unit 8 CAE Noosa
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eine Mischung machen
make a cross
ausgleichen
make up / a few ladies to make up the numbers
um es ganz offen zu sagen
to put it bluntly
unzeitgemäss
behind the times
wahrscheinlich, vermutlich (some kind of knowledge)
presumably / This is presumably why members resisted for so long the efforts
seine Stimme abgeben
cast one's vote
Wahlen durchführen
to hold election
gewähren, bewilligen
to grant / certain applicants were apparently granted political asylum
Parteilinie
party line
Schmutzkampagne, Verleumdungskampagne
smear campaign / Will the vicious smear campaign which the government have mounted against..
Meinungsumfrage
opinion poll / poll (Umfrage, Abstimmung, politisch)
you are tactful when dealing with people / berechnend, klug, taktvoll
diplomatic
you have a good reputation in your community / ehrbar, seriös
respectable
you are polite / zuvorkommend, höflich
courteous
you have extreme or very strong views
radical
you are being ruled unjustly or cruelly / unterdrückt
oppressed
you behave just like everyone else, perhaps too much so / üblich, gebräuchlich
conventional
you are against authority and hard to control
rebellious
you have more advantages than other people / bevorzugt
privileged
you have gained a bad reputation / berüchtigt / verrufen
notorious
you are in favour of new ideas
progressive
Umfrage, Überprüfung
survey / I am conducting a survey about leisure habits
Rat, Kollegium, Gemeinderat
council / There is a locally elected council which has ..
herrschen
to reign / The king enjoyed a long reign and was eventually succeeded by his son
officially allowed / zugelassen
licensed / The proprietor is licensed to sell alcohol
begränzt, beschränkt / controlled by law
restricted / The sale of drugs is restricted in most countries
zwangsweise, obligatorisch
compulsory / Education from the age of five is compulsory in Britain
aufheben, abschaffen / done away
to abolish / the law prohibiting the sale of fruit in the street has been abolished
gehorchen, folgen
to obey
necessary / erforderlich, notwendig
With the application a passport sized photograph is required
allowed, / erlaubt
permitted / Smoking is not permitted in the classroom
stimmungsvoll
atmospheric / This photographer's atmospheric images of the expedition form a ..
unbebaut, unbeschädigt
unspoilt / unspoilt regions, the last wilderness on earth is environmental science
beginnen
set out / set out for exotic holiday
/ legitimieren
legitimize / Girls in particular adore her books because she legitimises all their feelings
Anliegen
matter / because of her disturbing subject matter, she often makes..
übersteigen, überragen
to top sth. / that sale of her books have topped 20 million
zusammen arbeiten
to team up / she teamed up with illustrator Nick Sharratt
Beweis
evidence
lügen erzählen
to tell lies
