WS 2011/2012                         exam translation (advanced)                text #1: word list    

1) by:  by Friday etc.              “The only person who had his work done by Friday was ……………………”
2) "The English
public school is called English because  .................  school because   ............... public because ..............." (JOKE!)
3) close-knit
4) to be obsessed
with, by [obsessive/obsession]
5) 
fervent/fervid/fervo(u)r
6) to be geared to (doing)

7) hardihood: ALD (dated) boldness, daring     Random House: hardy spirit or character; determination to survive; fortitude (etc.)
8) dormitory/dorm      
[BE versus AE: check with www.leo.org & www.dict.cc]
9) lavatory [
BE versus AE: check with www.leo.org & www.dict.cc]
10) games:  the games master

11) to abide by
                                        abiding:  an abiding  impression/friendship
12) religiouslya) very carefully and regularly   b) in a way that is connected with religion

13) to be initiated into sth.                       people: the initiated
14) fag (!)
[BE versus AE: check with www.leo.org & www.dict.cc]    
15) corporate
                                        corporate identity/logo//CEO of a corporation
16) to aid in (doing)
17) to squeal
                                         ANIMAL FARM (Orwell): "squealer"
18) phlegmatic
: (of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition    cf. "to keep a stiff upper lip" (idiom) [see #30 below]
19) anguish
20) to overlap
 
21) to reinforce
                                  reinforced steel
22) taste
                                            to be in good/bad taste // there is no accounting for taste(s) // to leave a bad/nasty taste in the mouth
23) to credit  with
24) (to put  sb.  on  his/her  honour)
25) to foster
                                                                         foster-child
26) an air of

27) superior
(noun: PERSON)                                             superior        inferior  (adjectice)
28) subordinate
(noun/adjective)
29) phlegm 
[see #18 above]
30) stiff upper lip 
[see #18 above]
31) (inculcation)/to inculcate sth.  in/into sb    or:  sb with sth (fml) 

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