The mommy track

Question 1

a rough path or road, usually one that has not been built but that has been made by people walking there

Answer 1

track

Question 2

extreme happiness

Answer 2

bliss

Question 3

schlichten

Answer 3

to stack

Question 4

Seelenklemptner

Answer 4

shrink

Question 5

not receiving enough care or attention

Answer 5

neglected

Question 6

husband

Answer 6

hubby

Question 7

the main female character in a story, novel, film/movie, etc

Answer 7

heroine

Question 8

a feeling of anxiety and worry about a situation, or about your life

Answer 8

angst

Question 9

the state of feeling nervous or worried that something bad is going to happen

Answer 9

anxiety

Question 10

at the lowest level in a company

Answer 10

entry-level

Question 11

of an appropriate size, amount or degree in comparison with something

Answer 11

proportional

Question 12

to fill or use a space, an area or an amount of time

Answer 12

occupy

Question 13

to introduce a new law, rule, tax, etc; to order that a rule, punishment, etc. be used

Answer 13

to impose

Question 14

a situation, an event, etc. that makes it difficult for you to do or achieve something

Answer 14

obstacle

Question 15

to hold something tightly, or fasten two things together, with a clamp

Answer 15

to clamp (einklemmen)

Question 16

in every way possible; completely

Answer 16

entirely

Question 17

a child

Answer 17

ankle-biter

Question 18

making you extremely angry

Answer 18

infuriating

Question 19

informal talk or stories about other people’s private lives, that may be unkind or not true

Answer 19

to gossip

Question 20

the willingness to work hard and give your energy and time to a job or an activity

Answer 20

commitment

Question 21

a deep line in the skin of the face

Answer 21

furrow

Question 22

to pay careful attention to somebody’s advice or warning

Answer 22

to heed (Beachtung)

Question 23

sensible and reasonable

Answer 23

sane

Question 24

used to show that something happened or is true although something else might have happened to prevent it

Answer 24

despite (trotz allem)

Question 25

a spoken description of a series of events, etc. that is often long and boring

Answer 25

recital (rɪˈsaɪtl )

Question 26

to provide somebody with a room or place to sleep, live or sit

Answer 26

to accomodate

Question 27

to punish somebody for breaking a rule or law by making them suffer a disadvantage

Answer 27

to penalize

Question 28

the state of being or becoming a mother

Answer 28

maternity

Question 29

to play with a baby or young child by moving them up and down on your knee

Answer 29

to dandle