0_VOC_Lektion 15

Question 1

erpressen

Answer 1

to blackmail so.

Question 2

Erpressung

Answer 2

blackmail; extortion

Question 3

Besorgung

Answer 3

errand

Question 4

fahrend; umherreisend

Answer 4

errant (“errant traveler,” which means a traveler who doesn’t follow maps or guidebooks and who just goes where the road takes him.)

Question 5

erstaunen

Answer 5

to amaze so.

Question 6

erstaunt

Answer 6

astonished; taken aback

Question 7

etwas meiden; scheuen

Answer 7

to eschĕw sth. (äskju - eschew is when you hate airplanes and never go on them)

Question 8

für etwas eintreten; jemanden ehelichen

Answer 8

to espouse sth.

Question 9

Abdunsten; Verdunstung

Answer 9

evăporation

Question 10

etw. ausgleichen

Answer 10

to even sth.

Question 11

sich auszeichnen; hervorragend sein

Answer 11

to excĕl (to be better or greater than, or superior to (another or others))

Question 12

Beweisstück; Ausstellung

Answer 12

exhîbit

Question 13

verschwenderisch

Answer 13

extrăvagant

Question 14

Fehlbarkeit

Answer 14

fallibility (Fellibilitie)

Question 15

Feldsalat

Answer 15

lamb’s lettuce

Question 16

kerngesund

Answer 16

fit as a fiddle

Question 17

Anfall; Schlaganfall

Answer 17

fit

Question 18

fördern; pflegen; unterstützen

Answer 18

to foster (foster is to help a new company campaign grow.)

Question 19

Frechdachs

Answer 19

cheeky monkey; rascal

Question 20

aussichtslos; sinnlos; vergeblich

Answer 20

futile (fjuteil - trying to stop a plane that has already left the ground.)

Question 21

Sinnlosigkeit; Vergeblichkeit

Answer 21

futility

Question 22

behutsam; zimperlich

Answer 22

gingerly (When you carefully place an expensive vase down on a table, this is an example of putting the vase down gingerly.)

Question 23

Gipsbein

Answer 23

leg in plaster

Question 24

Drüsenfieber

Answer 24

glandular fever

Question 25

etwas ausmeißeln; herausbekommen

Answer 25

to gouge out

Question 26

Getreide; Korn; Maserung

Answer 26

grain

Question 27

bedrängt (z.B. Geld)

Answer 27

hard-pressed

Question 28

hartnäckig

Answer 28

pertinăcious

Question 29

heben

Answer 29

to lift

Question 30

Hals über Kopf

Answer 30

helter-skelter

Question 31

Auszeit; Lücke

Answer 31

hiatus (Heiäjtes - the time between a television show’s seasons.)

Question 32

hinterfragen

Answer 32

to challenge sth. / to question sth.; to scrutinize

Question 33

gastfreundlich

Answer 33

hospîtable

Question 34

eigen; eigentümlich; eigenwillig

Answer 34

idiosŷncratic (Idiohsynkrätik)

Question 35

behindern; erschweren

Answer 35

to impede (when a road block stops the flow of traffic.)