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Englisch Vokabeln (Subject) / India - History and politics (Lesson)
Abi Workshop Englisch - Thematic vocabulary (5 Seiten)
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- Pluralismus pluralism [ →plural (n/adj)Moral pluralism, the idea that there are different kinds of goodness, is quite acceptable in modern society]
- vorhergehend preceding [↔ following]
- Überlegenheit; Vormachtstellung pre-eminence [superiority, predominance]
- verlassen; aufgeben; aufhören to quit [to leave, to give up, to stopto quit a job/smoking/a place]
- rebellieren/sich auflehnen gegen to rebel against [She rebelledagainst her father's conservative ideas all her life.]
- frisch; neu; modern recent [not long ago, modern, the latestin recent years]
- kürzlich, neulich recently [Have you seen any new Bollywood productions recently?]
- Versöhnung reconciliaton [the process of becoming friendly again with each other after a period of fighting or disagreement→to reconcile (v)]
- sich beziehen auf to refer to [→reference (n)]
- reflektieren; nachdenken to reflect [to think about sth]
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- Bedauern regret [→ to regret (v)With deep regret I must inform you of our decision.]
- verstärken to reinforce [→reinforcement (n)]
- religiöse Verfolgung religious persecution [cruel and unfair treatment of minorities because of their religious beliefs]
- (Heil-)Mittel, Abhilfe remedy [as a last remedy = after everything else has failedI'm afraid his condition is beyond remedy.]
- übel nehmen; grollen to resent [→resentment (n)]
- Widerstand resistance [→to resist (v)The new government had to face considerable resistance by the population.]
- zurückgreifen auf, anwenden to resort to [When the negotiations failed, the two parties resorted to violence.]
- Verantwortung responsibility [→responsible (adj)]
- wiederherstellen; zurückgeben; wieder einsetzen to restore [After weeks of rioting law and order were restored.]
- beschränken to restrict [to limit]
- Rückzug retreat [→to retreat (v)withdrawal]
- Aufstand; Unruhe(n) riot [When the nwe government came to power, there were riots in the streets everywhere.]
- Pläne machen; intrigieren to scheme [to make secret plans in order togain sthIn Shakespeare's plays there often is a scheming character who wants to destroy one of the heroes.]
- sektiererisch; konfessionsgebunden sectarian 8caused by differences between sects]
- bewirken; sichern; sicherstellen to secure sth [to obtain sth after a lot of effort]
- säkular, weltlich secular [relating worldly things as distinguished from things related to church and religion; not sacred or religious]
- Sendungsbewusstsein sense of mission [When you have a sense of mission, you feel it is your duty to spread your ideas on how to improve the world.]
- zündern; auslösen to spark [to trigger]
- blockieren, hinauszögern, zum Stillstand bringen to stall [to delay taking action or prevent sth from happening for a period of time]
- herrühren aus to stem from [to originate in]
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- (an)streben; sich bemühen (um) to strive (for/to) [to strive, strove, strivento strive for sth/to do sthto struggle]
- untergeordnet subordinate [subordinate clauses: adverial clause, relative clause, consitional clause]
- folgend succeding [following]
- Nachfolger/in; Erb/in successor [The kind appointed his nephew to be his successor]
- Besteuerung taxation [→tax(n), e.g. poll tax, value added tax]
- Spannung tension [There have been tensions between Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs in the Punjab.]
- Territorium territory [land, domain]
- die britische Kolonialherrschaft in Indien The British Raj [British rule in India]
- tolerieren; dulden to tolerate [→tolerant (adj)]
- Wahrheit truth [→true (adj)]
- einigen; vereinigen to unify [→unification (n), reunification]
- auf etw. drängen; etw. anmahnen; dringend bitten to urge [to urge sth = to press for sth]
- wagen; riskieren; unternehmen to venture [to venture into sth means to do sth that might go wrong because it is new to youto go somewhere that might be dangerousto give your opinion, but in a cautious manner because you are afraid it might be wrong]
- Rückzug; Zurückziehung withdrawal [retreatto withdraw (v)]
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