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Questions and Answers List

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Question	Answer
to launch, to bump, to initiate, to start	anstoßen
to comprehend, to grasp (mentally), to conceive (comprehend), to understand	nachvollziehen, begreifen, fassen
the insane asylum	die Klapse
to beat down, to thrash	prügeln
the camera	die Kamera, der Fotoapparat
to befall (someone...or to happen to someone)	widerfahren
elaborate (cooking, design, ceremony), costly, lavish	aufwendig
flexible	wendig, nachgiebig
the abyss	der Abgrund
the contractor, the contract worker, the agency worker	der Leiharbeiter
the patio recliner, the sun bed, the sun lounger	die Sonnenliege
the heir to the throne	der Thronfolger
the file (tool)	die Feile
the snippet, the neckline, the excerpt, the cutout	der Ausschnitt
the (unmarked) ballot, the poll (survey), the reconciliation (financial)	die Abstimmung
to cut and paste	ausschneiden und einfügen
to insert	einfügen, einlegen
to add, to append	hinzufügen, ergänzen
to sack, to dismiss, to let go, to fire	entlassen, rausschmeißen (ugs), schassen (ugs), hinauswerfen (ugs), feuern (ugs)
the circulation (of a newspaper), the constraint, the requirement (to be tested for covid)	die Auflage
to grab, to grasp, to grip	greifen, fassen
to seize, to grasp (physically)	ergreifen
the rate, the pace (but not a literal step), the tissue (brand name)	das Tempo
the pathogen (ex. virus)	der Erreger
the deputy, the proxy, the substitute	der Stellvertreter
to estimate, to appreciate, to guess, to value	schätzen
unrealistic	irreal
currently, for now	zurzeit (informal), derzeit (formal)
the imagination, the idea	die Vorstellung
to revamp, to reshape, to remodel	umgestalten
the consideration (in a contract), the quid pro quo, the counterperformance	die Gegenleistung
to suppress, to oppress, to quell, to stifle	unterdrücken
to stack wood, to pile up wood	Holz stapeln
to snow	schneien
the slammer, the pen, the jail (informal), the prison (informal)	der Knast
the prison (formal)	das Gefängnis
renewable energy	erneuerbare Energie
to renew	erneuern
the windmill, the wind turbine	das Windrad
the petroleum	das Erdöl, das Rohbenzin
the natural gas	das Erdgas, das Naturgas
the geothermal energy	die Erdwärme
the heating oil	das Heizöl
the water power	die Wasserkraft
to heat, to stoke	heizen
to burn up (as fuel), to burn through (supplies, e.g.)	verfeuern
to burn	brennen, feuern
the fuel (to make something move)	der Treibstoff
the fuel (to heat something)	der Brennstoff
the solar energy farm, the solar array	die Solaranlage
to produce (biological offspring or anything else), to generate, to cause	erzeugen
to last, to take time, to endure	dauern
the energy transition	die Energiewende
the turn, the change in direction, the reversal, the transition	die Wende
even on a small scale	auch im Kleinen
the solar panel	der Sonnenkollektor