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Englisch (Subject) / Vokabeltest 06.03 (Lesson)

pledge of allegiance - remainder

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  • pledge of allegiance Treueschwur swearing that you are loyal to sb./smth.
  • customary gebräuchlich usually the case
  • assembly Versammlung regular meeting of teachers and students at the beginning of a school day
  • to violate a law ein Gesetz missachten to work against and not obey the law
  • welfare Wohl, Wohlergehen the state of being happy and healthy
  • impeachment Amtsenthebungsverfahren to process of charging a person, official position, intention of removing, office 
  • to convict sb jemanden  verurteilen to declare somebody as guilty after a legal trial
  • bill Gesetzesentwurf proposal for a new law
  • to approve zustimmen, genehmigen to officially agree
  • objection Einwand  reason for not approving something
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  • to reconsider erneut überprüfen to think about something once again
  • elligble berechtigt satisfying conditions for something
  • resignation Rücktritt the act of giving up a position
  • duty pflicht  something that a person has to do
  • Commander in Chief Oberbefehlshaber the officer in charge of all armed forces of a country
  • to execute a law ein Gesetz umsetzen  to carry out a law
  • coviction of somebody Verurteilung für etwas  being found guilty for something 
  • treason verrat disloyalty to ones county
  • bribery Bestechung  the act of giving or accepting money to do something illegal 
  • misdemeanor Vergehen a less serious crime <-> felony serious crime
  • to carve in something into something hineinschnitzen the cut the shape of something into wood or stone 
  • to assassinate somebody jemanden umbringen to murder someone who is socially or politically important
  • decisive entscheidend having a strong effect on the development of something
  • to decline something etwas ablehnen  to turn something down
  • slavery Sklaverei  the state where humand beings were sold and owned by another human being
  • to reelect somebody jemanden wiederwählen  to elect somebody for another term in office
  • to commemorate einer Person gedenken  to do something to show that you remember a person
  • legacy Vermächtnis  what you leave to somebody
  • the most recent der die jüngste  the one from the shortest time ago
  • remote entfernt  far away
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  • stock market crash börsencrash  sudden drop in value of the shares people own in certain companies
  • relief Unterstützung  financial support
  • paralyzed gelähmt  not to move certain parts of your body
  • to be bound on a wheelchair an einem Rollstuhl gefesselt sein to use a wheel chair because you cant use your legs
  • inauguration Amtseinführung ceremony when a presindent begins his term in office 
  • affordable bezahlbar not too expensive 
  • health care Gesundheitsfürsorge service that makes sure the health of people on a country is taken care of
  • uninsured nicht verisichert not having an insurance
  • same-sex-marriage gleichgeschlechtliche ehe  marriage between two women and two men
  • vastly erheblich to a very great extent 
  • gun control Waffengesetzgebung laws about use and ownership
  • dedication to Engament  dedication to = commitment 
  • to pay off sich auszahlen  to be successful and have a good result
  • to release bekannt geben  to make public
  • to decline ablehnen to say no when somebody invites you 
  • targeted ins Visier genommen  aimed at a particular person
  • the option to do something sich für etwas entschieden to decide to do something 
  • to shower with überschütten mit to give somebody a lot of something
  • praise lob the fact that you tell somebody he did a very great job
  • startling überraschend  =suprising