WS 2006                              Preuß Texterschließung                   Text 5: word list

1) conscious                       FALSE FRIEND: self-conscious

2) given

3) circulation
4) to fall decidedly short of a million                        cf. "nothing short of"
5) to contrive/contrived                                          noun: contrivance
7) to persist/persistent/persistence
8) letter page  ≈  letter(s) to the editor
9) the  review/to review
10) such reviewing as it does (irony!)
11) to dismiss as
12) to serve a function/purpose etc.
13) caprice

14) canny                       uncanny                              BUT: cunning

15) in the world of triumphant modernity
16) quantity-addicted
17) I mean = I mean to say
18) to discern                                                          adj. discerning: a discerning art critic

19) genuine
20) MISPRINT: the guide[s] disappears too

21) to respond to/response

22) to appeal to/the appeal/appealing
23) effectively  ≈  in effect
24) to look after                                                       BUT: to look for
25) high-brow [or: highbrow]      →   middlebrow    →   lowbrow
26) aegis
27) a reading from St Matthew
28) distinctive
29) to go about one's business
30) The Times Literary Supplement = TLS                                         cf: The Times Educational Supplement = TES
31) as I write
32) to make a point of      ...ing
33) to testify
34) the late (!) W.H. Auden  [W(ystan) H(ugh) Auden: 1907 – 1973: English poet in the U.S.]
35) (to give) a full account of
36) plight                                                                                             BUT: blight
37) constatation: VERY RARE!!!                                                       cf. German: “konstatieren”
38) by reason of
39) daily/dailies   →  weekly/weeklies  →    fortnightly/fortnightlies  →       monthly/monthlies
40) formidable
41) to portend (formal)       noun: the portent (literary)
42) to tell (here)
43) to prompt
44) disposition (here: legal)
45) cogency/cogent
46) implicit(ly)                                                                                        cf. to imply/implication
47) to repudiate        noun: repudiation
48) both …. and
49) touch (here)
50) sensibility                                                      sensitivity                                 sensible ↔  sensitive

some links:  a) http://newslink.org  [newspapers, magazines worldwide]        b) www.guardian.co.uk         c)www.nytimes.com
                     d) www.washingtonpost.com         e) www.newyorker.com           f) www.timesonline.co.uk        etc. etc. etc.

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