WS 2006/2007                              Preuß Texterschließung                       word list, text 11

1) agenda

2) insistent ↔ instant

3) to blacken/blackening

4) is painted

5) darkly (governed by)

6) hood/hooded (HERE) Inquisition                                                Monty Python: the Spanish Inquisition

7) populace

8) serf

9) touched by

10) at every turn

11) devious ↔ devilish                                                                     Monty Python: “Mr Devious”

12) assassin of Collins

13) deliberately crafted

14) grim                                                                                             the “Grim Reaper”

15) “repressive”

16) ardent(ly)

17) passionate(ly)

18) fierce(ly)

19) to curry favour with

19) to reckon

21) revenue

22) library committee

23) in their thousands

24) to submit

25) Censorship Board

26) in the public realm

27) calumny [kAl6mni]                                                               verb: to calumniate (formal!)

28) baloney

29) ever (underlined)

30) trading and working exchanges

31) salient aspect(s)/point(s)                                                                 from Latin: “salire”

32) free-floating

33) to settle on

34) crystal-gazing

35) tree-hugging

36) consumerism

37) eventually (FALSE FRIEND)

38) nerve (HERE)

39) affirmation          cf: affirmative action ~ “positive discrimination” // (to answer etc.) in the affirmative

back to Texterschließung WS 2006/2007, index           8 Irish jokes: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8            Tom Lehrer: The Irish Ballad

back to homepage

THE BOTTOM LINE THE BOTTOM LINE THE BOTTOM LINE THE BOTTOM LINE THE BOTTOM LINE THE BOTTOM LINE THE BOTTOM LINE