Natalia's Hard Core Vocab Exam | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Hauptelement

key element

a feeling of great respect sometimes mixed with fear or surprise

awe / 'As children we were rather in awe of our grandfather.'

Lyrik, Poesie

poetry

Spannung

suspense

hier: etw. anwenden

to employ something

the fact of trying to hide your real feelings, character, or intentions

dissimulation / 'He was capable of great dissimulation and hypocrisy.'

Hass

hatred

Schauerroman

Gothic novel

Briefroman

epistolary novel

Lösung / 'Die Friedensverhandlungen führten zur Lösung des Konflikts.'

resolution / 'The peace talks led to the resolution of the conflict.'

Untertreibung

understatement

unerwartete Wendung

twist

laughing at somebody in an unfriendly way

mockery act / 'Bill's mockery of his dad was cruel, but it made us laugh.'

to put something in a certain place

deposit

willingness to take risks

audacity

the end of a story, in which everything is explained, or the end result of a situation

denouement

Lektüre

perusal

the ability to judge correctly what is going to happen in the future and plan your actions based on this knowledge

foresight / 'She'd had the foresight to sell her apartment just before the housing market collapsed.'

cautious (synonym)

wary

etw. schildern / beschreiben

to depict something

Vorgriff, Vorwegnahme

anticipation

a large bird with almost no feathers on its head or neck, that eats the flesh of dead animals

vulture

Handlungsablauf

sequence of events

Betrug / jdn. betrügen

deceit / to deceive

to make something such as a feeling less sharp and strong, or to become less sharp and strong

dull / 'Many people use alcohol to dull their pain.'

to do something unexpected that surprises and sometimes worries a person or animal

to startle / 'The noise of the car startled the birds and the whole flock flew up into the air.'

Tragödie

tragedy

allwissend

omniscient

great care and attention

caution / 'We need to proceed with caution (= be careful in taking action, making decisions, etc.)

Höhepunkt

climax

an uncomfortable feeling of nervousness or worry about something that is happening or might happen in the future

anxiety / 'Children normally feel a lot of anxiety about their first day at school.'

Vorsichtsmassnahme

precaution

jds. Gefühle lenken

to direct someone's feelings

geeignet, passend

appropriate

Krimi (informal term)

whodunit

to hide your real intentions and feelings or the facts

dissemble / 'He accused the government of dissembling.'

to feel comfortable

to be at ease

very great sadness, especially at the death of someone

grief / 'Her grief at her son's death was terrible.'

Ehrgeiz

ambition

unauffällig, zurückhaltend

unobtrusive / 'Make-up this season is unobtrusive and natural-looking.'

Roman

novel

revealing a secret

tell-tale

phantasievoll

imaginative

a deep, long sound showing great pain or unhappiness

groan / 'We could hear the groans of the wounded soldiers.'

Erzählprosa

narrative

the speed at which someone walk, runs, or moves

pace

Handlung

plot

unerwartete Wende

unexpected twist

to breath in suddenly in a way that can be heard, especially because you are surprised or in pain

gasp

behaviour (synonym) Eg. 'Mind your _______________s!'

manner / 'Mind your manners!'

Schauplatz, Zeit und Ort der Handlung

setting

Stilmittel

stylistic device

Ich-Erzähler(in)

first-person narrator

Er-Erzähler / Sie-Erzählerin

third-person narrator

Wendepunkt

turning point

Bestandteil, Merkmal

ingredient

to stop something

cease / 'The company has decided to cease all UK operations after this year.'

eine Veränderung durchmachen

to undergo a change

piece of land and all the buildings on it

premises

etw. erfordern

to require something

Gattung

genre

extremely ugly or bad

hideous / 'They've just built some hideous new apartment blocks on the seafront.'

to laugh quietly

chuckle / 'She was chuckling as she read the letter.'

Thema

subject

Rückblende

flashback

Geheimnis

mystery

Rache

revenge

sich mit jdm. identifizieren

to identify with someone

act of hiding

concealment

Glaube

faith

jdm. ermöglichen etw. zu tun

to enable someone to do something / 'Computerization should enable us to cut production costs by half.'

von etw. ausgehen / Vermutung

to assume / assumption

Schicksal

fate

great suffering

agony / She lay there screaming in agony.