India Vokabeln

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Usage/ memory

-the North-South divide in Britain; the East-West divide in Germany

gap, gulf or rift between two things

Baustelle

-A high rise building is being built on that construction site

-the place where sth is being built

-construction site = building site

jmdm./etw. ausweichen

• The motor bike dodged between the cars

• to move to the side to avoid hitting sb/sth

Hahn

• The rooster called: "Cock-a-doodle-doo!"

• an adult male chicken

• rooster (A) = cock (BE)

etw. hoch halten

• The captain of the winning team held the cup aloft

• to hold or keep sth up high (in the air)

illegaler Bewohner/illegale Bewohnerin; Hausbesetzer/-in

• There were a lot of squatters living in the old building

• sb living somewhere illegally/without permission/without paying rent

Slumbewohner/-in

• sb living in a slum/a very poor area of a city with provisional housing (e.g. tents)

• dweller = inhabitant

• slum-dweller -, to dwell (V)

Vertreter/-in der Stadtverwaltung

• Municipal officials came to inspect the slum

• sb in a position of authority in local government

eingreifen

• The officials intervened and the slum wasn't cleared.

• to get involved in a situation in order to try to improve it

• to intervene - intervention (n)

• Fr. intervenir

Willensstärke

• He showed a lot of willpower and won the

• the abilty to focus your thoughts and actions to achieve what vou want

Wohltatigkeit

• Some people can only survive because of the philanthropy of others who are better off

• helping the poor and those in need

• philanthropy - philanthropist (n)

zerfallen; sich auflösen

• Traditional values are disintegrating in the cities

• to break up (into little pieces)

• to disintegrate = to fall apart

auffallend abnehmen; auffallend weniger werden

• The number of unemployed has declined significantly as jobs have increased.

• to get less in a way that is easy to see

• to decline significantly = to decrease greatly

ausmachen; verantwortlich sein für

• The summer monsoon accounts for 70% of all India's rainfall.

• to be a certain amount of sth

Besorgnis äußern über etw.

• Politicians have voiced their concern at the level of poverty in India

• to express your doubts about st

Gesamt-; allgemein

• He had overall responsibility for the project

• including everything involved in sth

• before a noun

Fleck; Verfärbung

Oh no! There's a stain on my favourite pair of jeans!

kollektives Gewissen

• Our collective conscience tells us that we must do sth to reduce poverty in the world

• the part of our mind that tells us what (we all think) is right or wrong

investieren in jmdn./etw.

• Direct investment towards the poor is the only way to really change their lives.

• spending money on sth to help improve that situation

Mühe erfordern; Anstrengungen erfordern

• This will require a coordinated effort on the part of all governments.

• the need to work hard for sth

Machen wir uns nichts vor

Let's face it, the situation is not going to get any better.

trotz

• Cheap housing remains a problem despite the government's efforts.

• despite = in spite of

unzureichend

• Inadequate education is a cause of low literacy rates.

• inadequate +-*Cadequate

• inadequate -›o(in)adequacy (n)

Sterblichkeit

• Child mortality rates are still very high.

• death

• mortality -›nmortal (adi)

Säugling: Kleinkind

• Infants need a balanced diet if they are to grow up to become healthy children.

• a baby or very young child

• Fr. enfant (m)

Intervention; Eingriff

• intervention - to intervene (v)

• Fr. intervenir