Unit 1 CAE

diskret|careful not to say anything that will annoy or upset people|It wasn’t very tactful of you to ask Tom about Kate – she left him last week for his best friend.|tact (n), tactfully (adv)

flüchten / losbrechen|begin suddenly, usu. sth unpleasant such as an argument, a fight or war||break out (n)

mit etw. weitermachen|continue doing sth that you have started or start sth that you were about to do|If there are no further questions, can you get on with the test please?|

jemandes Partei ergreifen|feel or express support for sb in an argument or discussion When used with a name, this is more often take sides with sb, take sb’s side:|Whenever there’s a disagreement,you always take Helen’s/her side.|

Übereinkunft|a solution where people agree to give up part of what they wanted so that they are both happy|After lengthy talks the two sides finally reached a compromise.|compromise (v)

logisch/schlüssig|thinking about things in anorganised and sensible way||logic (n), logically (adv)

reif/erwachsen|behaving in a sensible way like an adult|It wasn’t very mature of you to laugh when that man slipped over on a banana.|maturity (n), maturely (adv)

entschlossen|making decisions quickly and with confidence|If you are first at the scene of an accident, taking decisive action may save someone’s life.|decision (n), decisiveness(n), decide (v), decisively (adv)

motiviert|wanting to succeed|a highly motivated student|motivation(n), motivator (n), motivate (v),motivational (adj)

tendieren/neigen|happen usually or often|Although usually at work on time the rest of the week, he tends to arrive late on Mondays.|tendency(n)

vermischen, hier: unter Leute mischen|move around and talk to different people in a group, usually at aparty|Don’t just stand there on your own! Go and mingle with the other guests!|

achtsam|careful about what you say or do in order not to make mistakes or take risks|Having been bitten by one as a child, Mark was always cautious around dogs.|caution (n),cautiously (adv)

neugierig|very interested in finding out about different things, asking a lot of questions|Cats have a reputation for being inquisitive, and often get into trouble because of it.|inquisitiveness (n), inquisitively(adv)

zusammenstellen|put the separate pieces of sthtogether, esp. furniture or products in factories.||assembler (n)

überfliegen|look for particular information,usu. quickly but also carefully||scanner (n)

zurückstellen|leave sth until later, not look at sth||

|start doing sth quickly without spending a long time thinking first|If only you’d listened to the whole question before you leapt in and gave the wrong answer, we might have won the quiz!|

festsetzen|not able to continue because sth is difficult|None of us completed the whole exam because we got stuck on the last question. |stick (v)

effizient|doing sth well without wasting time, money or energy|It’s not an efficient use of energy to have the heating on and the windows open.|efficiency (n), efficiently (adv)

einfallsreich|able to think of new and interesting ideas|I used to love spending weekends with my uncle,he was a very inventive man who made up all sorts of games for us to play.|invention (n), inventor(n), inventiveness (n), invent (v),inventively (adv)

kaum|almost no/not/none, etc.|Hardly any of the survivors of the Titanic disaster were still alive at the start of this century.|

betreffen|be connected with sth|Pete’s point is irrelevant because it doesn’t relate to the same issue. / With people, the passive is used to mean belonging to the same family: Accordingto my grandfather, our family is related to a famous Army general.|relation (n), relative (n)

beseitigen|remove sth that you don’t need|Two suspects have been eliminated from the police investigation.|elimination (n)

Gesellschaft/Organisation|organisation or group of people who work or act together for an official purpose||

begründen/rechtfertigen|show that sth is right or reasonable|My son really wanted to see Manchester United play, but I couldn’t justify spending that amount on a ticket for a football match.|justification (n)

andeuten|suggest without saying so directly|Do you think Alan was implying that I’ll never be considered for the sales job? If so, I wish he would just say so and explain why. Also: make it seem likely that sth is true or exists|implication (n)

entwickeln/erfinden|produce, usu. results or ideas|produce, usu. results or ideas|

mühsam/langweilig|very boring||tedium (n), tediously(adv)

Charakterzug/Merkmal (persönlich)|particular quality that sth orsb has, esp. Personality|My husband’s worst trait is his inability to make decisions.|

erben|be born with qualities or physical features that are similar to those of your parents or grandparents, etc. Also: receive money or property,etc. after a person has died.||inheritance (n), inheritor (n)

kontraproduktiv|achieving the opposite effect to what you had planned|Negotiations with the men who had taken the hostages proved counter-productive as they only increased their demands.|

verstärken|make sth stronger||strength (n),strong (adj), strongly (adv)

Eigenbild/Selbstbild|idea you have of yourself, esp.your appearance or abilities||

psychometrisch|used to measure mental abilities and ways of thinking|Many more firms use psychometric tests at interview these days to measure candidates’ strengths and weaknesses.|

Anwerbung/Einstellung|finding new people for a company or organisation|After what felt like a disastrous interview, she was amazed when the recruitment officer called to invite her the job.|recruit (n, v) Recruit (v) has ageneral meaning but (new) recruit(n) is more commonly a (new)member of the armed forces.

beurteilen/bewerten|make a judgement about the nature or quality of sth||assessment (n), assessor (n)

Kennzeichen/Indikator|measurement or value that show ssth clearly|These sales figures are a clear indicator of the company’s progress.|indication (n), indicate(v), indicative (adj)

expandieren (schnell)|rapidly grow or increase in number|Small shops are struggling with big out-of-town shopping centres mushrooming all over the country.|

Empfindlichkeit|the ability to understand otherpeople’s feelings|Without sensitivity to the needs of children you can’t be a good teacher.|sensitive (adj), sensitively (adv)