvermögen) on the doctor's part
sensitivity (n)
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This section of the law is (anwendbar, geeignet) only to business.
applicable
opposite=inapplicable
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If we can't get (finanzielle Unterstützung) from Transtech, we can't go ahead with the project.
buy-in
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Schlag-, Modewort
buzzword
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After trying for ten hours, they decided to (Schluss machen, Feierabend machen).
call it a day
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They will permit us to (aufschieben) payment one further month.
defer
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Lieferung
deliverable (n)!
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He was allowed a lot of (Spielraum, Freiheit) in implementing company policy.
latitude
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Whatever you do, don't (jdn. falsch ansprechen) the boss today.
don't get on the wrong side of
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in Kontakt / Verbindung mit jemandem sein
be in touch with sb
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