India Flashcards

(67 cards)

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überbevölkert

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Overpopulated

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nichts desto trotz

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nonetheless

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Kolonie

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colony

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erweitern

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expand

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gewaltig (viel)

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tremendous

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Spenden

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benefit

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Supermacht

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Superpower

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zusätzlich

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additionally

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genau

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detailed

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vorgeben

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pretend

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darauf hindeuten

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imply

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enthüllen

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to reveal/to disclose

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aufzwingen

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to thrust on

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drängen

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to urge so

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sich einer Sache stellen

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to face something

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verbieten/verweigern

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to deny

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übertrieben

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swanky/posh

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Eine Geschichte der Eroberung

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a history of conquest

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des Handel’s

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conquest

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Händler sein

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to be a merchant/trader

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einen Handelsstützpunkt aufbauen

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to set up a trading post

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Reich werden/ zu Geld kommen

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to seek/make one’a fortune

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herrschen

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to rule/ a ruler/ to be ruled by

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einmarschieren/übernehmen

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to take over something/ to move in

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sich auflösen
to recede/to diminish
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Interessen bedrohen
to threaten the interests of somebody
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etwas auflösen
to resolve a dispute
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Hochmut kommt vor dem Fall
Pride comes before a fall
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eine Lektion lernen
to learn a lesson
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Kaiserin von Indien
Empress of India
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in Aufstand ausbrechen
to erupt in rebellion/an uprising/a violent rejection of sth
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Kriegsverbrechen begehen
to commit unspeakable atrocities
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überlegen
a superior/to be a superior
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unterlegen
inferior civilization
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Un/Zivilisiert sein
to be civilized/uncivilized
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umstimmen
to convert so
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Missionarische Arbeit leisten
to do missionary work
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Die Power der Seele
Satyagraha
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jemanden beschämen
to shame so
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sein eigenes Schicksal bestimmen
to control one’a own destiny
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nebeneinander wohnen
to live alongside sth
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für jemanden zuhause sein
to be home to
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überbevölkert
overpopulated/densely populated
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Nichtsdestotrotz
nonetheless/nervertheless/in spite of that
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bis heute
to this day
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parlamentarisches Regierungssystem
parliamentary system of government
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Britische Anwesenheit
British presence
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Britische Herrschaft/Königreich
British Raj/Empire
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Britische Kolonie/ Juwel der Krone
British colony/Juwel of the crown
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Kolonial Zeit
colonial period/power
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Unabhängigkeit gewähren
to grant independence
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Indische Unabhängigkeitsbewegung
Indian independence movement
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etwas trennen
to part - partition | Division into two or more pieces
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eine nukleare Macht sein/nukleare waffen beaitzen
to be a nuclear power | to develop nuclear weapons
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eine Economische Supermacht sein
to be an economic superpower
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Die Wirtschaft wächst
the economy has expanded
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Rate der Menschen die lesen können
literacy rate/to be literate | Antonym: illiterate
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wachsender Unmut
growing resentment
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gewaltige Not
tremendous hardship
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motivierte Gewalt
sectarian violence
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billige Arbeitskraft
cheap labour
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fertigen /Fertigungsindustrie
to manufacture/manufacturing
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Dienstleistungsjobs
service Industrie Jobs
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Informationstechnologie
Information Technologie (IT)
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in Armut auf den Straßen der Slums leben
to live in poverty on the streets in the slums
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Spenden einstreichen
to reap the benefits
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begehrt/gefragt sein
to be much sought after