0_VOC_Lektion 19

Question 1

durchdrehen

Answer 1

to go/be haywire - His enemies accused the mayor of going haywire.

Question 2

abscheulich; verabscheuungswürdig

Answer 2

heinous [ˈheɪnəs, ˈhi:-] - Heinous attack against innocent civilians, in Madrid.

Question 3

heiter

Answer 3

cheerful [ˈtʃɪəfəl, Am ˈtʃɪr-] - Start the morning with a cheerful reminder that sea levels are rising.

Question 4

unwesentlich; unbedeutend; nicht nennenswert

Answer 4

negligible [ˈneglɪʤəbl̩] - The environmental effect of the past three annual lights-out hours has been negligible.

Question 5

jdn stoßen

Answer 5

to nudge sb [nʌʤ] -

Question 6

Nutzen

Answer 6

advantage; benefit

Question 7

oberflächlich

Answer 7

superficial [ˌsu:pəˈfɪʃəl, Am -ɚˈ-] - The superficial interest of the media in this is itself startling.

Question 8

widerlich; unausstehlich (Person)

Answer 8

obnoxious [əbˈnɒkʃəs, Am əbˈnɑ:k-] - Years can change and be replaced, but not the obnoxious dark characters of human beings.

Question 9

geschehen; stattfinden

Answer 9

occur [əˈkɜ:ʳ, Am -ˈkɜ:r] - The thought occurred to me this morning

Question 10

sich zurechtmachen; etw aufpolieren

Answer 10

to spruce up sth / oneself

Question 11

Streich

Answer 11

prank

Question 12

dünkelhaft; hochnäsig; überheblich

Answer 12

vainglorious [ˌveɪnˈglɔ:riəs] - He has always come across as deeply untrustworthy and extremely vainglorious.

Question 13

mutig; kühn; tapfer

Answer 13

valiant [ˈvæliənt, Am -jənt] - And when he was dead all his former merits and his valiant acts were remembered.

Question 14

jd, der nach oben strebt

Answer 14

up-and-comer

Question 15

vernachlässigen

Answer 15

to neglect sth

Question 16

Verbündeter

Answer 16

ally

Question 17

angeberisch; hochtrabend; protzig

Answer 17

pretentious [prɪˈten(t)ʃəs] - At 18, Eleanor is overly instructive, with a pretentious manner of speaking.

Question 18

[jdm] etw rauben

Answer 18

to rob [sb of] sth

Question 19

Reichweite

Answer 19

range

Question 20

Erinnerung

Answer 20

reminiscence [ˌremɪˈnɪsən(t)s, Am -əˈ-] - The result is a curiously powerful daily jolt of reminiscence.

Question 21

Insektenspray

Answer 21

repellent

Question 22

selbstversorgend; autark

Answer 22

self-sufficient [ˌselfsəˈfɪʃnt]

Question 23

treffend

Answer 23

appropriate [əˈprəʊpriət, Am -proʊ-]

Question 24

[mit etw] übereinstimmen

Answer 24

to match [sth]

Question 25

Trotz

Answer 25

defiance [dɪˈfaɪən(t)s]

Question 26

überreden

Answer 26

to persuade [oder talk round] sb

Question 27

offenbar

Answer 27

obvious

Question 28

vorrangig; oberster; höchster

Answer 28

paramount [ˈpærəmaʊnt, Am ˈper-] - Long term employment of all citizens is paramount.

Question 29

geizig; knauserig

Answer 29

parsimonious [ˌpɑ:sɪˈməʊniəs, Am ˌpɑ:rsəˈmoʊ-] - Lately, clients have learnt to be parsimonious with their marketing budgets.

Question 30

Kostenvoranschlag

Answer 30

cost estimate

Question 31

Lenker

Answer 31

handlebars

Question 32

Förster

Answer 32

forester

Question 33

jdn zu etw drängen

Answer 33

to nudge sb into [or towards] sth

Question 34

Seine Eltern kamen nie auf den Gedanken, zu fragen

Answer 34

it never occurred to his parents to ask

Question 35

abstoßend

Answer 35

repellent

Question 36

Diese Vorstellung ist mir zuwider

Answer 36

I find this idea repellent

Question 37

Mit der Wahrheit hinterm Berg halten

Answer 37

to be parsimonious with the truth