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Englisch (Subject) / Eigene Englisch (Lesson)
Stand Mai 2013
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- creed a set of beliefs creed = Bekenntnis, Überzeugung, Glaube, Credo Immersing himself in books, science was his CREED. The voracious thirst for knowledge and advancement marked him out from childhood. (BBC News) ---Startups' New CREED: Patent First, Prototype Later (BusinessWeek magazine)
- rid losweden, befreit to be rid of something - von etwas befreit sein to get rid of - abschütteln, beseitigen, verhökern to get rid of unwanted things or people from a group SYNONYMS cull, filter out, remove, sift, single-out, sort-out, thin-out, winnow
- retire Ausscheiden, in Rente gehen It's hard to believe this is my penultimate week at the company before I retire
- head into Ansteuern to poke one's head into a hornets nest" - in ein Wespennest stechen
- thrive grow, prosper , to be successful wachsen und gedeihen Companies that adapt quickest to environmental change will THRIVE by expanding into new areas and gaining green-minded customers. (New Scientist magazine) ---Can Online Education THRIVE in China? (The Atlantic magazine)
- skulduggery b) secret and dishonest behaviour skulduggery = die Betrügerei, Schwindelei, Gemeinheit Ambassadors' phone calls uploaded to YouTube opens new and potentially incendiary front in world of diplomatic SKULLDUGGERY. (The Guardian) ---We should be equally incensed that the regulatory agencies meant to protect us from corporate SKULLDUGGERY were, as usual, asleep at the wheel… (The Detroit Free Press)
- behavior Verhalten
- rejecting zurückweisend verwerfend ausschlagend
- incendiary aufhetzend aufwiegelnd
- potentially etwaig möglicherweise
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- asleep schlafend, im Schlaf
- figure out herausbekommen herausfinden
- compound Zusammengesetzt
- approach annähern, nahekommen
- Assumption Annahme These Vermutung
- envisage to visualize or form a mental picture envisage = sich etwas vorstellen, mit etwas rechnen, voraussehen Czech Republic does not ENVISAGE NATO troops on its soil (Reuters news service) ---I never ENVISAGED being a star. It happened so quickly and so stupidly. Suddenly, from nowhere, I was in the same room as George Harrison. I couldn't believe it. (pop star Elton John)
- root Wurzeln
- contemplate beabsichtigen, ins Auge fassen, in Erwaegung ziehen
- evidence Bescheinigen, belegen
- despite trotzdem obwohl
- despite all that Trotz alledem
- stop teasing hör auf mit der Frotzelei
- entity Wesen (ein Etwas) Ding ein Gegenstand, eine Entitität Unternehmen
- derived from abgeleitet von
- rabbit on to keep talking about something uninteresting rabbit on = sich wortreich über oft belanglose Dinge auslassen, labern Indeed English football fans are still RABBIT ON about the semi-final defeat to Germany in Italy, almost 25 years ago. (International Business Times) ---Would it be very British of me to start this post by RABBITTING ON about the weather? Perhaps, so I’ll keep it short and just say that the weather was glorious today. (from an Internet blog)
- defeat to besiegen schlagen
- on demand bei Bedarf auf Verlangen auf Nachfrage
- to derive from ableiten von
- advice Rat
- competition Wettbewerb
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- striker Stürmer (Sport) Streikender
- to insist on sich etwas nicht nehmen lassen darauf beharren
- to conduct sth etwas ausführen conduct - ausführen, durchführen, lotsen
- disappointed enttäuscht
- inability Unfähigkeit
- past vorbei, vorüber nach (after)
- stages sb. stages Teilstrecke jemand inszeniert
- innocent unschuldig, ahnungslos
- someb. fears fear befürchten Angst to allay fears Aengste ausräumen
- currently derzeit momentan aktuell currently under construction - derzeit in Bau
- teaser Anreizer Aufgeiler, Aufmacher, Lockartikel
- purpose Ziel, Absicht, Bestimmung
- overhead bin gepäckablage im Flugzeug
- citizens Buerger
- in regard of in Bezug auf hinsichtlich
- launched abgeschlossen lanciert
- vaccine impfstoff
- threat Bedrohung
- exploits ausnutzen kapital schlagen
- threat Bedrohung