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UK-Britishness
Guardian Article: State of the Union - Alena Rössle
| Term | Definition / Synonym / etc. | German |
|---|---|---|
| survey | >>A detailed study to get data on attitudes, impressions, opinions, etc. | Umfrage |
| reluctant | >hesitatant, unwilling | ungern, zögern |
| mordant media | >>to represent (something) in a way much worse than it actually is >sarcastic | sarkastisch, scharf, beißend |
| urgency | >importance ><unimportance | Dringlichkeit |
| to conjure up sth. | >bring to mind, create | heraufbeschwören, zaubern |
| misfit | >outsider, nerd >>A person, who is not accepted by the society, because he/she does things in another way than they like | Außenseiter |
| to loathe sb./sth. | >to hate someone, to dislike a person, to have a strong aversion to sb. | verabscheuen, nicht mögen |
| to eulogise | >to praise | preisen, schätzen |
| lunacy | >craziness | Wahnsinn |
| deferential | >respectful | respektvoll |
| to be wary of doing sth | >careful | sich hüten etwas zu tun, vorsichtig sein |
| to engage in | >to deal with, occupy | beschäftigen, auseinandersetzen |