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Growing Up - C
No Risk - No Fun?
| Term | Definition | German |
|---|---|---|
| daredevil | very daring and risky, reckless | draufgängerisch; waghalsig |
| (e.g. building / historical) site | certain place | Ort; Gelände, Schauplatz |
| obstacle | obstacles hinder you or prevent you from moving forward | Hindernis |
| shallow | opposite of deep; superficial (staying only on the surface) | seicht, flach; oberflächlich |
| to discharge (from hospital, a gun, a solider, a boat) | to allow sb to leave e.g. hospital; to shoot; to release sb from his duty; to unload | entlassen; freisetzen; entladen |
| severe | serious, very bad | ernst, schwerwiegend |
| a bruise | visible bluish or purplish injury underneath the skin | Prellung, Quetschung, Bluterguss |
| to suppose | to think of or believe in sth to be possible or true (to guess, judge, reckon, estimate) | vermuten; annehmen |
| to shatter | to break into many pieces | zerschlagen; zertrümmern |
| to paralyse | if you can't move a body part, it's paralysed | lähmen |
| temporary | lasting only for a certain period of time | vorübergehend, temporär |
| split second (decision) | within an extremely short period of time | Sekundenbruchteil |
| to expand | to enlarge, to grow | vergrößern |