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216 Vocabulary to align with sth. mit etw. im Einklang stehen, sich mit etw. decken 11 tailor-made for … It’s a role tailor-made for Benedict Cumberbatch. maßgeschneidert für …, zugeschnitten auf … low-key I’d like to keep the wedding a low-key affair. ungezwungen, gelassen; einfach gehalten 13 to mediate [ }mi:dieçt ] She said the EU should mediate between Russia and its neighbours. vermitteln mediator Vermittler/in, Mediator/in 14 at the suggestion of sb. I went to the River Street dentist’s at Kim’s suggestion. auf jmds. Anraten/Anregung feud [ fju:d ] : an angry and often violent argument between two people or groups that has existed for a long time Fehde to put up with sth. How can you put up with all his nagging? etw. hinnehmen/dulden, sich mit etw. abfinden to sort out sth. If we hadn’t sorted out our differences, we couldn’t have worked as a team again. etw. klären/lösen to keep up sth. Keep up the good work! etw. beibehalten to face up to sth. He’ll have to face up to the fact that he might not become the next Picasso. etw. ins Auge sehen, sich etw. stellen 27 to be compensated for sth. für etw. entschädigt werden to be entitled to sth. The people are entitled to the truth! ein Anrecht/einen Anspruch auf etw. haben 29 perception Wahrnehmung 30 alumni [ ‹}lUmnaç ] association Vereinigung Ehemaliger Unit 8 1 surveillance [ s‹}veçl‹ns ] Überwachung loitering Herumlungern (mit kriminellen Absichten) 2 CCTV: (short for) closed-circuit television Videoüberwachung to watch over sb./sth. The princess has three bodyguards watching over her day and night. über jmdn./etw. wachen under surveillance The police have kept them under surveillance because of the heightened concern about terror attacks. unter Beobachtung to spy on sb. jmdm. nachspionieren to discourage sb. from doing sth. We started this campaign to discourage teenagers from smoking. jmdn. davon abhalten, etw. zu tun to capture sth. No other photo better captures the mood of the time. hier: etw. einfangen/ aufzeichnen distrust [ dç}strUst ] She has a deep distrust of the press. Misstrauen infringement [ çn}frçndJm‹nt ] of privacy Verletzung der Privatsphäre to invade sth. I don’t want my privacy invaded by the government. hier: in etw. eindringen 3 to fumble in one’s pockets in seinen Taschen kramen to be oblivious to sth. He kept talking, oblivious to his son’s growing discomfort. sich einer Sache nicht bewusst sein, etw. nicht bemerken/wahrnehmen to hone sth. Her acting skills were honed by years of stage work in New York. etw. verfeinern, etw. verbessern/ perfektionieren to allay [ ‹}leç ] sb.’s suspicions jmds. Argwohn zertreuen to be on (day/night) shift (Tag-/Nacht-)Schicht haben to rampage [ rém}peçdJ ] Several hundred demonstrators rampaged through the town. randalieren, wüten forecourt Vorhof/Vorplatz fly-tipping illegales Müllabladen traffic congestion Verkehrsstau separation of powers Gewaltentrennung to smack of sth. This behaviour smacks of racial profiling, if you ask me! nach etw. riechen, den Beigeschmack von etw. haben piecemeal They have so far taken a piecemeal approach to dealing with the financial crisis. stückweise, kleinteilig; hier: unsystematisch pragmatism Throughout her career, she has impressed voters with her refreshing mix of intelligence and ideology-free pragmatism. Handlungsbezogenheit, Pragmatismus sinister [ }sçnçst‹ ] There was something sinister about the way he looked at me. unheimlich the House of Lords das (britische) Oberhaus regulatory framework Ordnungsrahmen, rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen the Home Office das Innenministerium singular eigenartig, sonderbar; einzigartig paltry [ }pO:ltri ] She raised her children on her paltry wages from a furniture factory. armselig, erbärmlich, dürftig prosecution [ ]prüsç}kju:S‹n ] Strafverfolgung 4 burglary Einbruch(diebstahl) vandalism (vorsätzliche) Sachbe- schädigung, Vandalismus riot [ }raç‹t ] Krawall, Aufstand, Aufruhr to busk She started her musical career busking on the streets of Sydney. Straßenmusik machen mugging (Straßen-)Raub shoplifting Ladendiebstahl squatting illegales Hausbesetzen 9 over the top (coll.) I think his performance went way over the top. übertrieben, zu viel des Guten ludicrous [ }lu:dçkr‹s ] She looked ludicrous in that outfit! lächerlich, absurd out of proportion His reaction was out of proportion. unverhältnismäßig, in keinem Verhältnis a sensible idea eine vernünftige Sache/ Angelegenheit 14 cyberbullying Cybermobbing 17 abandoned verlassen, leer stehend sense of community Gemeinschaftsgefühl Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum de Verlags öbv