The Business - U8
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Cartes-fiches
reluctant (adj)
hesitant / widerstrebend
affluent (adj)
rich enough to buy things for pleasure / reich, wohlhabend
to pursue
to follow a course of activity / (einem Kurs) folgen, verfolgen (nicht strafrechtlich)
to relieve
to make pain or another feeling less unpleasant / abschwaechen, abloesen
to lapse
to make/let an official document become invalid / verfallen lassen, abfallen
warranty (n)
a company's written promise to repair or replace a product if it doesn't work / Garantie
premium (n)
an amount of money paid in addition to the normal amount / Aufgeld, Zuschlag
assertive (adj)
behaving in a confident way / selbstbewusst
evasive (adj)
answering questions in a roundabout way, not being honest / ausweichend
to refer to
to transfer to another person or place for appropriate action / ueberweisen
to sue
to make a legal claim against someone / verklagen
binding (adj)
to do or follow what a document says / bindend
breach (n)
a failure to follow a law or a rule / Bruch
to jeopardize
to risk damaging or destroying something / in Gefahr bringen, gefaehrden
to deprive
to remove/take away a (monetary) reward/incentive / berauben, entziehen, vorenthalten
exploitation (n)
an excessive use/abuse of someone or something / Ausnutzung, Ausbeutung
compatible (adj)
fitting well with something else, suitable / kompatible, vereinbar, vertraeglich
to distort
to change something (usually) in a negative way / verzerren, verformen
incentive (n)
a reward/inducement for something done well / Anreiz, Ansporn
retailer (n)
a shop that sells good to individuals / Detailhaendler
to undertake
to want to do something, to promise a certain action/conduct / durchfuehren, ausfuehren, garantieren
to comply
to fulfil a promise/to follow a directive / erfuellen, einwilligen
to enforce
to make sure that something is done / durchsetzen, erzwingen
faction (n)
a (political) group / Fraktion, Splittergruppe
damages (n)
money paid by someone (usually) as a result of having lost a law suit / Schadenersatz, Busse, Schmerzensgeld
borderline (n)
the thin line between right and wrong / Grenzline
