Day6

Question 1

virtue

Answer 1

Vorteil/Tugendhaftigkeit = The virtues of the young may be exaggerated.

Question 2

conscientious

Answer 2

gewissenhaft/ Older employees are more conscientious than younger workers.

Question 3

prodigious

Answer 3

ungeheuer, erstaunlich/ Marie Curie was remarkable for her prodigious memory.

Question 4

dung beetle

Answer 4

Mistkäfer/ Dung beetles work from the inside of the cow pat (Kuhfladen) so they are sheltered (geschützt) from predators (Raubtier) like birds.

Question 5

excavate

Answer 5

ausgraben, offenlegen/ Some species of dung beetles excavate tunnels to a depth of 30 cm below the dung pat.

Question 6

brood chamber

Answer 6

Brutraum/ Some of the beetles make sausage-shaped brood chambers along the tunnel.

Question 7

consent

Answer 7

Zustimmung/ This website requires (etwas fordern) your consent to show you the content.

Question 8

to dwell

Answer 8

wohnen oder leben/ to live or stay as a permanent resident, to live or continue in a given condition like dwelling in happiness.

Question 9

burial

Answer 9

Beerdigung, Begräbnis/There is a massive dung beetle burial in spring.

Question 10

congestion

Answer 10

Stau/ A congestion is characterized by increased vehicular queueing.

Question 11

sphere of investigation

Answer 11

Forschungsgebiet

Question 12

emerge

Answer 12

hervorkommen/ In their study some weird results emerged.

Question 13

to take into account

Answer 13

berücksichtigen/ Mathematicians modified the equations to take these differences into account.

Question 14

unsettling

Answer 14

beunruhigend/ A decidedly unsettling discovery.

Question 15

vapour

Answer 15

Dampf/ A chemical substance can change from a vapor to a liquid.

Question 16

skepticism

Answer 16

With k

Question 17

speck of dust

Answer 17

Staubkorn

Question 18

passing lane

Answer 18

Überholspur

Question 19

to level sth

Answer 19

etwas ebnen