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Vocab from Shortstories

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  Vocabulary from A-Z Shortstories (Make a new section for each story, stating the title of the story.)
 
         
  word / expression in English Translation into German example sentence / phrase in English from the story
 
         
  Orbital Road
     
  1 heat haze
Flimmern über dem Asphalt
There was a heat haze over the asphalt of the road.
 
 

2 behaviour / behavior

Verhalten
His behaviour was extremely strange that day.
 
  3 bonnet
Motorhaube
Under the bonnet of a car, theres the engine.
 
  4 orbital
kreisförmig / Umlaufbahn
The orbital highway goes around the city like a planet around a star in its orbital.
 
  5 witness
Zeuge
There were no witnesses.
 
  Straits      
 

1 sailor

Seemann  The sailors were forced to stay on their ships.   
  2 savior Retter   The islanders were hailed as saviors and invited to stay as guests of honor.  
  3 widow

Witwe

Widows and orphans grieved for the lost sailors. 

 
  4 straits  Schlucht, Meerenge  Near the centre of the straits lies a small island.   
  5 memorial Denkmal / Mahnmal
The only memorial to the year of the White Death was....   
   Quayside
     
  1 quayside  Kai / Hafen She had never left the quayside.  
  2 logbook  Logbuch / Tagebuch  At dawn the captain called for the ship's logbook and his niece to read it to him.  
  3 captain  Kapitän  He was probably the greatest sea captain in the world.    
  4 engineer (Schiffs-)ingenieur  When the chief engineer arrived, it was already dark.    
  5  double-masted vessel Zweimaster (Schiff)  A double-masted vessel will be more weather-proof than a single sail.   
  Frontier       
  1 tribe  Stamm  There are different tribes of indians.   
  2 fugitive  Flüchtling  Many fugitives arrive in Europe each day.   
  3 barren  unfruchtbar  Deserts are barren.  
  4  to scorn (v) verachten  They were scorning the soldiers because they volunteered to fight for their country.  
  5  vengeful rachsüchtig  The tribe was vengeful because the queen had betrayed them.   
  Excavation       
  1 ribcage  Brustkorb 

He got punched on/into the ribcage. 

 
  2 excavation  Ausgrabung  Samsung funded an excavation in India to develop their image further.
 
  3 reputation  Ansehen  His reputation meant less to him than his life.   
  4 solitude  Einsamkeit  If solitude was the price of survival, then so be it.   
  5 to marvel at
erstaunt sein über
He marveled at how he had made it to the top.  
  Youth Hostel       
  1. scruffy vergammelt If I came from here, I wouldn't be so scruffy, nor would I cook rice in my room over a camping stove.   
  2. to witness  bezeugen He invited his two sisters and his mother over so that they, too, could witness the proceedings.  
  3. jagged  gezackt  He recognized her strong, jagged script (handwriting) at once.   
  4. to refurbish  aufpolieren, restaurieren, aufmöbeln
Isn't it a pleasure to be able to refurbish your own home.  
  5. gaudy kitschig In contrast, the hostel was a gaudy splash of colours.   
   Valley      
  1.Valley  Tal  The opposite of a hill is a valley.  
  2.diligent  sorgfältig  In order to get a good mark, you need to do diligent studies.   
 

3. to be proficient in sth

 

geübt/gekonnt sein in, etwas beherrschen, fähig sein  To be proficient in a language means that you have mastered the language and can speak it fluently and using correct grammar.   
  4. to dazzle sb with sth jem. blenden mit ...  This light is dazzling me, can you turn it off? / He dazzled them all with his lots of money.
 
  5. flamboyant (adj.) extravagant,auffällig/auffallend   A flamboyant man catches your attention more than others, because of his clothing style and colours.  
  Kingdom       
  maintenance  die Aufrechterhaltung, Unterhalt, Pflege
Many returned to join the teams of maintenance workers. / Maintenance is the most expensive part of owning a big house.
 
  plenty (of) reichlich  There was plenty of space inside.   
  to survey  begutachten, genau prüfen/anschauen, inspizieren
Surveying the room and trying to take a mental picture of all that he saw, the traveller was looking forward to questioning his guide once the silence could be broken.   
 

evidence 

(sanitation)

Anzeichen, Beweis(material)

(sanitäre Anlagen, d.h. WC etc.)

There was no evidence of sanitation and the traveller could only assume that the occupant was incapable of using a toilet and was either assisted to the potty or spent his life in nappies.   
  ingenious genial It was protected by an ingenious system.    
         
  Underground       
  1.suburban life  Vorstadtleben  It is set in a suburban context.  
  2. suburb Vorort  All the people live in a particular suburb of the big city.   
  3. commuter Pendler  Many commuters travel back and forth by train everyday.   
 

4.suitability 

Eignung  Many doubted the suitability of this system to protect the data. / Suitability checks for new software solutions are often not rigorous enough. That is why a lot of ICT projects end up in disaster.
 
  5. surround umzingeln  The members of the hunting pack gradually surround their prey, until there was no escaping any more.
 
  Golf course       
  golf course  Golfplatz  And he does need the money for his new golf course.   
  can't stand doing sth  etw. nicht leiden können  I can't stand riding.   
  entrepreneur  Unternehmer(in) The entrepreneur buys his own golf club.  
  member  Mitglied  The golf course has 50 members.   
  company  Unternehmen, Firma  You're not gonna lose the company!   
  Dormitory Town
     
  dormitory
Schlafsaal
Our dormitory is on the second floor.
 
  justice
Gerechtigkeit
I want justice.
 
  vicinity
Nähe, Nachbarschaft
We've chosen a hotel in the vicinity of the museum.
 
  estate
Anwesen, Vermögem
Her son inherited the entire estate.
 
  nausea
Übelkeit
I've eaten something bad and now I suffer nausea. / Side effects such as nausea are common with this medicament.  
         
  Zero Gravity Zone      
  ground control  Bodenkontrolle  Ground control sits in the tower at the airport and controls the flights.   
  space shuttle  Rakete  The space shuttle is taking off.   
  contestant  Teilnehmer  The contestants are very competitive.   
  suffocate   ersticken Without an oxygen-suit you will suffocate in space.   
  gravity  Anziehungskraft  There is no gravity in space.   
         
  X Marks the Spot       
  mass-produced 

in Massen produziert

The clothes were mass-produced.  
 

flamboyant 

auffallend  Every act grew bigger and more flamboyant.   
  nostalgia  Heimweh There is little nostalgia and much anxiety.   
  abandoned  verlassen The spooky house was abandoned.   
  apprentice  Lehrling  The factory had employed many apprentices.  
  Metropolis       
  precaution  Vorkehrung, Vorsichtsmassnahme

The driver should have taken extra precautions.

 
  ferry  Fähre  There are car ferries across the strait   
  hirsute  behaart  Many men these days are very hirsuted  
  lopsided  schief, einseitig  The NFL is becoming very lopsided over the past 10 years.   
  shelter  Schutz 

Take shelter immediately & stay safe everyone !

 
         
  T is for tundra       
  tundra  Tundra  The tundra is a frosty landscape in the north.   
  satisfaction Genugtuung, Zufriedenheit
How is satisfaction sometimes sought without making war? / You can get no satisfaction (Rolling Stones)
 
  barges  Frachtkahn, Schiff
Ten extra barges were used during this fireworks show on the lake.   
  wigwam  Wigwam  The Native Americans in the north of America lived in wigwams.   
  thundercloud  Gewitterwolcke  Thunderclouds are already highly charged with electricity.   
 

 

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