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level questions: Level 7

QuestionAnswer
to ensuresicherstellen, gewährleisten, sichergehen
to make ends meetüber die Runde kommen
the dropping (from a plane, ex. of supplies to West Berlin, the atom bomb on Japan), the airdropder Abwurf
to yield (ie to produce), to produce, to give offhervorbringen, einbringen, ergeben, abwerfen
to expandausdehnen, erweitern, ausweiten
to musegrübeln
the pelvis (for holding a baby perhaps?), the basin, the bowl, the pooldas Becken
the first grade (in a school)die erste Klasse
the second graderder Zweitklässler
to promote, to expeditevorantreiben
the sell-by date, the best before date, the shelf lifedas Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum
to test a door, to test a lock, to sell door to doorklinken
whether...or...(ex. whether drinking or eating)ob...oder...(zB ob trinken oder essen)
foreseeablevorhersehbar, absehbar
to unloadausladen
the nepotism, the cronyismdie Vetternwirtschaft
to make a decisioneine Entscheidung fällen, eine Entscheidung treffen
the decree (ex. from Trump against Tiktok)die Anordnung, der Erlass, das Dekret
the right of way, the priority (in traffic)die Vorfahrt
indispensableunverzichtbar, unentbehrlich, unabdingbar
the store managerder Filialleiter
profitableprofitabel, gewinnbringend, einträglich, rentabel
the morguedie Leichenhalle, das Leichenschauhaus
the plagiarismdas Plagiat
the C-sectionder Kaiserschnitt
the firecrackerder Böller (ugs), der Knaller (ugs)
to burn (sb figuratively), to etch, to cauterizeätzen
the thornder Dorn
to let rip (a verbal attack against sb)vom Leder ziehen
the household appliancesdie Haushaltsgeräte
the miseryder Kummer, das Elend, die Misere
aggravating, irksomeärgerlich
to gamble awayverspielen
to penetratedurchdringen, eindringen
to alleviate, to mitigatelindern, mildern, abschwächen
the mitigationdie Milderung
to howl, the blare (a siren)heulen
to lockabschließen
to come to a head, to escalate, to intensifysich zuspitzen
to sharpenschärfen, spitzen
to appeasebeschwichtigen, besänftigen
gentle, mellow, soft, smoothsanft
the clearance saleder Räumungsverkauf
toplessbusenfrei, barbusig, barbrüstig
the paddledas Paddel
the strainer (for pasta), the spaghetti strainerdas Sieb, das Kochsieb
to bungle, to screw up, to mess upvermasseln, patzen, verpfuschen, verbocken
strident, vocallautstark
incumbent (adjective...the incumbent president)amtierend
the chopsticksdie Essstäbchen, die Stäbchen
awkwardungeschickt, unbehaglich, plump, misslich
the toilet seatdie Klobrille
to whet, to grind, to sand, to polishschleifen
honed, polished, refined (ex. skills)geschliffen