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I'm not sure how I would have reacted in that situation.

discordant

His agenda is discordant with ours.

do business

They like to do business by phone / over the phone.

fountain (fauntn)

Two splashing (plätschernd) fountains adorned (zieren, schmücken) the castle garden.

Failure to pay on time will result in your booking being cancelled.

It was only seeing him on stage that made me realise how short he was.

It was only when she rang up that I realized it.

even(ly)

The glue should be evenly spread (verteilt) on the surface.

The water level on both sides should be even. 

smooth(ly)

Although it was his first speech, it went smoothly.

The polished stone has a very smooth surface.

in'genious

His plots are always very ingenious.

caretaker

The caretaker is responsible for the maintenance (meint(e)nence) (Erhaltung) of the school buildings.

to be charged with sth.

Miss Tan could not be charged with running a brothel (Bordell) because she worked alone in her basement flat.

disposal (of waste)

Proper disposal of waste is really important.

lest

He crept in lest his parents should wake up.

He got up early that morning lest he should miss the train.

Mother hustled (drängen) the children off to school lest they should be late.

get an idea of so./sth.

We need to read the text through quickly to get an idea of what it is about.

proceed (v), proceeding (n)

A judge (Richter; Gericht: court of law) has to keep track of several proceedings at once.

The manual (Handbuch) explains how to proceed in case of an interruption (Störung).

mud

resign, quit (quitted);

I resigned due to an unreasonable workload. (unzumutbares Arbeitspensum)

I quit my office job and have been working as a freelancer (Selbstständiger) ever since.

lay off so., give so. the sack, fire so. (-> to be laid off, to get the sack)

The new boss did not want to lay off any workers.

(high) demand for

The city has a high demand for teachers.

to be keen to do sth.

She's very keen to learn about Japanese culture.

He told Hayling that he was keen to help.

'adequacy, (in)'adequate

The teacher checked the adequacy of the textbook.

I have a bad sense of direction, so I would be a very inadequate taxi driver.

The people work hard, but their pay is inadequate.

mull over sth.

McLaren had been mulling over an idea to make a movie.

I've been mulling over what you said last night.

confide in so.; confide sth. to so.

I confide absolutely in his honesty.

There is no one here I can confide in.

Jone felt she could only confide in her mother.

I confide my secrets only to my mother.

raise

She raised the money she needed for the trip by selling her stamp collection.

The raise in our salary has been approved (genehmigt).

objection; object to sth./so.

The defendant (Angeklagte) objected to the unfair judgment. 

They had no objections to the plan.

persist: continue doing sth.

- The woman refused to date him, but he persisted, and eventually dated her

- If you persist in failing to submit your homework you will be thrown out of school

insist: strongly claim something

- He insisted he dit not steal the car.

- I insist that you do your homework.

- I insist on paying for the damage.

mal'icious (mälisches)

I downloaded a malicious file by accident.

It was a mistake, not a malicious action.

You won't have much difficulty in learning to drive a car.

These animals have been cut off from the rest.

failure (auch: Versagen), unsuccessfulness

All their plans ended in failure.

The failure was caused by a bad management.

The failure of one machine can lead to a halt (Stillstand) in production.

A university degree that does not lead to immediate employment opportunities will not be considered as unsuccessful.