HWZ 2012


Kartei Details

Karten 106
Sprache English
Kategorie Englisch
Stufe Universität
Erstellt / Aktualisiert 05.02.2012 / 25.02.2017
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the latest fad

the newest craze/fashion / der neuste Modefimmel

to cease

to stop / aufhören

common sense

it makes sense / gesunder Menschenverstand

meaningless

no point / sinnlos, bedeutungslos

to appeal to

it is liked by / jemanden ansprechen

a marvel / marvellous

something fantastic/great / ein Wunder / wundervoll

sharp (adj)

something which cuts easily / scharf

to retreat to

to distance yourself/take yourself to a safe place / sich zurückziehen

rumble (n)

the noise of an engine / Grollen

rattle (n)

the noise of a trolley/cart / Rattern

chatter (n)

the noise of people talking / Schwatzen

to lack

not to have (enough of) s'th / etwas nicht haben, mangeln

defect (n)

a break, a fault / Defekt

defective (adj)

broken / faulty / defekt

substandard (adj)

below the desired level / minderwertig

shoddy (adj)

bad quality / schäbig, minderwertig

flimsy (adj)

thin, poor quality / dünn, fadenscheinig, dürftig, nicht haltbar

evaluation

assessment, judgement / Beurteilung

to evaluate

to assess / judge / beurteilen

tight specifications

strict rules/requirements / genaue Anforderungen

fit for purpose

to be good for what it was made / zweckdienlich

waste (n)

leftovers / Abfall

verification (n)

confirmation of truth / Ueberpruefung

to verify

to confirm that s'th is true / überprüfen

to ensure

to make sure / versichern

compliance

how well someone or something conforms to the rules / Zustimmung, Einhaltung

end user

customer / Endverbraucher

heavy duty

for hard work, to get a lot of wear out of it / strapazierfähig

disposable (adj)

you can throw it away (after one or several uses) / wegwerfbar

to scratch

to cause a mark with a pointed object / zerkratzen

to crack

to break (a glass, an egg) / zerbrechen

flawed (adj)

faulty / fehlerhaft

tough (adj)

strict/hard / streng

fragile (adj)

can be easily broken / zerbrechlich

durable (adj)

lasts for a long time / dauerhaft, haltbar

poorly designed

badly made / schlecht entworfen

best practice

the most suitable or efficient way of doing something / bewährte Praktiken, optimales Vorgehen

quality assurance

defined targets for measuring improvements in quality / Qualitätszusicherung

technical specifications

precise guidelines establishing what a product should have / technische Anforderungen

hassle (n)

a pain/problem/trouble / Schwierigkeit, Ärger