league

Liga

Gruppe von Sportmannschaften, die während einer Saison gegeneinander spielen.

In einfachem Englisch: A group of sports teams that compete against each other throughout a season.

• Our team joined a new league.
• They finished first in the league last season.
• Which league does your club play in?

Häufige Wendungen: football league, league champions, league table, join a league

Liga, Klasse

Niveau der Qualität oder Fähigkeit, nach dem man Menschen oder Dinge vergleicht.

In einfachem Englisch: A level of quality or ability used to compare people or things.

• These two phones are in the same league.
• As a singer, she is in a different league.
• Their service is in a league of its own.

So benutzt man es: in the same league as someone/something (Her latest book is in the same league as her best work.)

Synonyme: class, category

Häufige Wendungen: same league as, different league, league of its own

Leistungsklasse, Niveau

Bereich dessen, was jemand leisten kann; etwas darüber ist für diese Person zu schwierig.

In einfachem Englisch: Your range of ability; something outside it is too difficult for you.

• This job is out of my league.
• We were out of our league against the national champions.
• Is that course out of your league?

So benutzt man es: out of someone's league (I tried the advanced class, but I was out of my league.)

Häufige Wendungen: out of someone's league, out of my league

Bund, Vereinigung

Organisation von Menschen oder Gruppen, die gemeinsam ein Ziel verfolgen.

In einfachem Englisch: An organization of people or groups who work together for a shared aim.

• They formed a league to protect local forests.
• The league campaigns for equal voting rights.
• Several towns joined the league last year.

Synonyme: association, alliance

Häufige Wendungen: a peace league, join a league, league members

Komplizenschaft, Bündnis

Verbindung, bei der Menschen heimlich zusammenarbeiten, oft um etwas Unrechtes zu tun.

In einfachem Englisch: If you are in this relationship with someone, you work together secretly, often to do something wrong.

• The two criminals were in league.
• She suspected that her rivals were in league with each other.
• Was the official in league with the smugglers?

So benutzt man es: in league with someone (The guards were in league with the thieves.)

Synonyme: collusion, alliance

Häufige Wendungen: in league with someone, in league together

Wegstunde, Leuge

Alte Entfernungseinheit von mehreren Kilometern, die an Land und auf See unterschiedlich lang ist.

In einfachem Englisch: An old measure of distance equal to several kilometres, with different lengths on land and at sea.

• The village lay one league away.
• They sailed twenty leagues before reaching the island.
• The old map measured distances in leagues.

Häufige Wendungen: one league away, a league inland, one league inland