Vokabeln

= aufnehmen, absorbieren, aufsaugen

Definition:

to take in or draw up

“We are using a sponge to absorb most of the liquid that was spilled.

to consume (consumed, consumed)

= verbrauchen, verspeisen, konsumieren

to soak up

= aufsaugen, aufnehmen, absorbieren

= reichlich, ausgiebig, im Überfluss

Definition:

possessing a lot of something, often more tha what is needed

“The food was good an abundant.”

“We had an abundant breakfast and do not need lunch”

plentiful

= reichlich, reichhaltig

“The hotel breakfast has a plentiful selection of fruit.”

full

= vollständig, voll, komplett, umfassend, rund (runden Klang), gesamt, ausgebucht

“The baisin is full of water.” = Das Becken ist voll Wasser.

“The full report is hundrets of pages long.” = Der vollständige Bericht ist hunderte Seiten lang.

“There were no spare seats because the flight was full.” = Es gab keinen freien Sitzplätze, weil der Flug ausgebucht war.

= akzeptieren, annehmen

Definition:

to receive with pleasure; to agree

“The athlete was proud to accept his Olympic Gold Medal.”

receive (received, received) =

erhalten, bekommen, empfangen

“Thank you very much for your email which we received yesterday.”

“We received an indemnity (=Entschädigung) for our loss.”

“I am not receiving inbound (=eingehenden) messages.”

approve (approved, approved) =

genehmigen, freigeben, bestätigen, billigen, zustimmen, anerkennen

= akkumulieren, sammeln, ansammeln, anhäufen

Definition:

to gahter (=sammeln) or collect

“I had to gather a lot of information for my presentation.”

“The geologist was hoping to accumulate more rock specimens (=Gesteinsproben) on his trip out West.”

=acquire (acquired, acquired)

erwerben

“He acquired many of his skills at university.” = Er hat viele seiner Kenntnisse an der Universität erworben.

=gain (gained, gained)

gewinnen

“My internship helped me gain pracitcal skills.” = Mein Praktikum half mir, praktische Fähigkeiten zu gewinnen.

=stockpile (stockpiled, stockpiled)

bevorraten

“Some people stockpile food for hard times.” = Manche Menschen horten Lebensmittel für schlechte Zeiten.

=angemessen, ausreichend

Definition:

enough for a recquired purpose

“She makes an adequate amount of money, but she still can’t afford to go on fancy vacations.”

=anschließend, benachbarnt

= beeinflussen, beeinträchtigen, sich auswirken

Definition:

to produce a change in; to move the emotions of someone

“I hope your illness does not affect your ability to work.”

= analyzieren

Definition:

examining critically (=kritisch prüfend)

“The scientist spent hours analyzing the results of the experiment and still he could not come up with an answer.”

= alt, uralt, antik

Definition:

very old; from the distant past

“The ancient temple of Angkor Wat is almost 900 hundred years old.”

= berufen

Definition:

to be attractive or pleasing = attraktiv oder gefällig zu sein

“Eating snails is something that does not appeal to me” = Schnecken zu essen ist etwas, dass mich nicht reizt.”