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Scotland - text
An independent Scotland - Bianca Stoll
| English | Definition | German |
|---|---|---|
| trade goods | things a country exports or imports like fruit or clothes | Handelsgüter, Handelswaren |
| tuition fees | money payed for going to a college | Studiengebühren |
| thistle | a plant with tiny thorns / a prickly plant | die Distel |
| day in the sun | receiving appreciation and attention | Anerkennung und Aufmerksamkeit erhalten |
| to thrive | to grow, flourish, prosper | aufblühen, Erfolg haben |
| an attempt | a try | ein Versuch |
| a ballot | a vote | die Abstimmung |
| to back sth./sb. | to support | jemanden/etwas unterstützen |
| opinion poll | survey about people´s opinion | Meinungsumfrage |
| to conduct | to run or oversee (a survey) | führen, leiten; durchführen |
| administration | government | Verwaltung |
| issue | question, problem | Thema, Angelegenheit |
| devolution | to give power to sb. | die Übertragung von Macht(z.b. im Parlament) |
| to retain | to keep sth. | etw. aufbewahren, behalten |
| currency | money | Währung |
| to hold a referendum | if people vote on a certain issue | eine Volksabstimmung durchführen, ein Referendum abhalten |
| tapping of natural resources | to make use of things like oil, metal and ore, water | das Erschließen natürlicher Ressourcen |
| First Minister | Scottish equivalent to the Britsh Prime Minister | Erster Minister |
| the Danube | It arises from the Black Forest; a big river running from Germany all the way to the Black Sea | die Donau |