2Reading4 Vocabulary2 Flashcards

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blow

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-hard hit with a hand or heavy object

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commercial

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-intended to make money, or relating to a business intended to make money

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decipher

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  • to discover the meaning of something hard to understand or which contains a hidden massage
  • > entziffern, entschlüsseln
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density

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  • the relationship between the mass of a substance and its size
  • > Dichte
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extraction

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  • the process of removing or taking out something

- >entnähme, Herausziehen

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humble

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-low in rank or position

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insert

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  • to put something in something else

- >einfügen, einsetzen

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insight

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  • clear, deep, and sometimes sudden understanding of a complicated problem or situation, or the ability to have such an understanding
  • > Einblick, Einsicht, Erkenntnis
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labor

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  • practical work, work that involves physical effort

- >Arbeit, Mühe, Anstrengung

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mainstay

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  • the most important part of something, providing support for everything else
  • > Stütze, Hauptstütze
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probe

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  • to search into or examine something

- >Sonde, Untersuchung

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propagate

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  • to reproduce or spread

- >verbreiten, sich ausbreiten

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pry

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  • to open, move, or lift something by putting one end of a tool under it and pushing down on the other hand
  • > aufbrechen
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seek

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  • to search for something or try to find or obtain sth

- >suchen, streben nach, forschen

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snap

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  • to break something quickly with a cracking sound

- >reißen, zerbrechen

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template

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  • a method or model that can be copied and used by others

- >Vorlage, Schablone

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underway

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  • beginning to exist or is happening now

- >im Gange, unterwegs

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versatility

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  • the state of being able to be used for many different purpose
  • > Vielseitigkeit, Flexibilität