S 2006/2007                                     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 , COMMA
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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