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English words from "La Linea“ (Task 1 - 5)
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- 1Landcountry
- 2Bewohner (Nomen + Verb)N: inhabitant
V: to inhabit sth. - 3leben (Nomen + Verb)to live
life - 4Grenze (+ Beschreibung) + Die Grenze überschreitenborder
the line that divides two countries
to cross the border - 5Legal (Adj. + Nomen + Adverb ) + Beschreibung + AntonymAdj: legal; illegal (antonym)
Adv: legally; illegally
N: legality; illegality
allowed or required by law - 6Einwanderung (Nomen + Verb) Beschreibungimmigration (person: immigrant)
to immigrate (to…/from…)
the process of coming to live permanently in a country that is not your own - 7Wüste Nomendesert
- 8Überbevölkerung (Nomen + Adjektiv) Antonym (Verb + Nomen)N: overpopulation
Adj.: overpopulated
antonym: depopulation
verb: to depopulate sth. - 9Zug (Nomen)train
- 10Gleis (Nomen + Beschreibung)track
rails that a train moves along - 11Gefahr ( Nomen + Adj. )danger
Adj.: dangerous - 12Schoss (Nomen + Beschreibung)lap
the top part of your legs that forms a flat surface when you’re sitting down - 13Duft (Nomen + Beschreibung)scent
The pleasant smell that something has - 14ausrufen (Verb + Beschreibung + Nomen + Synonym(v.))to proclaim
syn: to declare
n: proclamation
Beschr.: to publicly and officially tell people about somehing important - 15seufzen (Verb + Nomen + Beschreibung)v: to sigh
n: sigh
to take and then let out a long deep breath that can be heard, to show that you’re disappointed, sad, tired - 16beschmutzt (Adj. + V + N = Fleck) Beschreibungadj: stained
v: to stain
n: stain
covered with stains or marked with a stain - 17Villa (Nomen + Beschreibung)mansion
A large impressive house - 18gehorsam (Adj. + Antonym + Nomen + V) Beschreibungadj: obedient
ant: disobedient
n: obedience
v: to obey
doing what you’re told to do - 19gähnen (v + N + Beschreibung)to yawn
N: yawn
to open you’re mouth wide and breathe in deeply through it, usually because you’re tired or bored - 20Dürre (N + Beschreibung)drought
a long period of time when there is little or no rain - 21verhungern (v + N + Beschreibung)to starve
starvation
to suffer or die because you don’t have enough food to eat - 22schikanieren (v + Beschreibung)to pick on sb.
to treat somebody unfairly, by blaming, criticizing or punishing them - 23aufhören (v + Beschreibung)to quit
to stop doing something - 24hänseln (v + N + Beschreibung)to tease sb.
n: tease
to laugh at somebody and make jokes about them - 25Im Stich lassen (v + Beschreibung)to let sb. down
to fail to help or support somebody as they had hoped or expected - 26fühlen (v + N + Beschreibung)to sense
n: sense
to become aware of something even though you cannot see it, hear it - 27gestehen (v + n + Beschreibung)to confess
confession
to admit something that you feel ashamed or embarrassed about - 28Beleidigung (n + v + Beschreibung)insult
to insult
an action that is said or done in order to offend somebody - 29handeln (v + n + Beschreibung)to traffick
trafficking
buying and selling something illegally - 30schimpfen (v + Beschreibung)to scold sb for sth
to speak angrily to somebody, because someone did something wrong - 31konkurrieren (v + n + Beschreibung)to compete with / against sb for sth
n: competition
to try to be more successful or better than somebody else who is trying to do the same as you - 32Groll (N + Syn —> adj.) Beschreibungrancor
bitterness
feelings of hatred and a desire to hurt other people - 33Leiche (Tier) (N + Beschreibung)carcass
the dead body of an animal - 34verzichten (v + n + Beschreibung)to resign yourself to sth.
n: resignation
to accept sth. that cannot be changed - 35Ekel (N + v + adj. + adv + Beschreibung)disgust at/ with sth. / for sb
to disgust
adj. disgusted
adv. disgustedly
a strong feeling of dislike for sb. sth. - 36Brise (n + Beschreibung)breeze
A light wind - 37Frösteln / Schauer (N + v + adj.) Beschreibungto shiver
shiver
shivery
to shake slightly because you’re cold - 38jammern (v + n + syn) Beschreibungto wail
wail
to moan
to make a long loud high cry because you’re sad or in pain - 39trösten (v + n) Beschreibungto comfort sb
comfort
to make sb who is worried or unhappy feel better by being kind towards them - 40ersticken (v + n + adj. + Beschreibung)to suffocate
n: suffocation
adj. suffocating
to die because there is no air to breathe - 41verlassen (aussetzen) (v + adj. + n + Beschreibung)adj. abandoned
v: to abandon
n: abandonment
left and no longer wanted - 42wertvoll (adj. + n + Beschreibung)adj. precious
n: preciousness
rare and worth a lot of money - 43vorgeben (v + n + beschreibung)to pretend
pretence
to behave in a particular way, in order to make people believe sth. that isn’t true - 44Beerdigung (n)funeral
- 45Reiseziel (n + Beschreibung)destination
a place which sb/sth is going or being sent - 46Last (n)burden
- 47Vorgehensweise (n)procedure
- 48erleichtert (adj. + v + n + Beschreibung)to relieve
relieved
relief
feeling happy because sth. unpleasant has stopped or has not happened - 49Bestechung (n + v + Beschreibung)bribe
to bribe sb with sth
a sum of money that you give to sb to persuade them to help you - 50leiden (v + n)to suffer
suffering - 51zurückziehen (v + Stammformen + n)to withdraw (withdrew, withdrawn) sth
N: withdrawal - 52Pistole (n)pistol
- 53Jemanden ersticken oder ersticken (v + Beschreibung)to make sb. unable to breath
to choke
to be unable to breathe - 54reissen (v + n + syn) Beschreibungto jerk
n: jerk
syn: jolt
to move or to make sth. move with a sudden short sharp movement - 55Menge (n + v + adj. + Beschreibung)crowd
to crowd sth (fill a place)
adj. crowded
a large number of people gathered together - 56sorgen für (v)to care about sth. / sb.
- 57bedrohen / drohen (v + adj. + n + adv + Beschreibung)to threaten sb (with sth)
n: threat
adj. threatening
adv. threateningly - 58Vorhalle (n + beschreibung)portico
a roof that is supported by columns - 59Strassenräuber (N + v + Beschreibung)mugger
mugging
to mug
a person which attacks other people to steal money - 60Flüchtling (n + Beschreibung)furgitive from (sb / sth)
a person who has escaped from somewhere - 61müde (adj. + v + syn + Beschreibung)adj. weary
v. to weary sb (to make sb feel tired)
syn. to tire
very tired - 62verantwortlich sein (v)to be in charge of sth
- 63Gelände des Güterbahnhofs (n)train yard
- 64Leiter (n)ladder
- 65schnell einsteigen (v + Beschreibung)to hop on sth
to get on sth - 66glücklich (adj + antonym)lucky
unlucky - 67Omen (n + Synonym + Beschreibung)omen
portent
a sign of what is going to happen in the future
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