English, Vocabulary
1. Semester
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Cartes-fiches
assess
- to make a judgement about the nature or quality of sb/sth
- to calculate the amount or value of sth
(steuerliche Vermögensbewertung)
sustain
- to provide enough of what sb/sth needs in order to live or exist
- to make sth continue for some time without becoming less
- to experience sth bad
- to provide evidence to support an poinion, a theory, ect.
- to support a weight without breaking or falling
- to decide that a claim, ect. is valid
(aushaltend)
approach
verb:
- move near; to come near to sb/sth in distance or time
- offer/ask; to speak to sb about sth, especially to ask them for sth or to offer to do sth
- amount/quality; to come close to sth in amount, level or quality
- problem/task; to start dealing with a problem, task, ect. in a particular way
Noun:
- to problem/task; a way of dealing with sb/sth; a way of doing or thinking about sth such as a problem or a task
- movement nearer; movement nearer to sb/sth in distance or time
- offer/request; the act of speaking to sb about sth, especially when making an offer or a request
- path/road; a path, road, etc. that leads to a place
- of aircraft; the part of an aircraft's flight immediatly befor landing
- sth similar; a thing that is like sth else that is mentioned
increase
Verb:
- to become or to make sth greater in amount, number, value, ect.
Noun:
- a rise in the amount, number or value of sth
trade
Verb:
- to buy and sell things
- to exist and operate as a business or company
- to be bought and sold, or to buy and sell sth
- to exchange sth that you have for sth that sb else has
Noun:
- the activity of buying and selling or of exchanging goods or services between people or countries
- a particular type of business
- a particular area of business and the people or companies that are connected with it
- the amount of goods or services that you sell
- a job, especially one that involves working with your hands and that requires special training and skills
pattern
Verb:
- to form a regular arrangement of lines or shapes on sth
- to cause a particular type of behaviour to develop
Noun:
- the regular way in which sth happens or is done
- an excellent example to copy
- a regular arrangement of lines, shapes, colours, etc. as a design on material, carpets, ect.
- a design, set of instructions or shape to cut around that you use in order to make sth.
- a small piece of material, paper, etc. that helps us choose the design of sth.
invent
Verb:
- to produce or design sth that has not existed before
- to say or describe sth that is not true, especially in order to trick people
anew
if sb does sth anew, they do it again from the beginning or do it in a different way
(aufs Neue / erneut / neuerlich)
engage
Verb:
- to succeed in attracting an dkeeping sb's attention and interest
- to empoy sb to do aparticular job
- to become involved with and try to understand
- to begin fighting with sb
- when a part of a machine engages, or when you engage it, it fits togheter with another part of the machine and the machine begins to work
(Kontakt)
target
Verb:
- to aim an attack or a criticism at sb/sth
- to try to have an effect on a particular group of people
Noun:
- result that you try to achieve
- an object, a person or a place that people aim at when attacking
- an object that people practise shooting at, especially a round board with circles on it
(das Ziel / die Zielscheibe / die Vorgabe)
favourable
Adj:
- making people have a good opinion of sb/sth
- positive and showing your good opinion of sb/sth
- good for sth and making it likely to be successful or have an advantage
- fairly good and not too expensive
(günstig / positiv / erfolgreich)
latter
Adj:
- being the second of thwo things, people or groups that have just been mentioned, or the last in a list
- nearer to the end of a period of time than the beginning
Noun:
- the second of two things, people or groups that have just been mentioned, or the last in a list
(letzterer)
decline
Verb:
- to become smaller, fewer, weaker, etc.
- to refuse politely to accept or to do sth
Noun:
- a continuous decrese in the number, value, qualitiy , etc. of sth
Grammar:
- if a noun, an adjetiv or a pronoun declines, it has different forms according to whether it is the subject or the object of a verb, whether it is in the singular or plural, etc. When you decline a noun, ect. you list these forms
launch
Verb:
- to start an activity, especially an organized one
- to make a product available to the public for the first time
- to put a ship or boat into the water, especially one that has just been built
- to send sth such as a spacecraft, weapon, etc. into space, into the sky or through water
- to jump forwarts with a lot of force
Noun:
- the action of launching sth; an event at which sth is launched
- a large boat with a motor
(Start / Einführung / Abwurf / Abschluss)
trigger
Verb:
- to make sth happen suddenly
- to cause a device to start functioning
Noun:
- the part of a gun that you press in order to fire it
- something that is the cause of a particular reaction or developement, especially a bad one
- the part of a bomb that causes in to explode
decisive
Adj:
- very important for the final result of a particular situation
- able to decide sth quickly and with confidence
unique
Adj.:
- being the only one of its kind --> use with: absolutely, totally or almost
- very special or unusual --> use with: more, very, ect.
- belonging to or connected with one particular person, place or thing
Adv.: uniquely
Noun: uniqueness
major
adj.:
- very large or important --> usually before noun
- serious --> not before noun
- based on a scale in which the third note is two wohle higher than the first note --> for examp. music
- related to sb's main subject of study in college
Noun:
- an officer of fairly high rank in the army or the US Air Force
- the main subject or course of a student at college or university
- a student studying a particular subject as the main part of their course
Verb:
- (major in sth) to study sth as your main subject at a university or college
- (major on sth) to pay particular attention to one subject, issue, etc.
impact
Verb:
- to have an efect on sth
- to hit sth with great force
Noun:
- the powerful effect that sth has on sb/sth
- the act of one object hitting another; the force with which this happens
commodity
Noun:
- a product or a raw material that can be bought and sold
- a thing that is useful or has a useful quality
escape
Verb:
- to get away from a place where you have been kept as a prisoner or not allowed to leave
- to geht away from an unpleasant or dangerous situation
- to avoid sth unpleasant or dangerous
- to suffer no harm or less harm than you would expect
- to be forgotten or not noticed
- to geht out of a container, especially through a hole or crack
- to come out from your mouth without you intending it to
Noun:
- the act or a method of escaping from a place or an unpleasant or dangerous situation
- a way of forgetting sth unpleasant or difficult for a short time
- the fact of a liquid, gas, etc. coming out of a pipe or container by accident; the amount that comes out
affiliation
Noun:
- a person's connection with a political party, religion, ect.
- one group or organization's official connection with another
consumer
Noun:
- a person who buys goods or uses services
constant
Adj:
- happening all the time or repeatedly --> usually before noun
- that does not change
Noun:
- a number or quantity that does not vary
approval
Noun:
- the feeling that sb/sth is good or acceptable; a positive opinion of sb/sth
- agreement to, or permission for sth especially a plan or request
- if you buy goods, or if goods are sold an approval, you can use them for a time without paying, until you decide if you want to buy them or not
distribution
Noun:
- the way that sth is shared or exists over a particular area or among a particular group of people
- the act of giving or delivering sth to a number of people
- the system of transporting an delivering goods
successful
Adj:
- achieving your aims or what was intended
- having become popular and/or made a lot of money
constraint
Noun:
- a thing that limits or restricts sth, or your freedom to do sth
- strict control over the way that you behave or are allowed to behave
raise
Verb:
Move upwards
awareness
Noun:
- knowing sth
- knowing that sth exists and is important
- being interested in sth
(das Bewusstsein / die Erkenntnis / jmds. Bewusstsein für etw. schärfen)
revenue
Noun:
- the money that a government receives from taxes or that an organization, etc. receices from its business
(die Einnahmen / das Betriebseinkommen / die Einkommensquelle / der Ertrag / das Steuereinkommen)
gain
Verb:
- obtain/win; to obtain or win sth, especially sth that you need or want
- get more; to gradually get more of sth
- of watch/glock; to go too fast
- of currencies/shares; to increase in value
- reach place; to reach a place, usually after a lot of effort
Noun:
- increase; an increase in the amount of sth, especially in wealth or weight
- advantage; a advantage or improvement
- profit; financial profit
(der Anstieg / die Zunahme / der Vorteil / die Verstärkung / zunehmen / gewinnen / erlangen / erreichen)
comprehensive
Adj:
- including all, or amost all, the items, details, facts, information, etc, that may be concerned
- designed for students of all abilities in the same school
Noun:
- (in Britain) a secondary school for young people of all levels of ability
(umfassend / umfangreich / ausgedehnt / global / reichhaltig / flächendeckend / übergreifend)
assignment
Noun:
- a task or piece of work that sb is given to do, usually as part of their job or studies
- the act of giving sth to sb; the act of iving sb a particular task
(die Aufgabe / die Übertragung / die Vergabe / die Zuteilung / die Zuweisung)
Adj:
- assigned
(zugeteilt / zugewiesen / beauftragt / übertragen / vergeben /
skimp
Verb:
- to try to spend less thime, money, etc. on sth than is really needed
(knausrig / sparen / kurz halten)
misaligned
Adj:
nto in the correct position in relation to sth else
(falsch ausgerichtet / verstellt)
aisle
Noun:
- a passage between romws of seats ina church, theatre, train etc., or between rows of shelves in a supermarket
(der Gang / die Schneise / der Seitengang / der Gangplatz / der Regalgang)
adjust
Verb:
- to change sth slightly ot make it more suitable for a new set of conditions or to make it work better
- to get used to a new situation by chaging the way you behave and/or think
- to move sth slightly so that it looks neater or feels more comfortable
(das Abstimmen / einstellen / anpassen / verstellen / abgleichen / angleichen / gwöhnen / eichen)
beckon
Verb:
- to give sb a signal using your finger or hand, especially to tell them to move nearer or to follow you
- to appear very attractive to sb
- to be sth that is likely to hapen or will possibly happen to sb in the future
(winken / Zeichen geben / jmdm. signalisieren etw. zu tun / zu sich winken)
gender
Noun:
- the fact of being male or female
- (in some languages) each of the classes (masculine, feminine and sometimes neuter) into which nouns, pronouns and adjetives are divided; the division of nouns, pronouns and adjectives into these diferend genders. Differend genders may have differen endings etc.
(das Geschlecht / das soziale Geschlecht / das grammatische Geschlecht)