Goodbye Lenin - Alex Kerner

Question 1

poor

Answer 1

arm

Question 2

hopeless

Answer 2

hoffnungslos

Question 3

bored

Answer 3

langweilt

Question 4

without motivation

Answer 4

ohne Motivation

Question 5

at the highpoint of my male charisma

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am Höhepunkt meiner männlichen Ausstrahlungskraft

Question 6

in love

Answer 6

verliebt

Question 7

the maternal role model

Answer 7

das mütterliche Vorbild

Question 8

in first place is his family

Answer 8

an erster Stelle steht seine Familie

Question 9

in his career he shows little ambition

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beruflich zeigt er wenig Ehrgeiz

Question 10

a TV repair man

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Fernsehreperateur

Question 11

happiness in his private life is most important for Alex

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die private Zufriedenheit ist am wichtigsten für Alex

Question 12

overdue reforms

Answer 12

überfällige Reformen

Question 13

he insists on political changes

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er pocht auf politische Veränderungen

Question 14

his beloved mother

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seine beliebte Mutter

Question 15

he inherited the zeal from his mother

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er hat den Eifer von seiner Mutter übernommen

Question 16

he befriends his new work colleague, Denis

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er freundet sich mit dem neuen Kollegen, Denis

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he is open minded about ‘new things’

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er steht dem Neuen offen

Question 18

cautious

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abwartend

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critical(ly)

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kritisch

Question 20

caring/loving

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liebevoll

Question 21

out of concern/worry for her well-being

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aus Sorge um ihr Wohl

Question 22

he improvises

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er improvisiert

Question 23

he invents political ‘truths’

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er erfindet politische ‘Wahrheiten’

Question 24

he comes across as dreamy

Answer 24

er wirkt verträumt

Question 25

he gets more mature

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er wird reifer

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he accepts responsibility

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er übernimmt Verantwortung

Question 27

he ropes his sister into his plans

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er spannt seine Schwester für seine Pläne ein

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he preserves the old DDR

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er konserviert die alte DDR

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to come up with explanations

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Erklärungen konstruieren

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he makes his childhood idol (Sigmund Jähn) Head of state

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er macht sein Kindheitsidol (Sigmund Jähn)Staatsoberhaupt

Question 31

Alex doesn’t like the dog-eat-dog mentality of capitalism

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Alex mag nicht die Ellbogenmentalität von Kapitalismus

Question 32

determined

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entschlossen

Question 33

humorous

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humorvoll

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he doesn’t lose his grip on reality

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er verliert nicht seine Bodenhaftung

Question 35

from a critical distance

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aus kritischer Distanz

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he looks at the process of reunification

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er blickt auf den Prozess von Wiedervereiningung

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he creates a new version of the DDR

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er entwirft eine neue Version der DDR

Question 38

to protect her against further shocks

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um sie vor weiteren Schocks zu schützen

Question 39

Der Schauspielers Name

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Daniel Brühl