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remote |
far from towns or other places where people live [= isolated] entlegen, abgeschieden |
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skyscraper |
a very tall modern city building Wolkenkratzer |
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no-go area |
an area that people should not go to because it is very dangerous Gebiet das man meiden sollte, weil es zu gefährlich ist |
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compact |
packed or put together firmly and closely dicht, gedrängt |
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residential area |
a residential part of a town consists of private houses, with no offices or factories [↪ suburban] Wohnlage |
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sprawling |
spreading over a wide area in an untidy or unattractive way sich über ein Gebiet hinstrecken |
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to venture |
to go somewhere that could be dangerous unternehmen, riskieren |
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row |
a situation in which people disagree strongly about important public matters [= controversy] Aufruhr |
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outcry |
an angry protest by a lot of ordinary people Aufschrei |
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source |
the cause of something, especially a problem, or the place where it starts Quelle, Herkunft |
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controversies |
a serious argument about something that involves many people and continues for a long time Debatten |
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movement |
a group of people who share the same ideas or beliefs and who work together to achieve a particular aim Bewegung |
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agreement |
an arrangement or promise to do something, made by two or more people, companies, organizations etc Abmachung, Einigung |
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benefit |
an advantage, improvement, or help that you get from something Vorteil, Gewinn |
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campaign |
a series of actions intended to achieve a particular result relating to politics or business, or a social improvement Kampagne, Aktion |
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vary |
if several things of the same type vary, they are all different from each other variieren |
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pressure |
events or conditions that cause changes and affect the way a situation develops, especially in economics or politics Druck |
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regenerate |
to make something develop and grow strong again umgestalten, erneuern |
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succeed |
to do what you tried or wanted to do erfolgreich sein |
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a critic |
someone who criticizes a person, organization, or idea Kritiker |
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publicise |
to give information about something to the public, so that they know about it publizieren, veröffentlichen |
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anxious |
anxiety bestrebt, bemüht |
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controversy |
a serious argument about something that involves Meinungsverschiedenheit, Diskussion |
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finance |
the management of money by governments, large organizations Finanzen, Finanzierung |
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insulting |
very rude and offensive to someone beleidigend |
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publicity |
the business of making sure that people know about a new product Werbung |
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sth. is steeped in |
to have a lot of a particular quality von etwas durchdrungen sein |
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look out across the skyline of the city |
the shape made by hills or buildings against the sky hinaus über die Silhouette der Stadt schauen / Horizont |
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to be provincial |
old-fashioned and not interested in anything new or different kleinstädtisch, provinziell sein |
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to be off the beaten track |
a place that is off the beaten track is not well known and is far away from the places that people usually visit abseits vom Rummel sein |
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to live up to the hype |
attempts to make people think something is good or important by talking about it a lot on television, the radio dem Medienrummel gerecht werden |
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to be jetting off for somewhere |
to travel by plane, especially to many different places davondüsen |
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equivalent |
something that has the same value, purpose, job etc as something else Pendant |
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to be worn out |
very tired because you have been working hard erschöpft sein |
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twin town |
a town that has formed a relationship with a similar town in another country in order to encourage visits between them Städtepartnerschaft |
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an eyesore |
something that is very ugly, especially a building surrounded by other things that are not ugly unschöner Anblick |
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to foster |
to help a skill, feeling, idea etc develop over a period of time fördern |
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to have links with sb. |
a relationship or connection between two or more people, countries, organizations Mit jemandem einen Kontakt hegen |
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to line someone’s own pockets |
to make yourself richer, especially by doing something dishonest in die eigene Tasche wirtschaften |
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warfare |
a continuous and often violent struggle or argument between different groups Krieg |
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widespread |
a continuous and often violent struggle or argument between different groups weitverbreitet |
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outskirts |
the parts of a town or city that are furthest from the centre Außenbezirke, Randgebiet |
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makeshift shacks |
made to be used for a short time only when nothing better is available notdürftige Hütten |
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bow to |
to finally agree to do something that people want you to do, even though you do not want to do it sich beugen, unterwerfen |
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reverse |
to change something, such as a decision, judgment, or process so that it is the opposite of what it was before entgegengesetzt, umgekehrt |
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a dump |
informal a place that is unpleasant to live in because it is dirty, ugly, untidy Müllhalde |
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emerged |
to appear or come out from somewhere aufgetaucht |
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infighting |
when members of the same group or organization argue, or compete with each other in an unfriendly way interne Streitigkeiten |
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momentum |
the ability to keep increasing, developing, or being more successful Impuls |
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the peak |
the time when something or someone is best, greatest, highest, most successful Höhepunkt |
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peter out |
to gradually become smaller, less, weaker etc and then come to an end auslaufen, versanden |
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to be dogged by |
if a problem or bad luck dogs you, it causes trouble for a long time verfolgt sein |
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detract |
make something seem less good abziehen, entziehen |
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erupt |
if fighting, violence, noise etc erupts, it starts suddenly hervorbrechen, ausbrechen |
