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211 Vocabulary to grapple with sth.  C. S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud both grappled with the riddle of human existence. mit etw. (zu) kämpfen (haben) year-on-year  The year-on-year increase in resources will be 11%. im Vorjahresvergleich soaring in die Höhe schnellend to venture [ }ventS‹ ]  Let’s abandon our old lives and venture into the unknown. sich vorwagen/ hinauswagen to splash out on sth.  I can’t believe I splashed out €1.000 on clothes! für etwas tief in die Tasche greifen, Geld für etw. hinauswerfen yuan [ jï}A:n ]: the basic unit of money in China Yuan to rejig [ ]ri:}dJçg ] sth. Famous cinematic scenes are now rejigged as commercials. etw. umkrempeln/ umgestalten Mandarin: the standard literary and official form of Chinese, based on the Mandarin dialect spoken in and around Beijing Mandarin (chinesische Hochsprache) to plummet The index plummeted by 15% before regaining some ground. abstürzen, absacken on account of sth. (fml.) They were forced to cancel the race on account of heavy rain. aufgrund/wegen einer Sache to revamp sth. etw. aufpeppen/aufmöbeln 1 declaration of human rights Menschenrechtserklärung 2 captain of industry Großindustrielle/ Großindustrieller, Wirtschaftskapitän/in robber baron [ }bér‹n ] : a wealthy person who tries to get even wealthier in a way that is dishonest or wrong skrupellose Kapitalistin/ skrupelloser Kapitalist, Raffzahn the primary sector der primäre (Wirtschafts-)Sektor the secondary sector der sekundäre (Wirtschafts-)Sektor to flock into sth. in etw. hineinströmen hitherto [ ]hçDW}tu: ] The film was made on a low budget by a hitherto unknown director. bis dahin, bislang to be in full swing voll im Gange sein menial [ }mi:niWl ] task niedere Tätigkeit/Arbeit debilitating [ dç}bçlçteçtçN ] They say that drinking tomato juice may help prevent one of the debilitating side effects of type 2 diabetes. schwächend, aufreibend assembly line Fließband to amass a fortune ein Vermögen anhäufen to stage sth. hier: etw. abhalten to be aggravated The effects of the early-season heat were aggravated by dry weather. verschlimmert/verschärft werden offshoring: the practice of moving certain business activities abroad in order to lower costs, avoid taxes, etc. Verlagerung der Produktion ins Ausland the tertiary/service sector der tertiäre (Wirtschafts-)Sektor, der Dienstleistungssektor beauty salon [ }sélün ] Kosmetik-/Schönheitssalon corporate strategy: the ideas and plans a company has for the way in which its various business activities work together to achieve particular goals Unternehmensstrategie human capital: the collective skills, knowledge and experience of employees that can be used to create economic value for a company Humankapital spin-off ‘Wolverine’ is a spin-off from  the ‘X-Men’ series Ableger, Nebenprodukt to digitise/digitalise sth. etw. digitalisieren tangible [ }téndJWbWl ] fassbar, greifbar tangible goods hier: Sachgüter to blur sth. ‘Second Life’s’ detailed simulations blur the boundaries between reality and fantasy. etw. verschwimmen lassen 7 think tank Expertenkommission; Ideenschmiede geriatric [ dJeri}étrçk ] nurse Altenpfleger/in shamrock der Shamrock (Kleeblatt als Wahrzeichen Irlands) euphemism [ }ju:f‹mçz‹m ] beschönigende Umschreibung, Euphemismus entrepreneurial [ £üntrWprW}nä:riWl ] spirit Unternehmergeist 8 McJob Niedriglohnarbeitsplatz freelancer Selbständige/r, Freiberufler/in social benefits Sozialleistungen fringe Rand, Randzone temp Zeitarbeiter/in, Aushilfe 9 zero-hour contract: a contract that allows employers to hire staff with no guarantee of work. Employees work only when they are needed by employers, often at short notice. Their pay depends on how often they work. Null-Stunden-Vertrag teleworking: the practice of working from home, communicating with your office by phone or email Fern-/Telearbeit 11 dearth [ dä:Q ] (fml.) Mangel maternity leave Mutterschaftsurlaub parental leave (Eltern-)Karenz the public sector der öffentliche Sektor, der Staatssektor to be in a class of one’s own eine Klasse für sich sein mundane [ mUn}deçn ] work banale, alltägliche Arbeit to sack sb. (coll.) jmdn. rausschmeißen/ an die Luft setzen albeit [ O:l}bi:t ] The trip was very exciting, albeit a little exhausting. obgleich, wenn auch to be put off by sth. Don’t be put off by the page count of ‘Moby Dick’. hier: sich von etw. abschrecken lassen replacement rate: the total fertility rate at which women give birth to enough children to sustain population levels Reproduktionsniveau, „Bestanderhaltungsniveau“ Unit 4 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv