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Modul HSLU ECONS

Modul HSLU ECONS

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Christoph Brechbühler
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Christoph Brechbühler
This flashcard set helps learn English at an intermediate level, focusing on vocabulary and expressions. It includes words like "festival," "feature," and "dress code," and supports backward learning with the "answer first" setting. Travelers, students, and exam takers can benefit from this set, as it helps improve fluency and communication skills.
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299
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Langue
Allemand
Catégorie
Anglais
Niveau
Autres
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27.09.2019 / 28.09.2019
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when people vote to choose someone for an official position

election

food and other goods that are sold by a grocer or a supermarket

groceries
a married woman who works at home doing the cooking, cleaning etc, but does not have a job outside the house

housewife

a presidential candidate is someone who is competing in an election to become the president

presidential candidate

to look at something or someone for a long time without moving your eyes, for example because you are surprised, angry or bored

staring

a machine that can move and do some of the work of a person, and is usually controlled by a computer

robots
all people of about the same age

generation

a piece of computer software which does a particular job

application

picture of a person or animal that represents you on a computer screen, for example in some chat rooms or when you are playing games over the internet

avatar

if a computer crashes, or if you crash the computer, it suddenly stops working

crash
to move information or programs from a computer network to a small computer

download

a television or part of a computer with a screen, on which you can see pictures or information

monitor

a secret group of letters or number that you must type into a computer before you can use a system or program

password

to produce words, numbers or pictures on paper, using a machine which puts ink onto the surface

print
the sets of programs that tell a computer how to do a particular job

software

a set of instructions secretly put onto a computer or computer program, which can destroy information. When a computer that has a virus makes a connection with another computer, for example by email, the virus can make copies of itself and move to the other computer.

virus

the sounds that you make when you speak, or the ability to make these sounds

voice

money in the form of coin or notes rather than cheques, credit cards etc

cash
a group of people who are similar in some way and who live together, or the place where they live

colonie

an illness which affects a person, animal or plant

disease

a fuel such as coal or oil that is produced by the very gradual decaying of animals or plants over millions of years

fossil fuel

the process of getting better at doing something, or getting closer to finishing or achieving something

making such quick progress
to organise or be in charge of an activity, business, organisation or country

running

someone who always expects that bad things will happen

pessimist

someone who accepts that things are not always perfect, and deals with problems or difficult situations in a practical way

realist

to use something as the thing from which something else is developed

based on

at the simplest or least developed level

basic

a small piece of metal or a wire that is used to send electricity through a system or through a person's body

electrode

the method of trying to find the answer to something by guessing

guesswork

an attempt to do something

have a go

a special room or building in which a scientist does tests or prepares substances

laboratory

nor dead or artificial

live

a person who studies the nervous system and its diseases

neurologist

to see and notice something

observe

to discover or explain exactly the real facts about something or the cause of a problem

pinpoint

a natural or special ability or strength to do something

power

a subject or job that you know a lot about or have a lot of experience of

speciality

the smallest part of a living thing that can exist independently

cells

to happen

goes on

using or involving a lot of mental or physical effort

hard work

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