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Vocabulary Unit 3 HS15/16
Vocabulary Unit 3 HS15/16
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ein Engagement vortäuschen
to fake a commitment
to pretend you will do s'th which you can't or won't do
der neuste Modefimmel
the latest fad
the newest craze/fashion
versagen / das Versagen
to fail / failure
not to succeed
das andere Extrem
at the other extreme
on the other hand / in contrast
aufhören
to cease
to stop
gesunder Menschenverstand
common sense
it makes sense
verderben
to sour (vb & adj)
to go bad
sinnlos, bedeutungslos
meaningless
no point
jemanden ansprechen
to appeal to
it is liked by
ein Wunder / wundervoll
a marvel / marvellous
something fantastic/great
scharf
sharp
something which cuts easily
unter
amid
in the middle of
Grollen
rumble
the noise of an engine
rüttelnd, rattelnd
rattling
the noise of a trolley/cart
Schwatzen
chattering
the noise of people talking
etwas nicht haben, mangeln
to lack
not to have (enough of) s'th
defekt
defective (adj) / defect (n)
broken / faulty
aus der Sicht des Betrachters
in the eye of the beholder
is subjective
minderwertig
substandard
below the desired level
handwerkliches Können, Kunstfertigkeit
workmanship
the quality of the work
schäbig, minderwertig
shoddy
bad quality
dünn, fadenscheinig, dürftig, nicht haltbar
flimsy
thin, poor quality
beurteilen / Beurteilung
to evaluate / evaluation
to assess / judge
genaue Anforderungen
tight specifications
strict rules/requirements
zweckdienlich
fit for purpose
to be good for what it was made
Abfall
waste
leftovers
überprüfen / Überprüfung
to verify / verification
to confirm that s'th is true
versichern
to ensure
to make sure
strenge Toleranzen
strict tolerances
not leaving much room for mistakes
Zustimmung, Einhaltung
compliance
how well s'th sticks to the rules
Endverbraucher
end-user
customer
strapazierfähig
heavy-duty
for hard work, to get a lot of wear out of it
wegwerf
disposable
you can throw it away (after one or several uses)
zerkratzt
scratched
a fault/mark eg on a CD
gesprungen, rissig
cracked
a fault in eg glass
fehlerhaft
flawed
faulty
streng, robust
tough
strict/hard
zerbrechlich
fragile
can be easily broken
dauerhaft, haltbar
durable
lasts for a long time
schlecht entworfen
poorly-designed
badly made
