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the metal cover over the part of a car where the engine is: Lernen beginnen
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US (UK bonnet) I looked under the hood and clouds of smoke poured out.
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to defeat someone in a fight or competition: Lernen beginnen
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formal /old fashion her classmates bested her at jumping rope.
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new and without experience: Lernen beginnen
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The current economic climate is particularly difficult for fledgling businesses. They invested money toward purchasing the fledgling operation
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Less profitable business operations will have difficulty in finding financial support.
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to encourage the development or growth of ideas or feelings: Lernen beginnen
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I'm trying to foster an interest in classical music in my children. Here are ways you can foster initiative in your child.
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to be determined to do or have something: Lernen beginnen
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You can lose weight if you set your mind to it. they can do anything they set their mind to
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extra help that makes something such as an industry or economy improve more quickly: Lernen beginnen
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give sth/get a jumpstart. The decision to build a new network will give the technology a jump-start. Successful kids often have been given a jump-start by their parents.
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someone who is trained to listen to people and give them advice about their problems: Lernen beginnen
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The college now has a counselor to help students with both personal and work problems. She is a counselor at a local high school.
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beginning to develop or show signs of future success in a particular area: Lernen beginnen
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While still at school she was clearly a budding genius.
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information, money, or energy that is put into a system, organization, or machine so it can operate: Lernen beginnen
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Jane believes letting children have input in making decisions helps to build self-confidence.
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a rule that everyone must stay at home between particular times, usually at night, especially during a war or a period of political trouble: Lernen beginnen
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By the time our kids were in high school, they were helping set their own curfews.
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(of a plan) to have the opposite result from the one you intended: Lernen beginnen
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Her plans to make him jealous backfired on her when he started dating her best friend.
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to make a swallowing movement because of fear, surprise, or excitement: Lernen beginnen
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"I find this a very confusing conversation to have," he exclaimed, gulping.
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to cause a fire to start burning by lighting paper, wood, etc. Lernen beginnen
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fire The fire that had burned in my friend was never kindled in his children.
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to wish very strongly, especially for something that you cannot have or something that is very difficult to have: Lernen beginnen
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Mark yarned to play sports.
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He was severely asthmatic.
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to try to do or continue doing something in a determined way, despite having problems: Lernen beginnen
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His mother encouraged him to persevere
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to save money by spending less than is necessary to reach an acceptable standard: Lernen beginnen
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His mother encouraged him to persevere, often scrimping to pay for his uniforms.
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If something is ..., it is real and exactly what it appears to be: Lernen beginnen
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If the kids were genuinely interested in something, I would find a way.
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affecting the... l tubes; oskrzelowy Lernen beginnen
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He had overcome many of his bronchial problems
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to mention something as proof for a theory or as a reason why something has happened: Lernen beginnen
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I cited a fistful of career alternatives
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