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Englisch (Subject) / Englisch (Lesson)

Unit 8

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  • trust (n) the feeling that you have when you know that you can rely on sb./sth. Vertrauen
  • equation (n) Gleichung
  • to tend to (v) to often or normally do or be sth dazu neigen
  • trust (n) the feeling that you have when you know that you can rely on sb./sth. Vertrauen
  • culprit (n) a person who has done sth. wrong Schuldige/r, Übeltäter/in
  • petrol (n) Benzin
  • downward (adj) towards a lower level abwärts
  • carrier bag (n) Plastiktüte
  • furious (adj) very angry wütend, böse
  • to blow sth. (v) to waste an opportunity of succeeding in sth. etwas vermasseln, verpatzen
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  • return flight (n) a flight to a destination and back again (Hin- und) Rückflug
  • to mushroom (v) to grow or increase in number very quickly sprunghaft ansteigen
  • aviation (n) the flying of aircraft Luftfahrt
  • mode (n) type Form, Art
  • unless (conj) if ... not; except if wenn nicht
  • to be capped (v) limit, to stop at a certain level nach oben begrenzt, bedeckelt
  • vapour trails (n) Kondenzstreifen
  • tiny (adj) extremely small winzig, klein
  • altitude (n) the height of sth. above sea level Höhe
  • to trap (v) to keep sb./sth. in a place from which he/she/it cannot escape speichern
  • to enhance (v) to improve erhöhen, steigern
  • to give rise to (v) to cause veranlassen
  • to prevent (v) to stop sth. from happening (ver-)hindern
  • heat (n) warmth, the feeling of sth. hot Hitze
  • drought (n) a long period with very little or no rain Dürre, Trockenheit
  • sea level (n) Meeresspiegel
  • to swamp (v) to cover or fill sth. with water; to flood überfluten, überschwemmen
  • olive grove (n) place where olive trees grow Olivenhain
  • layer (n) Schicht
  • to cause (v) to make sth. happen auslösen, bewirken
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  • solely (adv) only (einzig und) allein
  • thoughtlessly (adv) not thinking about what other people want or need gedankenlos, unüberlegt
  • revenue (n) income Einkünfte, Einnahmen
  • to conquer (v) to take control of an area, to defeat sth. or sb. erobern
  • gist (n) the general meaning of sth. Kern, Wesentliche/s
  • swamp (n) an area of soft wet land Sumpf, Moor
  • to arise (v) to come up, to appear, to happen entstehen, sich ergeben, auftreten
  • at risk (adj) in danger gefährdet
  • to account for (v) to explain or give a reason for sth. verantwortlich sein für
  • to melt schmelzen
  • device (n) a (usually quite small) machine or piece of equipment Gerät, Apperat
  • to plug into (v) to connect sth. to the electricity supply anschließen
  • mains (n) the electricity supply from sockets in the wall (Strom-)netz
  • logger (n) sb whose job it is to cut down trees Holzfäller
  • to chop (v) hacken
  • impurity Unreinheit
  • soil (n) earth Erde (Erd-)boden
  • photovoltaic (adj) photoelektrisch
  • to scrap (n) rubibsh ausmustern, ausrangieren