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Sprache Deutsch
Kategorie Englisch
Stufe Universität
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endeavour

an effort to do something, especially something new or difficult

The business was built up largely through the endeavours of his mother.

bemühen

evaluation

making a judgment about something

e.g. an evaluation of a method

Bewertung

execution

the act of doing something you ahve agreed or planned to do

e.g. He is very conscientious in the execution of his duties.

Ausführung

exhaustive

thorough or complete

The list is by no means exhaustive.

völlig

facilitate

To make it possible or easier for something to happen

This process will facilitate the smooth running of the company.

vereinfachen

flaw

A mistake or fault that makes something less effective

There is a flaw in your argument.

Schwachstelle

fundamental

Relating to the basic nature or character of something

There is a fundamental difference in attitude between them.

grundlegend

gut feeling

feeling that you are certain is right, although you can give no good reason why

e.g. Beverly had a gut feeling there was something seriously wrong.

Bauchgefühl

hindsight

the opportunity to judge or understand past events using knowledge that you have gained since then

e.g. With the benefit of hindsight, it’s easy to say it was the wrong decision.

Einsicht

hyperventilation

An increased depth and rate of breathing greater than demanded by the needs of the body.

Hyperventilation

hypoxia

A deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues of the body.

Höhenkrankheit

inadvertently

not deliberately, and without realizing what you are doing

e.g. I’m afraid I inadvertently took your bag when I left.

unbeabsichtigt

insomnia

a medical condition in which you have difficulties sleeping

Schlafstörung

jigsaw

picture made of a lot of small pieces that you have to fit together

She’s doing a 5000 piece jigsaw.

Puzzle

joint

The point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton, e.g. elbow, wrist
 

Gelenk

laissez-faire

[only before noun] economics laissez-faire policies allow companies and the economy to operate without government control

2

a laissez-faire attitude is one in which you do not get involved in other people’s activities or behaviour

laissez-faire

link

A connection between two or more people, places, facts or events.

 

There is a link between smoking and cancer.

... links in a chain

Verbindung

loop

set of instructions in a computer program that are repeated until an action is completed

Kreislauf

lungs

Internal organs that make it possible for you to breathe.

Lunge

malfunction

a failure to work or operate correctly

Störung

motion sickness

travel sickness

Reisekrankheit

nitrogen

A chemical with no colour or smell that makes up a large part of the atmosphere.

Stickstoff

normative

relating to a norm or standard

e.g. a normative approach

standartisiert

perception

the process by which an organism detects and interprets information from the outside

In a first step the information is filtered by our perception.

Erkenntnis

prerequisite

something that must exist or happen before something else is possible

Good language skills are a prerequisite for the job.

Voraussetzung

prevention

the act of preventing something, or things that people do in order to prevent something

Vermeidung

preventive

Done so that something does not become worse

Water shortages will become serious if we don’t take preventive measures now.

vorbeugend

recognition

[uncountable] the ability to recognize a person or thing

e.g. She looked at me without a flicker of recognition in her eyes.

Erkennen

recreation

things that you do to enjoy yourself

play golf for recreation only.

Erholung

redundancy

the use of electronic equipment or systems designed to operate instead of another piece of equipment or system if that fails

Redundanz

rehearse

to practice/to run through something repeatedly

Information that is not rehearsed or transferred to the long-term memory, is deleted to make way for new information units.

proben

remedy

solution to a particular problem

Pericles foresaw that peace would lead to unemployment, and among his remedies was a publicbuilding programme.

Gegenmittel / Heilmittel

resilience

someone’s ability to become healthyhappy, or strong again after an illnessdisappointment, or other problem

2

the ability of a substance or object to return to its original shape after being bentstretched, or pressed

Widerstandsfähigkeit

retention

the act of keeping or storing something

This facility will be used for the retention of hazardous waste.

Beibehlatung

review

[countable/uncountable] the process of studying or examining a situationpolicy, or idea again in order to decide whether it is suitable or satisfactory

e.g. we need to review our decisions

Rückblick

root

Basic cause or idea

We need to get to the root of the problem.

Ursache

ruminate

(formal) to think about something very carefully

grübeln

stressor

any agent that causes stress to an organism

Stressor / Stressfaktor

supremacy

situation in which one persongroup, or thing has more power or influence than any other Rival gangs battled for supremacy.

Überlegenheit

synergic

creating synergy

e.g. synergic process

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