1) proper (postpositive)
2) short-term, mid-term, long-term
3) Roman
BUT: Romanesque
4) trait
5) prominent
6) to venture cf:
venture capital
7) approach
8) solid
9) notorious noun:
notoriety
10) common sense (FALSE FRIEND!)
BUT: www.dict.cc/?s=Gemeinsinn
MORE
FALSE FRIENDS: meaning/alley/sensible/eventual(ly)/actual(ly)/public
school [GB]
– public
school
[US]/warehouse/undertaker/
please check! receipt/isolated/self-conscious/formula/tablet/cloister/spanner(!)
etc.etc.etc. cf Parkes/Cornell I/II/III
E -D: www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/words/false_friends.htm
D-E: www.englisch-hilfen.de/words/false_friends.htm
wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_friend
NEW: False Friends. A Short
Dictionary (Reclam) www.reclam.de/detail/978-3-15-019756-1
11)
to lack in noun: a lack in
12) to enumerate noun: enumeration
13) vivid
14) fanciful
15) nimble-witted
16) (to be) quick in (or: on) the uptake
17) to pursue (sth) noun:
the pursuit
cf:
“trivial pursuit”: wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trivial_Pursuit
wepsite:
“… the pursuit of happiness”
18) to blend noun:
the blend
19) to merge noun: the merger
20) disconcerting
21) subtle noun:
subtlety
22) exasperating
23) preconceived [opinion etc.]
The “Englishman”: here “the English gentleman”
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