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Language English
Category Finance
Level University
Created / Updated 20.11.2012 / 19.12.2014
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unveil, If you unveil something new, you show it or it make known for the first time:

A new government policy on forests is due to be unveiled in April

bekannt machen, enthüllen

spree, a short period of doing a particular, usually enjoyable, activity much more than is usual:

I went on a drinking/shopping/spending spree on Saturday.

Twenty people were shot dead in the city making it the worst killing spree since the riots.

Orgie, amüsante Tour

bed down,

ein Tier versorgen

gripe, a strong complaint:

Her main gripe is that she's not being trained properly.

meckern, maulen

bound to be, having a moral or legal duty to do something:

The company is bound by a special agreement to involve the union in important decisions.

She feels (duty) bound to tell him everything.

verpflichtet sein

sway, to move slowly from side to side:

The trees were swaying in the wind.

The movement of the ship caused the mast to sway from side to side/backwards and forwards.

A drunk was standing in the middle of the street, swaying uncertainly and trying hard to

schaukeln, wiegen

Countervailing, adjective [before noun] FORMAL

having equal force but an opposite effect:

There was nobody strong enough to lead an effective countervailing force against the dictator.

a countervailing argument

ausgleichen, Gegenmacht

deterioration, to become worse:

She was taken into hospital last week when her condition suddenly deteriorated.

The political situation in the region has deteriorated rapidly.

Rückgang

assuage, to make unpleasant feelings less strong:

The government has tried to assuage the public's fears

befriedigen, schmerzen lindern/stillen

evaporate, [I or T] to cause a liquid to change to a gas, especially by heating:

The high concentration of sugars forms a syrup when the sap evaporates.

Plants keep cool during the summer by evaporating water from their leaves.

2 [I] to disappear:

Halfw

verdampfen, verdunsten, verfliegen

trawl, to search among a large number or a great variety of places in order to find people or information you want:

The newspaper had trawled its files for photos of the new minister.

You need to trawl through a lot of data to get results that are valid.

das Schleppnetz

contagion, describes a disease that can be caught by touching someone with the disease or a piece of infected clothing:

The infection is highly contagious, so don't let anyone else use your towel.

2 describes someone who has a contagious disease:

Keep hi

ansteckende Krankheit, Seuche

sanguine, positive and hopeful:

They are less sanguine about the prospects for peace.

hoffnungsvoll

green shoots,

Pflanzen Sprossen

derail, 1 [I or T] If a train derails or is derailed, it comes off the railway tracks.

2 [T] to prevent a plan or process from succeeding:

Renewed fighting threatens to derail the peace talks.

entgleisen

stifle, verb [I or T]

to (cause to) be unable to breathe because of a lack of air:

He is said to have stifled his victim with a pillow.

We almost stifled in the heat of the city.

ersticken

elusive, difficult to describe, find, achieve or remember:

The answers to these questions remain as elusive as ever.

Success, however, remained elusive for her.

elusive memories

ausweichend, schwer fassbar

opaque, 1 preventing light from travelling through, and therefore not transparent or translucent:

opaque glass/tights

undurchsichtig

panacea, 1 DISAPPROVING something that will solve all problems:

Technology is not a panacea for all our problems.

2 something that will cure all illnesses

Wundermittel

vigilance, more careful attention, especially in order to notice possible danger:

The police said that it was thanks to the vigilance of a neighbour that the fire was discovered before it could spread.

die Wachsamkeit

muse, to think about something carefully and for a long time:

I began to muse about/on the possibility of starting my own business

grübeln, nachsinnen, sinnen, nachgrübeln

mull, to think carefully about something for a long time:

I need a few days to mull things over before I decide if I'm taking the job.

etwas erwägen

disguised, 1 to give a new appearance to a person or thing, especially in order to hide its true form:

[R] He disguised himself by shaving his head and wearing a false beard.

Minor skin imperfections can usually be disguised with a spot of make-up.

We tri

getarnt

essence, relating to the most important characteristics or ideas of something:

In essence, both sides agree on the issue.

wesentlich, im Wesentlichen

moat,

Wassergraben

demise,

Niedergang, Tod

savage,

grausam, primitiv, wild

pertinent,

sachbezogen, angemessen,

backdrop,

Hintergrund, Kulisse

amplifier,

Verstärker

rejoicing,

frohlockend, der Jubel

turmoil,

Aufruhr, Getümmel, Tummult

fallacy,

Täuschung, Trugschluss

prospect,

Ausblick, Erwartung

poignant,

rührend, ergreifend, melancholisch

trajectory,

Flugbahn

impending,

bevorstehend

restrain,

zurückhalten, bändigen

fierce,

angespannt, scharf, grimmig

resemble,

ähneln, gleichen