CD II sect. 4

Question 1

aufschließen

Answer 1

to open up, to unlock

Question 2

emporziehen

Answer 2

to pull up

Question 3

If you are about to give someone the shaft, you first must occupy their attention, engage them (e.g. calling a meeting)

Answer 3

beschäftigen: to employ, to occupy, to engage

Question 4

zurückstehen

Answer 4

to stand behind

Question 5

mitteilen/mittheilen

Answer 5

to impart, to communicate, to disclose

Question 6

Having to stand while you work is inconvenient, circuitous, laborious

Answer 6

umständlich: inconvenient, circuitous, laborious

Question 7

we have sonar in our submarine; therefore/consequently, we can find the enemy ships

Answer 7

sonach: therefore, consequently

Question 8

ansehen

Answer 8

to face, to inspect, to behold

Question 9

treffen looks like ‘traffic’; to exceed/surpass someone in traffic

Answer 9

übertreffen: to exceed, to surpass

Question 10

erfassen

Answer 10

to conceive, to apprehend, to capture

Question 11

Alf (as an army general) puts/places (stellen) troops somewhere, so he marshals/deploys troops

Answer 11

aufstellen: to marshal, to deploy

Question 12

übertreffen

Answer 12

to exceed, to surpass

Question 13

sonach

Answer 13

therefore, consequently

Question 14

in a séance, you face/inspect/behold the dead

Answer 14

ansehen: to face, to inspect, to behold

Question 15

beschäftigen

Answer 15

to employ, to occupy, to engage

Question 16

If you have multiple girlfriends, and if they find out about each other, then in each case / respectively you need to buy her jewelry

Answer 16

jeweils: in each case, respectively

Question 17

aufstellen

Answer 17

to marshal, to deploy

Question 18

Alf opens up / unlocks the jail cell of a sleazy person (Jeffrey Epstein)

Answer 18

aufschließen: to open up, to unlock

Question 19

abgeben sich

Answer 19

to bother about, to have to do with

Question 20

jeweils

Answer 20

respectively, in each case

Question 21

wohnen is ‘to dwell’; in a place where you dwell, you are accustomed to it – everything is habitual and familiar

Answer 21

gewohnt [adj.]: accustomed, habitual, familiar

Question 22

gewohnt [adj.]

Answer 22

accustomed, habitual, familiar

Question 23

umständlich

Answer 23

inconvenient, circuitous, laborious