Environmental Higher Flashcards by Grahamgr Morris

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Abschleppwagen

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breakdown lorry

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abschliessen

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to lock up

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Altpapier

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recycled paper

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anzünden

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to light

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aufgeben

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to stop / give up e.g.smoking

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behandeln

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to treat

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Behandlung

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treatment

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behindert

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disabled

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beklagen (sich)

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to complain

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beleuchten

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to light up

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beschädigen

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todamage

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beschäftigt

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busy

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beschließen

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todecide

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beschweren (sich)

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to complain

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bessern (sich)

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to improve

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Besserung

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improvement / getting better

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bestätigen

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to confirm

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bestehen auf

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to insist on

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betrügen

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to deceive

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betrunken

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drunk

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beweisen

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to prove

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Dieb(stahl)

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thief (theft)

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dringend

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urgent

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drogensüchtig

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drugdependent

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drohen

to threaten

Einbrecher

burglar

ertrinken

to drown

Flaschencontainer

bottle bank

Fleck

stain / spot

Gefängnis

prison

Geldstrafe

fine (money)

Gesetz

law

gestattet

permitted

Gewohnheit

custom / habit

globale Erwärmung

global warming

klagen

to complain

Kraftwerk

power station

löschen

to extinguish / put out

lösen

to solve

lügen

to lie

Missverständnis

misunderstanding

Mond

moon

Mord

murder

Not(ruf)

emergency (phone call)

Rat

advice / council

raten

to advise / guess

recyceln

to recycle

reduzieren

to reduce

Regel

rule

Regierung

government

Retten

to save / rescue

Rettung

rescue

Risiko

risk

Rollstuhl

wheelchair

schämen (sich)

to be ashamed

schulden

to owe

schuldig

guilty / owing

schützen

to protect

Sozialwohnung

council house

stehlen

to steal

sterben

to die

Tod

death

töten

to kill

trampen / per Anhalter fahren

to hitch-hike

Treibhauseffekt

greenhouse effect

überschwemmen

to flood

umkommen / ums Leben kommen

to die

umtauschen

to exchange

Unterschied

difference

verbrauchen

to consume / use up

verderben

to spoil / pollute

vergiften

to poison

Vergleich (vergleichen)

comparison (to compare)

verhaften

to arrest

verirren / verlaufen (sich)

to lose one’s way/ to get lost

vermeiden

to avoid

verschmutzen (Verschmutzung)

to pollute (pollution)

verschwenden

to waste

verschwinden

to disappear

versichern (Versicherung)

to insure (insurance)

verstecken

to hide

wegwerfen

to throw away

wieder verwerten

to recycle

zerstören

to destroy

Zeuge

witness