Environmental, cultural & social issues Flashcards

(135 cards)

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Abfall(eimer)

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rubbish (bin/dustbin)

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Ampel

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traffic lights

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Angst haben

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to be frightened

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anspringen

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to start (cars)

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arm

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poor

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Blei

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lead

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7
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Brand

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fire

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Erde

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earth

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Grad

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degree

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Grenze

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border

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herrlich

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splendid / wonderful

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12
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Himmel

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sky

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hoch

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high

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Jahr(eszeit)

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year (season)

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jährlich

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annually

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Luft

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air

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Müll(tonne)

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rubbish/waste (dustbin)

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Nachteil

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disadvantage

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19
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niedrig / tief

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low

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Norden (nördlich)

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north (to the north)

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Osten (östlich)

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east (to the east)

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22
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Panne

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breakdown

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Parkhaus

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multi-storey car park

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Parkplatz

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car park/ parking space

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Partei
party (=political)
26
Polizei(wache)
police (station)
27
Polizist/in
policeman/woman
28
Portemonnaie
purse
29
Rauch
smoke
30
rauchen
to smoke
31
Recht haben
to be right
32
Rechtsanwalt/anwältin
lawyer
33
Rede
speech
34
reden
to talk
35
Reifen
tyre
36
Reifenpanne
puncture
37
Reparatur
repair
38
reparieren
to repair
39
Scheinwerfer
headlight
40
Schornstein
chimney
41
Strom
electricity
42
Süden (südlich)
south (to the south)
43
Umwelt
environment
44
verbieten (verboten)
to forbid (forbidden)
45
vergessen
to forget
46
Vorteil
advantage
47
Welt
world
48
Westen
west
49
Zigarette
cigarette
50
Zoll
customs
51
Abschleppwagen
breakdown lorry
52
abschliessen
to lock up
53
Altpapier
recycled paper
54
anzünden
to light
55
aufgeben
to stop / give up e.g.smoking
56
behandeln
to treat
57
Behandlung
treatment
58
behindert
disabled
59
beklagen (sich)
to complain
60
beleuchten
to light up
61
beschädigen
to damage
62
beschäftigt
busy
63
beschließen
to decide
64
beschweren (sich)
to complain
65
bessern (sich)
to improve
66
Besserung
improvement / getting better
67
bestätigen
to confirm
68
bestehen auf
to insist on
69
betrügen
to deceive
70
betrunken
drunk
71
beweisen
to prove
72
Dieb(stahl)
thief (theft)
72
dringend
urgent
73
drohen
to threaten
73
drogensüchtig
drug dependent
74
Einbrecher
burglar
75
ertrinken
to drown
76
Flaschencontainer
bottle bank
77
Fleck
stain / spot
78
Gefängnis
prison
79
Geldstrafe
fine (money)
80
Gesetz
law
81
gestattet
permitted
82
Gewohnheit
custom / habit
83
globale Erwärmung
global warming
84
klagen
to complain
85
Kraftwerk
power station
86
löschen
to extinguish / put out
87
lösen
to solve
88
lügen
to lie
89
Missverständnis
misunderstanding
90
Mond
moon
91
Mord
murder
92
Not(ruf)
emergency (phone call)
93
Rat
advice / council
94
raten
to advise / guess
95
recyceln
to recycle
96
reduzieren
to reduce
97
Regel
rule
98
Regierung
government
99
Retten
to save / rescue
100
Rettung
rescue
101
Risiko
risk
102
Rollstuhl
wheelchair
103
schämen (sich)
to be ashamed
104
schulden
to owe
105
schuldig
guilty / owing
106
schützen
to protect
107
Sozialwohnung
council house
108
stehlen
to steal
109
sterben
to die
110
Tod
death
111
töten
to kill
112
trampen / per Anhalter fahren
to hitch-hike
113
Treibhauseffekt
greenhouse effect
114
überschwemmen
to flood
115
umkommen / ums Leben kommen
to die
116
umtauschen
to exchange
117
Unterschied
difference
118
verbrauchen
to consume / use up
119
verderben
to spoil / pollute
120
vergiften
to poison
121
Vergleich (vergleichen)
comparison (to compare)
122
verhaften
to arrest
123
verirren / verlaufen (sich)
to lose one’s way/ to get lost
124
vermeiden
to avoid
125
verschmutzen (Verschmutzung)
to pollute (pollution)
126
verschwenden
to waste
127
verschwinden
to disappear
128
versichern (Versicherung)
to insure (insurance)
129
verstecken
to hide
130
wegwerfen
to throw away
131
wieder verwerten
to recycle
132
zerstören
to destroy
133
Zeuge
witness