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sharp Englisch:

1. acute acute


acute respiratory distress
For men who are single parents, the issue is especially acute.
acute pain
But what if your anxiety is sustained and acute?
Forecasters classified it a bomb cyclone for its acute drop in atmospheric pressure.
This city will suffer from an acute water shortage unless it rains soon.
An acute lack of funds is holding up the plan.
How did it go? "They said it was acute appendicitis."
I am touched by the girl's acute sensitivity.
Communities afflicted with acute destitution are additionally confronted with illiteracy, life in appalling conditions and infectious diseases decimating the indigenous populations.
The problem is most acute in...
The question of world hunger will become much more acute
Grace has acute alcohol poisoning
He's a chain-smoker. He suffers acute anxiety if he has to last for an hour without a cigarette
She felt acute embarrassment/anxiety/concern at his behaviour.

Englisch Wort "sharp"(acute) tritt in Sätzen auf:

Part 3 (Green)

2. sharpen sharpen


Sharpen your pencil.
I want a knife to sharpen my pencil with.
What objects can be sharpened when they become blunt? Pencils can be sharpened when they become blunt.
Ted knew that the only way to sharpen his computer skills was to go to evening classes.
the marketization of everything sharpens the sting of inequality
Make sure you sharpen your pencils before the test begins.
to make a feeling stronger and more urgent: A series of attacks have sharpened fears of more violence.
I have to sharpen this knife. It's too dull.
You have to sharpen a blunt pencil.
My admiration for the professionals has sharpened considerably.
May I sharpen my pencil?

3. keen keen


David has a keen interest in aesthetics — the qualities that make a painting, sculpture, musical composition, or poem pleasing to the eye, ear, or mind.
keen on something
A fence between makes love more keen.
Competition is very keen in the car industry.
Boeing, which builds more than half the world's commercial airliners, is understandably keen to draw attention to what can go wrong besides planes.
Japanese parents are not keen to talk about their own children.
bank was keen to build long term customer thrust.
They were very keen to start work as soon as possible.
She always look for extra work to do- she's very keen.
a. The butcher’s keen knife cut through the meat.
As a keen cyclist I am especially pleased by the provisions for carrying bicycles on the train.
They were very keen to start work as soon as possible.; Joan wanted to go to a movie but I wasn't keen (= I didn't want to go).; She's a keen tennis player.; She's keen on (playing) tennis.
meets a unique set of obstacles, but Campbell’s keen insight was that the outline of these stories is
He has become keen on Italian food since visiting Rome.
Hounds hunt by their keen scent.

Englisch Wort "sharp"(keen) tritt in Sätzen auf:

zamiast very

4. sharper the sharpest sharper the sharpest



Englisch Wort "sharp"(sharper the sharpest) tritt in Sätzen auf:

Stopniowanie krótkich przymiotników

5. sharp sharp


sharp teeth
That knife wasn't sharp and I couldn't cut the meat with it, so I resorted to using my pocket knife.
I have a hard time seeing the logic of this latest decision of his. He just isn't as sharp as he used to be.
Nobody anticipated such a sharp decline in interest rates.
He was on the verge of revealing the secret when a sharp look from Martha shut him up.
Its sharp claws began to open and close, open and close.
A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
In the kitchen, you're more apt to cut yourself with a dull knife than with a sharp one.
This may be because of a change in people's attitude toward marriage and the sharp increase of fast food restaurants and convenience stores which are open 24 hours a day and enable young people to live more easily.
What Alice, waiting for a reply, was faced with was a sudden howl. It was a resounding noise, sharp as to burst her ear drums, loud as to reach unto the heavens.
Dad, should I poke Rod with a sharp thing like the mouse did?
Sharp knife, sharp pain, sharp criticism, to be a bit sharp with people, sharp turn, sharp tongue
The economic and financial crisis also brought a sharp fall in world trade.
What time of day are you at your sharpest?
There is data indicating a sharp increase in seizures of falsified medicines by customs.

6. attractive and fashionable



7. able to think very quickly



8. mentally quick and intelligent



9. dull


To me he's no different from a million other dull middle aged men.
dull china
In the kitchen, you're more apt to cut yourself with a dull knife than with a sharp one.
Geometry, about which I know nothing, seems like a very dull subject.
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.
This club is fearfully dull. The dance floor is empty and the smoking patio is packed.
To equip a dull, respectable person with wings would be but to make a parody of an angel.
If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are likely to become dull and unintelligent.
Like air traffic controllers, drone pilots have high‐stress yet often dull and repetitive jobs, mostly surveilling areas for intelligence and potential targets.
It rained all the time we were there so we had a rather dull weekend sitting indoors.
The room around him became crisp, the dull firepit flaring to near blinding brightness.
If you have a dull room, what can you do to brighten it up? If you have a dull room, you can brighten it up by painting it.
dull afternoon/people/colour
Have you ever met someone as dull as he was?
For fear of the newspapers politicians are dull, and at last they are too dull even for the newspapers.

Englisch Wort "sharp"(dull) tritt in Sätzen auf:

The adjective - practice

10. used after the name of a note to mean a note a semitone higher



Englisch Wort "sharp"(used after the name of a note to mean a note a semitone higher) tritt in Sätzen auf:

READING MUSIC

11. it has a thin point or edge



12. it starts exactly at the time



13. in focus


Adjust the camer to make sure everybody is in focus.
Now that things are in focus, I feel better about the world.

14. blunt


Your text-it was so blunt
It's not easy peeling potatoes with a blunt knife.
The knife was so blunt that I could not cut the meat with it and I resorted to my pocket knife.
to be blunt
She has a reputation for blunt speaking.
My sword may be blunt, but that's more than enough for someone like you.
Y'know we're short of money to have fun and ... Well to be blunt, gimme!
losing my head, blunt of the axe, alive when I am dead
They have a lot to talk about, often in blunt terms.
a blunt knife
a blunt knife- without a sharp edge or point; saying exactly what you think without trying to be polite
a blunt reply/ remark/refusal
He sharpened his pencil because it was blunt, and he needed a sharp point to write legibly.
Spinal fracture, blunt-force trauma to the head,
It's hard to shave with a blunt razor blade.