WORD  LIST (3)                   Preuß Texterschließung  WS 2006/2007                              Text 3

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       [US usage!]
9) games:  the games master
10) to abide by                                        abiding:  an abiding  impression/friendship
11) religiously:  a)very carefully and regularly   b) in a way that is connected with religion
12) to be initiated into sth.                       people: the initiated
13) fag (!) [cf. text 1, word list: GB < > US]
14) corporate                                        corporate identity/logo//CEO of a corporation
15) to aid in (doing)
16) to squeal                                         ANIMAL FARM (Orwell): "squealer"
17) phlegmatic: (of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly cal disposition      cf. "to keep a stiff upper lip" (idiom) [see #29 below]
18) anguish
19) to overlap [cf. text 1, word list #14]
20) to reinforce                                  reinforced steel
21) taste                                            to be in good/bad taste // there is no accounting for taste(s) // to leave a bad/nasty taste in the mouth
22) to credit  with
23) (to put  sb.  on  his/her  honour)
24) to foster                                                                         foster-child
25) an air of
26) superior (noun: PERSON)                                             superior   ↔     inferior  (adjectice)
27) subordinate (noun/adjective)
28) phlegm:  see  #17 above
29) stiff upper lip:  see   #17 above#17 above
30) (inculcation)/to inculcate sth.  in/into sb    or:  sb with sth (fml) 

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