pap

Maisbrei

Ein dicker Brei, meist aus Maismehl, der im südlichen Afrika gegessen wird.

In einfachem Englisch: A thick porridge, usually made from corn flour and eaten in southern Africa.

• We ate pap with grilled meat.
• She stirred the pap until it was thick.
• Is there any pap left in the pot?

Synonyme: porridge

Häufige Wendungen: maize pap, pap and wors, stiff pap

Brei

Weiche, feuchte Nahrung, besonders für Babys.

In einfachem Englisch: Soft, wet food, especially food given to babies.

• The baby ate some pap.
• She made pap by soaking bread in warm milk.
• He fed the child a spoonful of pap.

Synonyme: gruel

Häufige Wendungen: bread pap, feed someone pap, bowl of pap

Quatsch, Kitsch

Ideen, Texte oder Unterhaltung, die als albern, langweilig oder wertlos gelten.

In einfachem Englisch: Ideas, writing, or entertainment that seem silly, boring, or without value.

• That film was sentimental pap.
• He dismissed the article as political pap.
• Why do they keep showing this pap on television?

Synonyme: drivel, rubbish, nonsense

Häufige Wendungen: sentimental pap, commercial pap, worthless pap

fermentierter Getreidebrei

Ein weicher Brei aus leicht säuerlich vergorenem Getreide, der in Westafrika verbreitet ist.

In einfachem Englisch: A soft food made from grain left to develop a slightly sour taste, common in West Africa.

• She served pap for breakfast.
• This pap was made from fermented millet.
• He added milk to his warm pap.

Synonyme: ogi, akamu

Häufige Wendungen: fermented pap, millet pap, pap for breakfast

heimlich fotografieren

Jemanden, meist eine berühmte Person, ohne Erlaubnis und oft heimlich fotografieren.

In einfachem Englisch: To photograph someone, usually a famous person, without their permission, often secretly.

• They tried to pap the singer.
• She was papped outside a restaurant last night.
• Photographers waited by the hotel to pap arriving stars.

Synonyme: photograph, snap

Häufige Wendungen: pap a celebrity, pap someone outside

schwach, kraftlos

Ohne viel Kraft oder Festigkeit.

In einfachem Englisch: Weak or lacking strength and substance.

• My legs felt pap after the climb.
• He offered a pap excuse for his absence.
• By evening, she was too pap to continue.

Synonyme: weak, feeble

Gegenteile: strong

Häufige Wendungen: pap legs, pap argument, feel pap

rückgratlos

Ohne Mut, Entschlossenheit oder einen festen Charakter.

In einfachem Englisch: Lacking courage, determination, or a strong character.

• He is too pap to argue.
• They complained about their pap leader.
• She found his pap personality frustrating.

Synonyme: spineless, weak

Häufige Wendungen: pap personality, pap leader

platt

Durch Luftverlust platt geworden, besonders bei einem Reifen.

In einfachem Englisch: Having lost air and become flat, especially a tyre.

• The back tyre is pap.
• A puncture made the wheel go pap.
• We could not drive with two pap tyres.

Synonyme: flat, deflated

Gegenteile: inflated

Häufige Wendungen: pap tyre, go pap