WORD  LIST (3)                   Preuß Texterschließung  WS 2005/2006                              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)  

                                                            SCHOOL & EDUCATION (2)

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