carp

Karpfen

Ein großer Fisch, der in Seen und Flüssen lebt und oft als Speisefisch gezüchtet wird.

In einfachem Englisch: A large fish that lives in lakes and rivers and is often raised for food.

• A carp swam beneath the bridge.
• We caught three carp in the lake.
• The pond is full of large carp.

Häufige Wendungen: common carp, catch a carp, carp fishing

nörgeln, mäkeln

Immer wieder klagen oder kritisieren, besonders wegen kleiner, unwichtiger Dinge.

In einfachem Englisch: To keep complaining or criticizing, especially about small, unimportant things.

• Please stop carping about the weather.
• He carped at every small mistake.
• The critics kept carping over details nobody else noticed.

So benutzt man es: carp about something (He keeps carping about the price of coffee.); carp at someone/something (She carped at every suggestion we made.)

Synonyme: complain, nitpick, grumble, cavil

Häufige Wendungen: carp about something, carp at someone, carp over details