SS 2005                                     Preuß Texterschließung                    Text 4: word list

1) melting-pot  ≈  salad bowl (cf. “tossed salad”)

2)... coming as they do

3) the sum total

4) the common wealth: 2 separate words  ↔  the Commonwealth: one word

5) to furnish

6) upon visiting our shores

7) after all [,]

8) supposedly  ≈  alleged(ly)

9) to disclose                                                     cf. undisclosed (adj.)

10) meagre [BrE]/meager [AmE]

11) utterance/to utter/utter [adj.], utterly

12) the groan/to groan

13) noise: to make ... noises

14) shades of intonation/shades of meaning

15) if the audience is to understand the speaker

16) the larger fabric of

17) forefathers  ≈  ancestors

18) to act upon sth.

19) approach

20) hint: to drop a hint

21) suggestion

22) gaunt

23) keen

24) witty  ↔  funny

25) audacious/audacity

26) to emerge  ↔  to submerge

27) impromptu  ≈  improvised

28) to be subject

29) drawing room (formal or old-fashioned): to conduct a drawing room conversation

30) at first, but then                                                                            first(ly), second(ly)... .finally

  31) to object to                           In the courtroom: “Objection, your Hon(o)ur” A: s________ed   B: o________ed

32) to slough off  [PRONUNCIATION!]              BUT: slough  ≈  swamp, bog    cf. Slough (town)

33) impedimenta [LATIN]                                                                 to impede/impediment

34) to unveil/the veil/veiled

35) amiable

36) discourse

37) to be conversant with (formal)

38) tongue

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