Der Zwiespalt

Question 1

der Zwiespalt Pl.: die Zwiespalte/die Zwiespälte

Answer 1

dichotomy
cleavage
conflict
dispute
discrepancy

Question 2

die Eigenschaft | die Eigenschaften

Answer 2

feature
virtue
property [characteristic]
trait
quality [nature, trait]
characteristic
nature [character]
character
predicate

Question 3

der Teer | die Teere

Answer 3

tar

Question 4

der Mörtel

Answer 4

mortar

Question 5

zittrig

Answer 5

shaky {adj}
shakily {adv}
shaking {adj}
wobbly {adj} [of the voice]

Question 6

forttreiben | trieb fort, fortgetrieben |

Answer 6

to go on with
to keep on with
to carry on with
to be carried away 
to drift away 
to float away

Question 7

schildern | schilderte | geschildert

Answer 7

to depict sth.
to describe
to portray
to delineate

Question 8

etw. Akk. nachschlagen | schlug nach, nachgeschlagen |

Answer 8

to look sth. ⇔ up

Question 9

in etw. Dat. nachschlagen [in einem Buch]

Answer 9

to refer to sth. [look sth. up]

Question 10

die Bedingung | die Bedingungen

Answer 10

terms
conditions
requirements

Question 11

to accept terms

Answer 11

Bedingungen annehmen

Question 12

to refuse terms

Answer 12

Bedingungen ablehnen

Question 13

verzichten | verzichtete, verzichtet |

Answer 13

to relinquish

Question 14

auf etw. verzichten

Answer 14

to forgo sth.
to pass on sth.
to pass sth. up
to yield up sth.
to go without sth.
to refrain from sth.
to deny oneself sth.
to take a pass on sth.
to divest oneself of sth.
to give up sth. [habit]
to eschew sth. [renounce]
to waive sth. [do without]

Question 15

kriechen | kroch, gekrochen |

Answer 15

to creep

to crawl

Question 16

günstig

Answer 16

favorable {adj} [Am.]
convenient 
advantageously {adv}
good {adj} [favorable]
low priced {adj}
opportunely {adv}
propitiously {adv}
beneficially {adv}

Question 17

die Erschütterung | die Erschütterungen

Answer 17

tremor

Question 18

spüren | spürte | gespürt

Answer 18

to feel

to sense

Question 19

obvious

Answer 19

offensichtlich

Question 20

beschleunigen | beschleunigte, beschleunigt |

Answer 20

to accelerate
to advance [accelerate]
to speed
to quicken
to catalyze [Am.]chem.
to step up
to gather way
to fast-track
to gain speed
to pick up speed

Question 21

der Vorsatz Pl.: die Vorsätze

Answer 21

resolution
purpose
intent
premeditation
intention

Question 22

massenweise

Answer 22

en masse adv.

by the score

Question 23

erzeugen | erzeugte | erzeugt

Answer 23

to generate
to engender
to make
to manufacture
to cause [produce]
to constitute
to spanmath.
to originate
to inducemath.
to procreate
to clone
to bring forth
to bring into being

Question 24

etw. erzeugen

Answer 24

to create sth. [produce]
to afford sth. [produce]
to produce sth.
to breed sth. [engender]

Question 25

gewissermaßen

Answer 25

as it were adv 
to some extent adv  ·  
quasi adv  · 
 in a way  · 
 to an extent adv  ·  
in a sense adv  ·  
virtually adv  ·  
kinda adv [sl.]  ·  
kind of [sl.]

Question 26

verreisen | verreiste, verreist |

Answer 26

to go on a journey

Question 27

die Druckerschwärze | die Druckerschwärzen

Answer 27

printer’s ink

Question 28

die Anlage | die Anlagen

Answer 28

investment 
site 
enclosure 
facility
attachment

Question 29

der Pfosten | die Pfosten

Answer 29

post
pole
pillar

Question 30

vermeiden | vermied | vermieden

Answer 30

to avoid
to prevent
to avert
to beware
to evade
to eschew
to blench

Question 31

die Molle | die Mollen

Answer 31

[berlinerisch: Flasche Bier] [ugs.]

Question 32

dämpfen | dämpfte | gedämpft

Answer 32

to muffle

to dampen

Question 33

knautschen | knautschte | geknautscht

Answer 33

[ugs.]

to crumple

Question 34

unausgeschlafen

Answer 34

sleep-deprived {adj}

Question 35

mulmig

Answer 35

queasy {adj} [übel]

uneasy {adj} [unbehaglich]

Question 36

jmdm. etw. Akk. zumuten | mutete zu, zugemutet |

Answer 36

to expect sth. of so.

Question 37

I don’t feel like it today.

Answer 37

Mir ist heute nicht danach zumute

Question 38

non-drowsy {adj}

Answer 38

nicht müdemachend

Question 39

dösend

Answer 39

[ugs.]

dozing {adj} {pres-p}

Question 40

schweigsam

Answer 40

taciturn {adj}
silent {adj} [not talkative]
taciturnly {adv}
tight-lipped {adj} [fig.]

Question 41

wildfremd

Answer 41

totally unknown {adj}

Question 42

schaukelnd

Answer 42

rocking {adj} {pres-p}

Question 43

verstaubt

Answer 43

dusty

Question 44

verdorrt

Answer 44

withered {adj} {past-p}

Question 45

verdorren | verdorrte | verdorrt

Answer 45

to wither [become dry and shrivelled]

Question 46

die Notwendigkeit | die Notwendigkeiten

Answer 46

necessity
imperative
need
must

Question 47

die Zähigkeit | die Zähigkeiten

Answer 47

toughness

Question 48

der Trost

Answer 48

consolation

Question 49

die Schwäche | die Schwächen

Answer 49

weakness

Question 50

ersticken | erstickte, erstickt |

Answer 50

to suffocate

Question 51

erschöpfen | erschöpfte | erschöpft

Answer 51

to exhaust
to deplete [exhaust]
to jade
to beggar
to drain [to deprive of strength, tire]

Question 52

beneiden | beneidete | beneidet

Answer 52

to envy

to begrudge

Question 53

sich Akk. aufrichten | richtete auf, aufgerichtet |

Answer 53

to straighten up