Unit 1 Intro and words in context

Question 1

jdn. beschwichtigen

Answer 1

to appease sb

syn: to calm sb down

Question 2

jdm. etwas zuteilen

Answer 2

to allot sb sth (or: sth to sb)

syn: to assign sb to sth

Question 3

sich an etwas gewöhnen/ sich auf etwas einstellen

Answer 3

to adjust to sth

syn: to adapt to sth

Question 4

etw. entziffern, entschlüsseln

Answer 4

to decipher sth

syn: to figure out, to understand

Question 5

Möglichkeit/ Mittel

Answer 5

means, pl. means

syn: method, way

Question 6

etwas angehen/ sich mit etwas befassen

Answer 6

to address sth

to devote effort to something

Question 7

Gleichgültigkeit (gegenüber)

Answer 7

indifference to

syn: absence of feeling, interest

Question 8

Feindseligkeit

Answer 8

hostility

syn: meanness, antipathy

Question 9

s

wirken

Answer 9

to come across as

syn: to seem, appear

Question 10

(Körper-) Haltung

Answer 10

posture

Question 11

Geste

Answer 11

gesture

motion as communication

Question 12

Gesichts-(ausdruck)

Answer 12

facial (expression)

syn: outer, outward

Question 13

übermitteln

Answer 13

to convey

syn: to express, transport

Question 14

beabsichtigen

Answer 14

to intend

syn: to have in mind

Question 15

etw. erwerben

Answer 15

to acquire sth

syn: to achive, obtain sth

Question 16

Muttersprache

Answer 16

mother tongue

syn: fist/ native language

Question 17

verschwommen

Answer 17

fuzzy

here: blurred

Question 18

mehrdeutig (Mehrdeutigkeit)

Answer 18

ambiguous (ambiguity)

having more than one meaning

Question 19

wesentlich/ unerlässlich für

Answer 19

essential to

syn: very important, indispensable

Question 20

gut beherrschen

Answer 20

to have (a) good command of sth

syn: to be good at

Question 21

abgesehen von

Answer 21

apart from

syn: excluding

Question 22

Bewusstein (sich einer Sache bewusst sein)

Answer 22

awareness (to be aware of sth)

syn: understanding, knowledge

Question 23

einem Zweck dienen

Answer 23

to serve a purpose

Question 24

jdn. einer Gehirnwäsche unterziehen

Answer 24

to brainwash sb

to force sb to believe or do things

Question 25

Solidarität fördern

Answer 25

to foster solidarity

syn: to promote/ support unity

Question 26

ins Abseits drängen

Answer 26

to marginalise (BE)/ to marginalize (AE)

syn: to put sb in a powerless position

Question 27

ächten, ausschließen

Answer 27

to ostracise (BE)/ to ostracize (AE)

syn: to exile, banish

Question 28

Überredung, Überzeugung (jdn. überzeugen, überzeugend sein)

Answer 28

persuasion (to persuade sb, to be persuasive)

act of convincing of manipulating