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The UK Between Tradition and Modernity Flashcards

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  • Loyalität/Ergebenheit gegenüber jmd

- loyality to a leader

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allegiance to sb./sth.

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  • zeremonielle/förmliche Position

- a position that gives no real power

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ceremonial position

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  • (öffentliche) Erklärung, Bekanntgabe

- an official statement

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declaration

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  • politische Geografie
  • ideas and acivities relating to the way that a countryˋs position, population, etc. affect its political development and its relationship with other countries
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geopolitics

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  • Staatsoberhaupt

- a leader or a person in charge of a state

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head of state

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  • ein gemeinsames Erbe/Kultur haben

- to have the same traditional beliefs, values, customs, etc.

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to share a common heritage

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  • zwischenstaatlich, international

- between different governments

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intergovernmental

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  • Erbe

- sth. that exists as a result of sth. that happened at an earlier time

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legacy

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  • repräsentive Position

- a position in which sb. represents a state, a community, an interest, etc.

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representative position

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  • Selbstbestimmung

- the right of the people to govern themselves

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self-determination

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  • uneingeschränkt, unabhängig, souverän; Eigenstaatlichkeit

- independent; complete freedom and power to govern

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sovereign, sovereignty

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  • Fremder; fremd

- foreigner; foreign

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alien

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  • Asylbewerber
  • sb. who leaves their own country because they are in danger and who asks the government of another country to allow them to live there
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asylum seeker

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  • Staatsbürger; Staatsbürgerschaft

- a member of a state, subject; the legal right of belonging to a particular country

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citizen; citizenship

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  • Zusammenprall der Kulturen

- a conflict arising from the interaction of people with different cultural values

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culture clash

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  • (rassistische) Diskriminerung

- the practice of treating people in an unfair way because of their ethnicity

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(racial) discrimination

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  • Vielfalt

- the fact of including many different types of people or things

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diversity

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  • Aussiedler, Emigrant

- sb. who leaves their own country to live in another

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emigrant

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  • auswandern, emigrieren; Auswanderung, Emigration

- to leave oneˋs own country in order to live in another

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to emigrate; emigration

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  • gastfreundlich; Gastfreundschaft

- friendly and welcoming to visitors

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hospitable; hospitality

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  • Identitätskrise

- a feeling of uncertainty of who you really are and what your purpose is

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identity crisis, crisis of idenity

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  • Einwanderer, Immigrant

- sb. who enters another country to live there permanently

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immigrant

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  • einwandern, immigrieren; Einwanderung

- to come into a country in order to live there permanently

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to immigrate; immigration

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  • Grenzkontrolle

- the place at an airport, sea port, etc. where officials check the documents of everyone entering the country

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immigration control, border control

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  • integrieren; Integration

- to become part of a group or society and be accepted by them, or to help someone do this

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to integrate (sb. into/with); integration

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  • Ehe zwischen Angehörigen verschiedener Ethnien

- marriage between people of different races

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interracial marriage

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  • Mangel an Arbeitskräften

- a situation in which there are not enough workers

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labour shortage

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  • die Mittelkasse/ Mittelschicht

- the social class that includes people who are educated and work in professional jobs, e.g. teachers or managers

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the middle class

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  • Minderheit

- a small group of people or things within a much larger group (=majority)

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minority

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  • Beziehungen zwischen ethnischen Gruppen
  • the relationship that exists between people from different countries, religions, etc. who are now living in the same place
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race relations

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  • Flüchtling

- sb. who has been forced to leave a country, especially during a war, or for political or religious reasons

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refugee

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  • befristeter Aufenthalt

- a stay continuing for a limited period of time

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temporary stay

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  • westliche Werte

- the beliefs, traditions, customs, etc. of the Western community

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Western values

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  • Gesetz

- a law that has been officially

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act

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  • Gesetzesentwurf

- a written proposal for a new law that is brought to a parliament to be discussed

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bill

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  • Charta, Satzung

- a statement of the principles, duties and purposes of an organization

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charter/charta

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  • Verfassungsurkunde

- an officially/legally accepted document

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constitutional document

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  • konstitutionelle Monarchie

- a country ruled by a king or queen whose power is limited by a consitution

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constitutional monarchy, parliamentary monarchy

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  • jdm. etwas verweigern/voerenthalten

- to refuse to allow sb. to have or do sth.

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to deny sth. to sb., to deny sb. sth.

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  • Despot, Tyrann

- tyrant

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despot

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  • Dominion (selbstständiges and des Commonwealth)

- a country belonging to the British Empire or Commonwealth

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Dominion

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  • jdm. etwas gewähren

- to give sb. sth. or allow them to have sth. that they have asked for

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to grant sb. sth., to grant sth. to sb.

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  • verhandeln; Verhandlung

- to discuss sth. in order to reach an agreement, especially in business or politics

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to negotiate; negotiation

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  • Petition, Antrag

- an official letter to a law court asking for a legal case to be considered

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petition

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  • Referendum, Volksentscheid

- when people vote to make a decision about a particular subject, rather than voting for a person

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referendum (on sth.)

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  • Diplomatie, Verhandlungsgeschick

- the job or quality of managing the relationship between countries

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diplomacy

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  • Kaiser(in)

- the man/woman who rules an empire

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emperor/empress

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  • expandieren, sich vergößern; Expansion, Wachstum

- to become larger in size or number; growth

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to expand; expansion

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  • Sturz, Umsturz

- loss of power, failure

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fall

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  • Außenpolitik

- involving or dealing with other countries

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foreign policy

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  • etwas beginnen/gründen; Gründung

- to start sth., to establish sth.

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to found sth.; foundation

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  • (an) Unabhängigkeit gewinnen

- to become independent

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to gain independence

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  • jmd. Unabhängigkeit bewilligen

- to allow sb. to act on their own

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to grant sb. independence

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  • Imperialismus; imperialistische Politik

- a political system in which one country rules a lot of other countries

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(policy of) imperialism

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  • einheimisch

- native people who have always lived in a place

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indigenous

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  • jdm. treu sein

- to support sb.

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to be loyal to sb.

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  • Maharadscha

- an Indian prince or king

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maharaja

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  • Übersee

- to or in a foreign country that is across the sea

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overseas

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  • etwas besitzen

- to own sth.

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to possess sth.

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  • Britische Kolonialzeit in indien

- British rule in India

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Raj

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  • regieren

- to rule a nation as their king, queen or emperor

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to reign

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  • Herrschaft

- to have the official power to control a country

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rule

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  • Selbstverwaltung

- a country or organization that is controlled by its own members

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self-government

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  • Überlegenheit

- the quality of being better, more skillful, powerful, etc. than other people or things

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superiority over sth.

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  • Vizekönig

- a man who was sent by a king or queen in the past to rule another country

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viceroy

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  • Aneignungen von Land/Fläche

- here: the act of getting land

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the acquisition of colonies

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  • jdn zivilisieren, jdm. Manieren beibringen

- to improve a society so that it is more organized and developed

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to civilize sb.

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  • ein Territorium erobern/ in Anspruch nehmen

- to conquer a territory

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to claim a territory

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  • Kolonialmacht

- when a powerful country rules many weaker ones, and establishes its own trade and society there

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colonial power

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  • kolonisieren, besiedeln; Kolonisierung, Besiedlung

- to establish political control over another country, and send your citizens there to settle

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to colonize; colonization

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  • Kolonie

- a country/area that is under the political control of a more powerful country, usually one that is far away

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colony

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  • Kolonist, Siedler

- sb. who settles in a new colony

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colonist

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  • erobern; Eroberung, Sieg

- to take control of a country by fighting

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to conquer; conquest

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  • Eroberer

- a person (often an army) who fights to take control of a country

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conqueror

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  • jdn. entkolonialisieren/ in die Unabhängigkeit entlassen

- to make a former colony politically independent

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to decolonize sb.

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  • entdecken; Entdeckung

- if sb. discovers a new place, they are the first person to find it

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to discover; discovery

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  • etwas aufteilen

- to separate sth. into parts and share them between people

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to divide sth. up

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  • etwas gründen

- to start e.g. an organization, esp. one that exists for a long time; to set up

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to establish

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  • ausnutzen, ausbeuten; Ausbeutung

- to try to get as much as you can out of a situation, sometimes unfairly

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to exploit; exploitation

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  • erforschen; Erforschung, Erkundung

- to travel to or around a place in order to learn about it

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to explore; exploration

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  • Kontrolle über jdn. erlangen

- to obtain or achieve control over sb. you want or need

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to gain control over sb.

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  • einmarschieren; Einmarsch

- to enter a country using military force in order to take contol of it

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to invade; invasion

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  • Herkunftsland, Vaterland

- the country where someone was born (implies a strong emotional connection)

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mother country, motherland, fatherland

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  • Ureinwohner

- someone who lives in a place all the time or has lived there a long time

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native

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  • Verhandlungen

- diplomatic talks to reach an agreement

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negotiations

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  • postkolonial

- later than or after colonialism

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postcolonial

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  • (be-)siedeln; Besiedlung

- to go to a place where no people have lived permanently before and start to live there

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to settle; settlement

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