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sagging

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durch-, herabhängend, nachlassend

beneath sagging cables and made it to the building

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to abate

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nachlasssen, abflauen, sich legen

But the storm had abated slightly

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prefab

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vorgefertigt, Fertighaus

a collection of prefab concrete buildings

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ado

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großer Aufwand

much ado about noting

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to plunge

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stürzen, fallen

wreckage plunging into the street

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eventually

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schließlich, irgendwann, eines Tages

First responders eventually had to pull Oleg

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to pummel sb/sth

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auf jdn einprügeln,
jdn fertigmachen,
jdn/etw niedermachen

For several weeks, missiles and shells pummeled Saltivka and other districts

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incessant

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ununterbrochen, pausenlos

What is the incessant fear doing to those still in the city

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to dissipate

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verschwinden, auflösen

until the panic dissipated

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gloomily

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düster

the squad leader saying gloomily

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refrain

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sich zurückhalten, Abstand nehmen

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tenure

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Besitz, Pachtdauer, Amtszeit, feste Anstellung

The war is now forcing Germans to ask some tough questions about Merkel’s tenure as chancellor.

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overly

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allzu, übermäßig

And why did Merkel allow Germany to become so overly dependent on Russian energy imports

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thus

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folglich, auf diese Weise, bisher

The center-left Social Democrats (SPD) have thus far been the target of most attacks

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reproachful

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vorwurfsvoll

He adds reproachfully: “The chancellor and we as a party allowed ourselves to be driven too much by the mainstream.”

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to posit sth

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etw postulieren, auf etw…..basieren

Markus Proschek posits that prehistoric relics are used to examine and re-construct the past

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benevolent

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gütig, wohlwollend, mild

Merkel, as a former East German citizen, the source posits, has a more benevolent view of the Soviet Union.

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affinity

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Verbundenheit, Gemeinasmkeit

Merkel does, in fact, have a certain affinity for Russia.

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principality

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Fürstentum

who came from the German principality of Anhalt-Zerbst

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go-to person (idiomatic)

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being a person who can be turned to for expert knowledge, advice, or reliable performance, especially in a crucial situation:
He’s our go-to guy in a budget crisis.
noting something that can always be relied on to bring satisfaction, success, or good results:
my go-to recipe for cheesecake.
(in team sports) being a player who can be relied on to score, especially at a crucial time in the game.

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21
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dissident

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regimekritisch

the dissident journalist Anna Politkovskaya had just been murdered.

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hindsight

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im Nachhinein, rückblickend

Was that a mistake, looking back with hindsight?

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appeasement

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Versöhnung, Beschwichtigen

Merkel’s coalition partner at the time, the SPD, went even further than the chancellor when it came to appeasement.

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rallying cry (idiomatic)

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Schlachtruf, gemeinsames Merkmal

A rallying cry or rallying call is something such as a word or phrase, an event, or a belief which encourages people to unite and to act in support of a particular group or idea.

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exasperation at (ex-as-pera-tion)

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Außersichsein, (zutiefste) Verzweifelung

Ultimately, leaders in Kyiv were forced to choose between Europe and Russia., and they kept imposing more conditions on the deal, driving Merkel to exasperation

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blatant

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offensichtlich, eklatant

Merkel later justified Germany’s acceptance of the blatant injustice done in Crimea and eastern Ukraine with the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961.

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to whitewash

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tünchen, schönfärben

accused the German government of “an attempt to whitewash reality with political correctness

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constituency (con-stitu-en-cy)

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Wahlkreis, Anghängerschaft

a college town that is part of Merkel’s former constituency

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endeavor

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sich bemühen, Anstrenung, Bestreben

She once described the endeavor as a “devil’s project,”

30
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paramount

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vorrangig, oberste, höchste

Merkel’s paramount concern was always German prosperity

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moreover

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überdies, zudem, ferner

Moreover, the conservatives pursued liberal economic ideas in their energy policies and felt the gas market should be largely left to the energy companies, without government influence

32
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subsidiary

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untergeordnet, Neben-, Tochterunternhemen/-gesellschaft

Mählmann also sells thermally insulated windows and doors through its subsidiary Schüco.

33
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furnaces

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Hoch-/ Schmelzofen

presses “as heavy as the Eiffel Tower,” as Mählmann says, plus large furnaces and smelters.

34
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to put sth on the back burner (idiomatic)

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etw auf Eis legen, zurückstellen, verschieben

if necessary to at least “keep everything running on the back burner.”

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to covet

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begehren

Who would then get the much-coveted raw material?

36
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ill-prepared (idiomatic)

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not ready or prepared for something

Germany is extremely ill-prepared for this worst-case scenario.

37
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association

association with sb

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Vereinigung, Verband

Umgang, Verkehr, Kontakt mit jdm

“We’re all doing this for the first time,” says a senior official with an association representing industry

38
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(un)fathomable

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unergründlich, unverständlich

fathomable. adjective. (of depth) capable of being sounded or measured for depth. synonyms: plumbable, soundable.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Germany has been facing a situation that had previously been considered unfathomable.

39
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revelation

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Enthüllung, Aufdeckung

Revelations over the weekend that the Russian military may have committed ghastly war crimes

40
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ghastly

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schrecklich, grässlich

Revelations over the weekend that the Russian military may have committed ghastly war crimes

41
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unsubstantiated (un-sub-stan-ti-at-ed)

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unbegründet

Several – completely unsubstantiated – claims have been made that the alleged war crimes have been staged by Ukraine.

42
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industriousness

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Fleiß, Einfrig

up into industriousness and orderliness and the real predictor for conservatism is an orderliness not industriousness.

43
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orderliness

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Ordnung, geregelte- geordnete Verhältnisse

up into industriousness and orderliness and the real predictor for conservatism is an orderliness not industriousness.

44
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conscientious

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gewissenhaft

transform even couch potatoes into conscientious sports men and women

45
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accession

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Antritt, Beitritt

Olga Stefanishyna doesn’t believe that rapid accession to the European Union would end the Russian war against her country.

46
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itinerant vendors

itinerant

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Fahrende Händler

Vagabund

Itinerant vendors sell SIM cards, medicines and glacier glasses with elastic bands to protect against the dust and the sun.

47
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dilapidated (die lapi da ted)

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Verfallen, heruntergekommen, verwahrlost

Unmarked taxis take refugees to the next collection points near the city while dilapidated pickups drive clients on the long route through the desert to the border with Pakistan

48
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culpability

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Schuld

The Abraham Geiger College student filed charges, but Berlin prosecutors suspended the investigation into the dissemination of pornographic material in spring 2021 “because culpability was slight and criminal prosecution was not in the public interest.”

49
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to amass sth

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etw. anhäufen, zusammentragen

Walter Homolka, they say, has amassed far too much power, resulting in a toxic environment in which complaints are ignored.

50
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merit

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Leistung, Verdienst

The case had been addressed by the college “according to the relevant regulations” and declared to be without merit by the prosecutor’s office.

51
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amicable

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freundlich, gütliche Vereinbarung

Another professor urged that an amicable agreement be reached

52
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to bewilder sb

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jdn verwirren

53
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relentless

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unnachgiebig, unablässig

54
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non-sectarian

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für alle offen

55
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sectarian

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sekterisch, Sekten-

56
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fringe

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Rand-,

on the fringe of the wood
am Waldrand
the radical fringe of the party
der radikale Flügel der Partei

57
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callous

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herzlos, gefühllos

he very heartlessness and callous indifference to the suffering and grief caused to thousands of innocent families has brought a heartfelt response from millions of ordinary people all around the world

58
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litany

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Litanei,

59
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to parse a word/sentence

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einen Satz/Wort grammatisch beschreiben

60
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chastisement

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Zurechtweisung

61
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to disregard

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etw/jdn ignorieren

62
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provincial

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provenziell

63
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nimble

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gelenkig, beweglich, flink

From the nimble frigates to the mighty titans, the range and scope of spaceships is considerable.

64
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regress

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sich verschlechtern
zurückwentwickeln
rückläufig

Simpler vertebrates like the salamander adopt a strategy whereby surviving healthy heart muscle cells regress into an embryonic state.

65
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incontrovertible

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unwiderlegbar, unbestreitbar

66
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mundane

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profan, banal, alltäglich

66
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to bloat

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sich/etw aufblähen

67
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conjure

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(hervoer)zaubern

beschwören

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