English
English
English
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| Flashcards | 192 |
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| Language | English |
| Category | English |
| Level | University |
| Created / Updated | 02.12.2011 / 06.12.2012 |
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to collaborate
zusammenarbeiten
to work jointly with others; noun:collaboration; adjective: Collaborative
to commission
in Auftrag geben
to back sth
unterstützen
to support
to embrace
(mit offenen Armen) begrüssen
to embrace an idea
to flood into
überfluten
to foster
fördern
to encourage sth. to develop
to fund
finanzieren
to provide money fot sth
to outsource
to procure under cnatract with an outsie supplier
to overrun
überschreiten
to take more time or money than was intended
to recoup
entschädigen
to get back an amount of money that you have spent or lost
to tender for
vorlegen, anbieten
to make a formal offer to supply goods or carry out work at a stated price ; noun: a tender
a donor
Spender
funds
Geldmittel
PPP
public private partnerships
a spectrum
Bandbreite
a wide range of related qualities, things etc.
tariffs
Tarife
utilities
Leistungen der öffentlichen Hand
a vendor
ein Lieferant, Anbieter
accountable
verantwortlich
responsible for your decisions and actions and expeceted to explain when you are asked to; noun: accountability
averse
abgeneigt
opposed to sth.;noun: aversion
compelling
verlockend
making you pay attention to it because it is so interesting or exciting, or so strong that you must do sth. about it; verb: to compel
decrepit
heruntergekommen, beeinträchtigt
very old and not in good condition
run-down
abgewirtschaftet
in very bad condition
under-funded
not having enogh money
upfront
direkt
honest, fran, not hiding anything
capital intensive
costing a lot
risk averse
unwilling to take risks
community facilities
Stattliche Anlagen
buildings, services etc. provided to a community
a cost overrun
if more money s spent than was origninally budgeted
shifting sands
a situation which changes so often that it si difficult to deal with
to get badly burned
to suffer as a result of doing sth without realizing the possible bar results
to service a debt
to pay interest on a loan
to the public good
helpful/useful for everyone
What's your take on this?
What's yout opinion on this?
Passions are running high
There are a lot of tensions
to put up money
to provide or lend money
to work sth out
to calculate sth, to find an answer to sth
to step (back) in
für jemanden einstehen
to help sb
to assume
annehmen
take to be the case or to be true; noun: assumption
to ensure
versichern
make certain of
