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• to advocate befürworten (Some enviromentalists advocate removing the dams from the river), to support an idea, to speak in favour for sth, to promote
• authority power to make decisions
• allegedly angeblich, mutmaßlich (He allegedly took company money for his personal use), supposedly
• Gerichtsprozess suit, trial
• Urteil verdict (They reached/arrived at a verdict of "guilty"
• jmdn fassen (Die Polizei fasste ihn) to capture, to apprehend [äprehEnd] (apprehension),    (to arrest, to bust)
• aufdringlich intrusive (her presence was intrusive) ( especially upon privacy) intrusive question or person ;
• to seize to grab, to take by force (oft unwillingly) seizure n.
• gewissenhaft diligent [dIlidschent], a worker who always stays late to get projects done on deadline.
• Kupplung, schalten clutch, to change gears, the reverse gear, to go into reverse
• mehrdeutig ambiguous
• regelmäßig on a regular basis, regularly  ; on a daily basis ..
• Charakteryug character trait, characteristic
• Selbstwertgefühl self-respect, self-esteem
• to assail to attack (usually with words) [essEil] (the defence lawyer assailed the police for falsely arresting his client), assault
• to impair beeinträchtigen, to harm, to hinder, (The snow impaired John's ability to hear anyone's footsteps)
• inference Rückschluss, Folgerung, [Inferenz], conclusion, deduction (His inference that he was South African was based on his accent)
• gegensätzlich contrary (They had a contrary theory)
• bribery [brEIberi], Bestechung, Schmierung], to bribe, (Bribery of police officers in common in countries where their salaries are low) (corrupt) (bribable, to bribe)
• to erode zerfressen, erodieren (The beach eroded) (The waves eroded the beach) erosion, erosive
• to evade to get away from, to avoid, to elude entgehen, umgehen, aus dem Weg gehen (the robbery suspects tried to evade the police by fleeing to Canada)
• grotesque grotesk, absurd (Spending 3.5mn to redecorate the house is a grotesque misuse of public money)
• integrity honesty, sincerity and good character (We trust our employees because we only hire people with a lot of integrity) Anstand
• prevalent gängig, häufig (Distrust was prevalent in our country), easy to find, widespread [prEvelent]
• cynically zynisch, hopelessly (They might cynically conclude that government corruption is natural and unavoidable)
• to abduct to kidnap, abduction (Pirates got many crew members by abduction)
• to coerce [kouÖrß] zwingen, nötigen (A criminal's confession is useless in court if the police coerce him into giving it) to coerce so into doing sth ; coercion
• to detain in Gewahrsam nehmen (für kurze Zeit) (The police detained at least 20 men for questioning, but charged none of them with a crime.) to arrest
• deviant [dIhviant] von der Norm abweichend, absurd, immer negativ (The artist created deviant work of art that disgusted most of the public) deviation, to deviate
• piracy stealing a ship ; unlawful copying of music, films...
• predicament difficult situation, one that is hard to get out of, Zwickmühle (College basketball stars face the predicament of wanting to graduate but being tempteed by high salaries)
• Kartellgesetz antitrust law
• to juxtapose [dschuxtapOUs] to place side by side / next to each other (If you juxtapose these flowers, you can see clear differences)
• misconception a mistaken belief / irrtümlicher Glaube (A common misconception about rabbits is, that...) Irrglaube,  conception = idea, belief, to misconceive!
• residual Rest..., restlich, zurückbleibend (In the airplane they found residual traces of heroin) leftover, residue [rEsidschiu]
• subtly [ßAteli] in a quiet, hard-to-notice way (by subtly changing the soft drink's formula, we improved its taste)
• Sonnenenergie aufbewaren / sichern to store solar energy
• irrtümlich mistaken (to mistaken so for so = einen irrtümlich für jmd halten)
• Im Gegenteil, ... / Im Gegensatz zu ... On the contrary, ....   contrary to
• extension Verlängerung zb einer deadline (to ask a professor for extension)
• cohesion Zusammenhalt, union, to cohere (family cohesion is difficult if young people have to go far away to find work)
• descendant Nachfahre [disßEndent] (He claimed to be a celebrity's descendant]
• inheritance Erbe (the things which are inherited) (My inheritance from my grandmother included her favorite necklace) to inherit, inheritor
• kin Verwandtschaft (He was kind to me because we were kin)
• paternal related to a father, väterlicherseits (my paternal grandparents) ; maternal, familial
• proximaty close, proximaty (nearness) (The house was confortable, except for its proximity to a busy road)
• sentiments opinion based on feelings (I share your sentiments about air travel, but I disagree that cars are safer)
• affection Liebe, Zuneigung (I show affection to my girlfriend by spending time with her) affectionate
• to associate to regularly spend time together (She does not associate with people who smoke); to connect in mind (I don't associate smoking with lung cancer)
• bond Bund, close connection (researchers say that there is a strong bond between twins)

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