Prime Time 7, Coursebook plus Semester Self-checks

V grim-visaged They looked into the eyes of a grim-visaged pirate. mit finsterem Gesicht barbed steed He entered the square on a barbed steed. geharnischtes Ross adversary !*xdvEsErI? Yesterday he met his one-time adversary and surprisingly they got on well with each other. Feind/in, Gegner/in to caper !*keIpE? They hopped and capered like a herd of goats. umhertollen nimbly She jumped nimbly to her feet. flink lascivious !lE*sIvIEs? The lascivious actress told her life story. lasziv lute !lju"t? He plays the organ and the lute. Laute amorous !*xmErEs? He sent her an amorous text message but she didn’t answer. verliebt looking-glass The looking-glass showed him his features. Spiegel to stamp on sb./sth. The boy stamped on the snail and killed it. auf jmdn./etw. treten to strut !str0t? The actors and actresses strutted for the cameras. stolzieren wanton He looked at her wantonly. schamlos, lüstern to amble The tourists ambled along the beach. schlendern curtailed Spending on new office furniture was curtailed by the management. gestutzt, geschmälert to dissemble She wasn’t able to dissemble her emotions. verbergen, vortäuschen scarce !skeEs? Due to the earthquake food has become scarce. selten, spärlich lame My dog had gone lame, so we had to put him down. lahm to pipe “Sorry, Miss,” she piped. pfeifen, piepsen to pass away the time They passed away the time reading. sich die Zeit vertreiben to descant on !dI*skxnt On? He has descanted on this topic before. sich über ein Thema verbreitern villain !*vIlEn? He likes playing the villain, but he is a nice guy. Schurke, Schurkin 4 shortcoming He was able to overcome all his shortcomings. Nachteil 5 cinematic device There was hardly a word said, he only used cinematic devices. filmische Mittel camera angle The camera angle was totally new. Bildwinkel 7 to spit at The players were spat at when they left the pitch. spucken auf to kneel The prince knelt before the queen. knien groundling The groundlings only paid one penny. Zuschauer/in im Hof eines elisabethanischen Theaters thy (archaic) !DaI? “Death, where is thy sting?” (1 Corinthians 15:55) dein contempt The King treated his subjects with contempt. Verachtung revengeful !rI*vendZfUl? His secretary was leading this revengeful campaign. rachsüchtig thee (archaic) !Di"? “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” (Shakespeare) dir, dich humble !*h0mbl? He always came across as a humble servant. bescheiden, demütig to beg I beg you, stay here. bitten to dispatch His best troops were dispatched to the front line. schicken, senden to stab Before he could turn round, he was stabbed in the back. einstechen, erstechen to arise The queen ordered the knight to arise. hier: sich erheben, aufstehen accessary He was charged with being an accessary to the crime. Mithelfer/in to vouchsafe !vaUtS*seIf? “Vouchsafe your mercy on us” is a line from a prayer. gewähren to enclose I enclose a picture of myself. einschließen corpse After the battle corpses were lying around on the battlefield. Leiche humour They went home in ill humour. hier: Stimmung to woo !wu"? To woo is an old-fashioned word for courting a woman. umwerben conscience !*kOnSEns? This is an opportunity to show your social conscience. Gewissen suit !su"t? Suit in this case means that he is courting a woman. hier: Werbung (um eine Frau) to be at charges for hier: etw. ausgeben für score “Five score years ago” said Martin Luther King at the beginning of his most famous speech “I have a dream”. zwanzig to adorn A flower adorned her hat. schmücken to be crept hier: eingenommen sein yon (archaic) Yon is an archaic word for “that”. jene/r to lament !lE*ment? He started to lament his fate, but it did not help. lamentieren 204 Vocabulary Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv