CPE Word Bank 4

"DISCIPLINE" You need to show a great deal of ........ if you want to give up smoking.

self-discipline

COAST Brighton is a ........ town in the south of England.

coastal

COAST She works as a volunteer .........

coastguard

COAST, The island has a very jagged ......... with few natural beaches.

coastline a jagged coastline

"DISCIPLINE" He is a very strict ........ who gives his children very little freedom.

disciplinarian

"DISCIPLINE" The company are seriously considering taking out ........ proceedings against the employee.

disciplinary

Disziplinarverfahren {n}

disciplinary proceedings {pl}

"EXHAUST" I found that aerobics session absolutely ......... I can't move a muscle. .

exhausting

"EXHAUST" She is suffering from ........ after spending 4 hours playing in the final of the tennis tournament.

exhaustion

"EXHAUST" The witness gave the police a complete and ........ account of the accident.

exhaustive (gründlich und vollständig)

1. After all the problems they had been through, the couple decided to move to Spain and make a ........ start. . 2. John's so funny. He's like a breath of ........ air in this boring office. . 3. She joined the company ........ out of college at the age of 18..

fresh to make a fresh start like a breath of fresh air fresh out of college

HORRIBLE He made some ........ errors of judgement during his time with the organisation. .

horrendous horrendous errors

HORRIBLE 1. I was reading this ........ story in the newspaper about animal experimentation.

horrific story

HORRIBLE I was ........ when I heard the company were planning to make most of its employees redundant.

horrified to horrify sb.

1. The Government is being criticised for its policies on ........ and order. . 2. In England, it's against the ........ to sell cigarettes to people under the age of 16. . 3. Our teacher is always laying down the ........, telling us what's allowed and what isn't..

law to be against the law law and order

1. I had ........ thoughts about going to Greece for our holiday as we didn't have enough money for the flight. . 2. He hates being ........ best in anything he does. He's so competitive. . 3. He buys and sells ........-hand cars for a living..

second

1. He has a strange ........ of humour and nobody finds his jokes in the least bit funny. . 2. I just can't make ........ of her handwriting. It's totally illegible. . 3. Come on! Use your common ........ You know it's dangerous to cross the road without looking..

sense

"to do a piece of work badly" .

to botch up The builders really botched ........ the job they were doing for us and we had to insist they do it again.

to take part in an activity but not seriously

to dabble in (sich oberflächlich mit etwas befasssen)

to suddenly realize the reality of something"

to dawn on I'd been talking to him for ages when it suddenly dawned ........ me that we'd actually met many years before.

seine Meinung ändern, es sich anders überlegen

to have second thoughts about doing sth.

Vorschriften machen

to lay down the law [coll.]

"to originate"

to stem from Her fear of the dentist stems ........ an upsetting experience she had as a child.

(gegen jdn.) Disziplinarmaßnahmen einleiten

to take disciplinary action (against sb.)

man braucht sehr viel Selbstdisziplin

you Need a great deal of self-discipline