1) to
have a profound impact on
2) the
quality of European life
3) the
shape or European thought
4) raw
↔ rough
5) (a
… place) requiring the civilizing hand of European man
6)
others pronounced it (= the New World)
7)
unspoiled (here)
8) (all)
were very nearly mesmerized by it
9) (a fabulous) place
10) its
treasure and potential far exceeding
11) in
time (here)
12)
incredible promise
13)
found it most fully realized
14)
abundance
(adj.
abundant, useful expression: to make sth. abundantly clear)
15) to
combine
16)
spectacularly successful
17) one
(= a civilization) committed to
18)
apparently
19) to
sustain
(sustainable,
sustainability: nachhaltig,Nachhaltigkeit)
20) a
society of opportunity and freedom for all
21) with
the making of a successful revolution
22) the
special virtues
23) came
to be viewed
24) (not
simply) as an emanation of place
(verb:
to emanate from)
25) (but)
as a function of politics
26) for
the republican order seemed
27) (seemed)
simultaneously to confirm and amplify
28)
American freedoms (!)
29) …
redeem (Europe) from the lassitude of
30) (if)
much of the impact on … occurred
31) at
the level of idea and inspiration
32) the
imperialism of the 1890s joined with
33)
America’s presence in the (?) world affairs
34) to
transform into (“a presence”)
35) which was hard, tangible and real
36)
European observers noted with concern
37) the
rise of this new constellation
38) in
the heavens of their world
39) the
American peril
40) the
emergence of America
41) to
turn on (here)
42) the
antics of
43) an
exuberant chief executive
44)
maturing economic order
45) the
appeal of American popular culture
46) at
once (here)
47) to
make sth. tributary to (formal)
Montezuma
II (1466 – 1520)
Aztec emperor 1502 – 1520. The last ruler of the Aztec empire in Mexico, he
was defeated and imprisoned by the Spanish under Cortés in 1519. He was killed
while trying to pacify some of his former subjects during an uprising against
his captors.
Kingdom
of Saguenay, a
mythical kingdom filled with gold and gemstones that the French explorer Jacques
Cartier (1491 – 1557) hoped to find; said to be situated along both
shores of the Saguenay river in Quebec.
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