03 Vocabulary

March 2016

March 2016


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to launch

starten, einführen

to lunge

hervorstürzen, sich auf etwas stürzen ("Ully, is that you?" she called, ready to run if a demon tried to lunge at her)

maintenance

Wartung / Unterhalt

mere

bloss (A few of the chapters of this volume are items in a mere catalogue of )

minor

geringer, unbedeutend, Minderjährig (She tucked the minor annoyance to the back of her mind. )

to moor

Anlegen (to secure (a ship, boat, dirigible, etc.) in a particular place, as by cables and anchors or by lines.)

multitude

Vielzahl, Menge

muscle tenses

Muskelverspannungen (His muscles tenxe when she touches him on his shoulder.)

narratives

Erzählungen (He returned last year and wrote a valuable narrative of his travels.)

nausea

unwohl (I'm feeling nauseous)

newly-weds

Frischvermählte

nutrition

Ernährung

to oblige

verpflichtet (doctors are obliged by law to keep patients alive while there is a chance of recovery)

odd

ungerade (odd numbers - 1/3/5) (An odd ringing sound punctuated the rumbling store.)

outer

äussere (It's the outer line of the drawing.)

pace

Tempo, Gangart (He picks up his pace to get hold of her.)

paperback

Taschenbuch

to paraphrase

Umschreiben (I had to paraphrase my whole text just because of one mistake.)

patterns

Muster (The patterns were quite difficult to understand.)

permission

Erlaubnis (I didn't want to ask for their permission.)

to persuade

überzeugt (jemanden von etwas überzeugen) she persuaded me to do...

plainly

deutlich, einfach

plight

Notlage (Plight is a bad or unfortunate situation ) (He drew attention to the evil plight of the republican arms. )

Plot

Grundstück, Handlung, Verschwörung (An example of plot is a space designed to be used as a community garden. )

to plot

anzetteln, komplott schmieden, aufzeichnen (there's a plot to overthrow the government)

pollution

Umweltverschmutzung

to predate

zurückdatieren (this painting predates to...)

to preoccupy

beschäftigt (his mother was preoccupied with paying the bills)

to prompt

auffordern, veranlassen, prompt, vorsagen (Just prompt them once in awhile.)

propositions

Vorschläge

to prosper

gedeihen, florieren, Erfolg haben ((The island did not prosper under Portuguese rule)

to thrive

gedeihen, florieren, Erfolg haben (They thrive in the Wyoming streams and rivers and are superior game fish)

to provide

bereitstellen, versorgen

purpose

Zweck, Absicht, Ziel (I'm sure he did it on purpose.)

to rankle

wurmen (etwas wurmt jemanden) To rankle is to cause someone to have long-lasting annoyance, anger or irritation.

rapid

Stromschnellen (The definition of a rapid is a turbulent part of a river where the current flows quickly )

Rate

Preis

to rate

bewerten, schätzen, klassifizieren (He didn't want to rate her work.)

reliable

zuverlässig (Parants don't have to be more reliable than children.)

to rely

auf jemanden verlassen / berufen / angewiesen sein (What if he was in the hospital for a while and had to rely on you? )