The Business - U3
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Cartes-fiches
the latest fad
the newest craze/fashion / der neuste Modefimmel
to cease
to stop / aufhören
common sense
it makes sense / gesunder Menschenverstand
meaningless
no point / sinnlos, bedeutungslos
to appeal to
it is liked by / jemanden ansprechen
a marvel / marvellous
something fantastic/great / ein Wunder / wundervoll
sharp (adj)
something which cuts easily / scharf
to retreat to
to distance yourself/take yourself to a safe place / sich zurückziehen
rumble (n)
the noise of an engine / Grollen
rattle (n)
the noise of a trolley/cart / Rattern
chatter (n)
the noise of people talking / Schwatzen
to lack
not to have (enough of) s'th / etwas nicht haben, mangeln
defect (n)
a break, a fault / Defekt
defective (adj)
broken / faulty / defekt
substandard (adj)
below the desired level / minderwertig
shoddy (adj)
bad quality / schäbig, minderwertig
flimsy (adj)
thin, poor quality / dünn, fadenscheinig, dürftig, nicht haltbar
evaluation
assessment, judgement / Beurteilung
to evaluate
to assess / judge / beurteilen
tight specifications
strict rules/requirements / genaue Anforderungen
fit for purpose
to be good for what it was made / zweckdienlich
waste (n)
leftovers / Abfall
verification (n)
confirmation of truth / Ueberpruefung
to verify
to confirm that s'th is true / überprüfen
to ensure
to make sure / versichern
compliance
how well someone or something conforms to the rules / Zustimmung, Einhaltung
end user
customer / Endverbraucher
heavy duty
for hard work, to get a lot of wear out of it / strapazierfähig
disposable (adj)
you can throw it away (after one or several uses) / wegwerfbar
to scratch
to cause a mark with a pointed object / zerkratzen
to crack
to break (a glass, an egg) / zerbrechen
flawed (adj)
faulty / fehlerhaft
tough (adj)
strict/hard / streng
fragile (adj)
can be easily broken / zerbrechlich
durable (adj)
lasts for a long time / dauerhaft, haltbar
poorly designed
badly made / schlecht entworfen
best practice
the most suitable or efficient way of doing something / bewährte Praktiken, optimales Vorgehen
quality assurance
defined targets for measuring improvements in quality / Qualitätszusicherung
technical specifications
precise guidelines establishing what a product should have / technische Anforderungen
hassle (n)
a pain/problem/trouble / Schwierigkeit, Ärger
