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Modul: English Science Fiction Short Stories (esfss) Schule: FHNW

Modul: English Science Fiction Short Stories (esfss) Schule: FHNW


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subconscious / subconsciously

relating to thoughts or feeling that you have but do not think about, or do not realize that you have

a bungling liar

a person not known for telling the truth (liar), but known for doing things wrong in a stupid or careless way (bungling)

insatiable mind

a brain / with a need for knowledge that is too great ever to be satisfied

inclined to be a hermit

have a tendency to / want to live alone and apart from the rest of society

a fanatical eugenicist

a person with an extreme or unreasonable interest in / the study of methods to improve humans by only allowing carefully chosen people to reproduce

a characteristically unorthodox approach

a method of going about things / which is always / different from what is usual or expected

ingenious

clever and skillful; (of a thing) cleverly made or planned and involving new ideas and methods

a genius

a person having a very great and rare natural ability or skill, especially in a particular area such as science or art

subversive

trying to destroy or weaken something, especially an established political system

insidious

gradually and secretly causing harm

a megalomaniac with no scruples

a person with an unnaturally great desire for power and control, or the belief that he is very much more important and powerful than he is – and in addition with no feeling that prevents him from doing things which are morally wrong

a sensationalist

a person who loves to intentionally present information in way that excites or shocks people.

timid

shy and nervous

armed

carrying a weapon, especially a gun

subdued

quiet and slightly sad or worried

inevitable

impossible to avoid or prevent

assertive

behaving in a confident way in which you are quick to express your opinions and feelings

actually

used for emphasizing what is really true or what really happened

violence

involving the use of physical force, with the intent of causing damage to property or injury or death to people.

rumours

unofficial information which may or may not be true.

accuse

to say that someone has done something wrong or committed a crime

corroborate

to support what someone says by giving information or evidence that agrees with them

confirm

to say that something is definitely true because you know about It

alien abductions

creatures not from earth taking someone away from their home or family using force

grind to a halt

to move more and more slowly until coming to a complete stop

to hedge your bets

to organize a situation so that you have several choices available to you, in order to increase your chances of success

dismiss as a hoax (1)

to refuse to accept that something might be true or important

dismiss as a hoax (2)

a trick in which someone deliberately tells people that something bad is going to happen or that something is true when it is not