SS 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 guides 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

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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