ENG3 AT WS14/15 Gr.1
Vocabulary for the exam
Vocabulary for the exam
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considerably
a lot of somethiing
beträchtlich
inversely proportional
When a value raises while another Value is decreasing.
indirekt proportional
thrust
Force e.g. gernerated by a rocket
Schubkraft
thread
a helical groove in a cylindrical hole
Gewinde
drag
- air resistance
- Deutsch: Luftwiderstand
scale
- seperates a sector in equal parts
- Example: i can read the temperature on the scale of a thermometer
- Deutsch: Skala
Gerund/Infinitive: Give an Example for - Manage
I managed to play Poker in the evening with my friends
Gerund/Infinitive: Give an Example for - Regret
I regret saying bad things to my colleague
I regret to tell you that I slept with your girlfriend.
Gerund/Infinitive: Give an Example for - to try
I tried to go to the party, but my car broke down.
I tried going to the party and I enjoyed it.
Gerund/Infinitive: Give an Example for - chose
I chose to eat a hamburger for dinner.
Gerund/Infinitive: Give an Example for - to consider
I´m considering getting a pet.
Gerund/Infinitive: Give an Example for - to forget
I forgot to take the waste outside.
I forgot meeting them when they were on holidays last year.
Gerund/Infinitive: Give an Example for - to decide
I decided to get up very early in the morning.
Gerund/Infinitive: Give an Example for - to deny
He denies being responsible for the mistake.
to raise
- lift or move to a higher position
- Deutsch: heben
to be for
- be in favour of
- Deutsch: für etwas stehen
to carry on
- continue sth.
- Deutsch: fortfahren/weitermachen
keen on
- would like to / like somebody in a romatic way
- Deutsch: jemanden mögen
insist on
If someone insists on doing something, they say very firmly that they will do it, and they do it.
Deutsch: insistieren (darauf bestehen)
A-level
final Exam of the Secondary school / university entirance exam
Deutsch: Matura
Tertiary
Institution where you get your academic degree.
e.g.: University, FH,...
Deutsch: tertiäre Bildungseinrichtung (Universität, Fh,...)
preparatory course
When you have finished a preperatory course you can study at a University without the A-level, but you are restricted to one field of study.
Deutsch: Studienbefähigungslehrgang (SBL)
to break something off
- remove something from a larger unit or whole
- Deutsch: etwas zerbrechen / abbrechen (physisch)
to break something up
bring a social realationship to an end by being the first person to leave
Deutsch: Abbrechen z. B.: Beziehung, Studium,...
nicht verwechseln mit "to break something off"
dormitory
a dormitory is a hostel especially for students.
Synonym: hall of residence
Deutsch: Studentenwohnheim
retirement home
home for old prople who are in retirement.
Deutsch: Altenheim / Alterssitz
volunteers at
When sombody works for an organisation like the red cross and gets not paid for his work.
Deutsch: Ehrenamt
rural
- characteristic of the countryside rather than the town
- Deutsch: ländlich
urban
- characteristic of a city
- Deutsch: städtisch
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