WS 2011/2012                       exam translation (advanced)           text 8: word list

1) commitment / to be committed to / non-committal
    
film /movie THE COMMITMENTS: 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxc8Sm0nXpE  "Mustang Sally": lyrics
2) to disburse / noun: disbursement
3) outlook (on/for)                         the outlook (for tomorrow): ~ the probable weather
4) momentous (decision/event/occasion)                             cf: momentum: to gather/gain/lose momentum
5) follower                noun: a) (a huge) following    b) the following (is a summary of)/(have been chosen)
    song: "A dedicated follower of fashion" (The Kinks): www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQAR-nx4w88
6) imposition on / to impose on
7) to cease / ceaseless / unceasing / cessation / incessant / cease-fire
8) remediable/remedial/the remedy/to remedy
9) pamphlet/pamphleteer
10) to depict/depiction
11) to plunge                                IDIOM: to take the plunge        (cf informal: “to tie the knot”)

12) utopia (etc.): Thomas Morus/Sir Thomas More (etc.): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia

13) template
14) the Welfare State: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_state
15) the aid/to aid                                          informal (BrE): useful expression:“what’s that in aid of”
16) equalisation/to equalize/equaliser
17) to relieve/debt relief
18) to alleviate
19) famine/to be famished
20) charity/charitable                                           SAYING: “Charity begins at home.”
21) start-up resources
22) 19th-century Poor Law:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Law 
23) in terms of: A VERY USEFUL EXPRESSION!!!
24) abolition of/to abolish/ ~ to do away with/”abolitionist”
25) to be stuck in a time-warp  cf:“Let’s do the time warp again”:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6827163268088648679#  &  lyrics                                             
26) a/the means to something/a means of doing something/a means to an end/(the means test)
27) to keep at bay
28) an end to something
29) only ….   followed by INVERSION!
30) a set of proposal
31) outlined in/to outline/the outline
32) Beveridge Report:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beveridge
33) to build upon
34) consensual                                                      but: “consenting” as in “consenting adult”(!)
35) in relation to ~ with regard to
36) thinking has barely yet accepted
37) recipient/to receive/reception/receptive/received wisdom/RP etc. informal:“(to be at/on) at the receiving end”
38) to empower                                                                                 cf:“Acer Empowering Technology”
39) visionary: “the vision thing” www.askoxford.com/worldofwords/quotations/phrasefable/visionthing/?view=uk  
40) a politics

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