Package Drive #3 Flashcards

(40 cards)

1
Q

disdain

A

verachten

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2
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heathen

A

heidnisch

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3
Q

indwelling

A

innewohnend

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4
Q

impiety

A

Gottlosigkeit

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5
Q

interlocutor

A

Gesprächspartner

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6
Q

gadfly

A

Quälgeist

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7
Q

persecutor

A

Verfolger

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8
Q

concession

A

Zugeständnis, Entgegenkommen

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9
Q

ostensible

A

angeblich, scheinbar

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10
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sactimonious

A

scheinheilig

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11
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to feign

A

vortäuschen, heucheln

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12
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(self-)abnegation

A

(Selbst-)Verleugnung,

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13
Q

alleviate

A

lindern

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14
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Maestro

A

title of extreme respect given to a master musician

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15
Q

allot

A

zuteilen, vergeben

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16
Q

Brass tacks

A

type of pin/nail

used idiomatically meaning to cosider the basic facts of a situation

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17
Q

blood money

A

inf. for restitution: Entschädigung (oft bei Mödern an die Familie des Opfers)

18
Q

oncology

A

branch of medicine that deals with tumors

19
Q

tenure

20
Q

to cane

21
Q

to covenant

22
Q

to propound

A

vorbringen, etw. vortragen, darlegen

23
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adrift

A

treibend, hilflos

24
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allude

25
beleaguered
angeschlagen, belagert
26
to scorn sb/sth
jnd./etw verachten
27
cuff sb
jnd ohrfeigen
28
consummate
vollkommen, perfekt
29
rapture
Begeisterung, Verzückung
30
to harness
nutzen, zügeln
31
rendering
wiedergebend, Darstellung
32
to countenance
tolerieren o. Miene
33
aptitude
Begabung, Eignung
34
denizens
Bewohner
35
viability
Funktionsfähigkeit
36
inkling
Ahnung, Andeutung
37
galore
reichlich, massenweise
38
to solicit
erbitten, anfordern, werben
39
verbose
wortreich, langatmig
40
disparaging
abfällig