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level: Level 8

Questions and Answers List

level questions: Level 8

Question	Answer
the partial victory	der Etappensieg
to find (ex. to find one in good spirits), (to encounter)	antreffen
the swab (for a lab test), the smear (for a lab test)	der Abstrich
palpable, physical, violent, flagrant	handgreiflich
the frenzy	die Raserei, der Rausch
disposable	wegwerfbar, Einweg-
fluffy	flauschig
the blade	die Klinge
the precision	die Genauigkeit
to be very precise	ganz genau nehmen
precision (adj, ex. precision German engineering)	feinmechanisch
the uncertainty	die Ungewissheit, die Unsicherheit, die Verunsicherung
to arm (ex. the military)	bewaffnen, aufrüsten, rüsten
to bang, to crack, to pop	knallen
the bang	der Knall
the attack	der Überfall, der Anschlag, der Anfall
the addition, the supplement	der Zusatz
to intercept	abfangen
to carry on (ex. the family tradition)	weitertragen
the grouch	der Muffel (ugs), der Miesepeter (ugs)
quite, thoroughly, throughout	durchaus
virtually (ie nearly, almost...ex. I was virtually done)	nahezu
to discuss	besprechen, erörtern, diskutieren
arbitrary	beliebig
lying around (adj...ex. some lying around debris)	herumliegend
by day, during the day	tagsüber
to play violin	geigen
to exert (ex. power), to wield	ausüben
sheer, bare	blank
the hallucination, the delusion	die Wahnvorstellung
to object	widersprechen, einwenden
bottomless (ex. bottomless pit, bottomless drinks)	unversieglich
the departure (of a person. Ex. Trump from office)	der Weggang, der Abgang
the carriage (ex. horse-drawn)	die Kutsche
presidential (ex. presidential library, to act 'presidential')	präsidial
the tenet, the policy, the principle	der Grundsatz
the alliance	die Verbindung, das Bündnis
the orator, the speaker	der Redner, die Rednerin
to call out (sb), to tell off (sb), to read the riot act to (sb)(lit. to read Levites to sb)	die Leviten lesen
the envoy (ex. John Kerry as special envoy for the climate)	der Gesandter
to subordinate (sth/sb to sth/sb)	unterordnen
the baptism	die Taufe
nagging (ex. nagging insecurity), tortuous	quälend
the coup	der Putsch
the mashed potatoes (singular in German)	der Kartoffelstampf
to stamp, to stomp	stampfen
the stepfather	der Stiefvater
the stepmother	die Stiefmutter
thus, thereby, in this way, as a result	dadurch
to match, to go together	zusammenpassen (trennbar)