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The man and the myth
Shakespeare
| Word/phrase | Usage/memory aid | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| balding | - Someone who is balding is beginning to lose the hair on the tip of ther head - ->bald (adj): to go bald (eine Glatze bekommen); a bald patch | mit schütterem Haar |
| the Bard | Shakespeare is also known as the Bard or the Bard of Avon. Some scholars just call him Will. | berühmter Dichter |
| to dye | - People like to dye their hair when it turns grey - dye (n) | färben |
| glover | - The trade of a glover today usually concentrates on the area of design and development - -> a pair of golves (n) | Handschuhmacher |
| to knock sb. dead (infml) | What a great script! This will really knock them dead. | jdn. umwerfen/vom Hocker reissen |
| lawsuit | If you have a dispute with a travel agent about an awful holiday, you can bring a lawsuit against the firm. | Rechtssteitigkeit; Gerichtsverfahren; Klage |
| mansion | - In former times, noblemen used to live in mansions, often surrounded by a park - manor house | Villa; Herrschaftshaus |
| plot | - a secret plan to do something illegal or to make someone else suffer - -> to plot (v): Richard plotted to get everybody out of his way | Verschwörung |
| prosperous | - He's the founder of a prosperous enterprise - -> to prosper (v); prosperity (n) | blühend; erfolgreich; wohlhabend |
| to purchase | - Shakespeare purchased land near his birthplace and a huge house in London before he died - -> purchase (n), date of purchase | kaufen; erwerben |
| scholar | - somebody who studies a subject in great depth - a Shakespeare/Latin/religious scholar | Gelehrte/r; Wissenschaftler/in; Forscher/in |
| to sell at auction | - Sotheby's and Christie's are famous for their auctions of works of art - -> to auction (v) | versteigern |
| serene | - The Chandos portrait shows Shakespeare as a man with a very serene expression on his face - -> serenity (n) | gelassen; ruhig |
| shareholder | a person who has invested money in a firm | Anteilseigner; Aktienbesitzer |
| spectacle | a public event with a high degree of entertainment for the masses | Spektakel; Schauspiel |
| storyteller | In Shakespeare's times people who told popular stories were very famous as books were extremely rare and expensive. | Geschichtenerzähler |
| adversary (fml) | - opponent or enemy - In the War of the Roses the houses of York and Lancaster were adversaries | Gegner |
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Holbein
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