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Englisch Vokabeln (Subject) / India - History and politics (Lesson)
Abi Workshop Englisch - Thematic vocabulary (5 Seiten)
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- Britische Ostindien-Kompanie; Ostindische Handelsgesellschaft East Inda Trading Company [The East India Trading Company was foounded in 1600 and took over control in India in the 18th century.]
- wählen to elect [Manmohan Singh was elected Prime Minister in 2004→election (n)]
- Wahl election [→to elect (v)]
- berechtigt, geeignet eligible [He is eligible for his job because he has got a lot of skills.]
- gerne annehmen; sich zu eigen machen to embrace [to willingly accept]
- Kaiserin empress [Queen Victoria became Empress of India in 1876.→male form: emperor]
- sich ergeben; folgen to ensue [to follow as a consequence]
- Einheit entity [The north of the country is regarded as a seperate cultural entity.]
- Eskalation; Steigerung escalation [an escalation of violence/costs/pricesan escalation in fighting]
- ethnische Säuberung ethnic cleansing [an attempt by a majority to eradicate all other ethnic groups from a country by imprisoning, expelling or even killing them.]
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- ethnische Gruppe; Volksgruppe ethnic group [There is a diversity of ethnic groups in India.]
- verschlimmern; verschärfen to exacerbate [The situation was exacerbated by the harsh criticism of the press.]
- Ausdehnung expansion [→to expand (v)]
- Extremist/in extremist [ →extreme (n/adj)]
- gegenübertreten; konfrontiert werden mit to face sth [to confront sthto face difficulties/facts/humiliation/the truth/your enemies/punishment]
- versäumen; versagen; missglücken; nicht bestehen to fail [→failure (n)to fail a test/to achieve sth]
- Versagen, Ausfall; Versäumnis; Misserfolg failure [They had expected the new goalkeeper to be good, but it turned out he was a failure.He regretted his failure to achieve the degree.Everything went dark because of the power failure.]
- Außenpolitik foreign affairs [political matters concerning relations with other countries]
- ein Versprechen halten to fulfill a promise [to fulfill/keep a promise ↔ to break a promise]
- Gouverneur/in; Statthalter/in governor [the ruler or chief administrator of aregion or a province]
- jmdn etw. gewähren to grant sb sth [The British granted India independence in 1947.]
- Historiker/in historian [→history (n), historical (adj)
- Heimat homeland [home territory]
- Geisel hostage [to take/hold sb hostage]
- imperial; kaiserlich; das Reich betreffend imperial [connected with the empire]
- jmdn etw. aufzwingen/auferlegen to impose sth on sb [The colonialists imposed their language on the natives. = They forced them to learn and use their language.]
- Unabhängigkeit independence [→independent (adj)]
- unabhängig independent [→ independence (n)]
- vorhaben, etw. zu tun to intend to do sth [→intention (n)]
- Intention; Absicht; Vorhaben intention [plan]
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- Einmischung, Interferenz interference [→to interfere (v) with sth]
- unwiderruflich irrevocable [An irrevocable decision is a decision that cannot be taken back or reversed.]
- isoliert isolated [They lived on an island, isolated from the rest of the world.]
- gesetzgebend legislative [The separation of powers is the principle that the three powers, legislative, executive and judicial, are kept seperate.]
- sich jmdm/etw. entgegenstellen to make a stand against sb/sth [It's time to make a stand against these evil practices.]
- Maßnahme measure [What measures can be taken to help the poor?]
- Miliz militia [a military force composed of ordinary citizens]
- Missionar/in missionary [Missionaries tried to spread the Christian faith all over the world.]
- moralische Autorität/Kompetenz moral authority [Gandhi was respected for his moral authority by most Indians.]
- Moral; Sittlichkeit morality [the idea that some forms of behaviour are right, proper and acceptable]
- Meuterei mutiny [a rebellion by a group of people against an authority
- nationale Identität national identity [Britain's national identity will always be linked to the sea.]
- Nationalismus nationalism [→national (adj), nation (n), nationalist (n), nation-state (n)]
- Nationalstaat nation-state [a state inhabited by the population that belongs to one nation]
- Gewaltlosigkeit nonviolence [a principle preventing the use of violence]
- ablehnen; Einspruch erheben to object [I object = I do not agree.to object to an idea/a suggestion/a theory↔to support, to agree, to approve, to consent]
- Gewaltausbruch outbreak of violence [When the new government took over the rule there were outbreaks of violence in the streets of the capital.]
- teilen; spalten to partition [to divide]
- Teilung; Spaltung partition [divisionThe partition of Germany ended 1990.]
- Petition, Antrag, Bittschrift petition [The petition was signed by nearly all the residents of the village.]
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