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great suffering
Elend
misery
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a big jump
Sprung, Satz
leap
-
sprunghaft
by/ in leaps and bounds
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to not have sth. that you need, or not have enough of it
etw. nicht haben; nicht genug von etw. haben
to lack sth.
-
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the deliberate murder of a whole group or race of people
Völkermord
genocide
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done without thinking abount what harm an action might cause
unüberlegt; unbedacht; wahllos; willkürlich
indiscriminate
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not practical and based on unreasonable hopes of improving the world
schwärmerisch; unrealistisch; naiv
quixotic
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the seeds of crops such as corn, wheat, or rice that are gathered for use as food
Korn; Getreide
grain
-
lack
Knappheit, Mangel
shortage (of)
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to say or think that sb. is responsable for sth. bad
jem. die Schuld an etw. geben
to blame sb. for sth.
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to intensify sth.
etw. steigern, verstärken, erhöhen
to heighten sth.
-
the use of threats or orders to make sb. do sth. they do not want to do
Zwang, Nötigung
coercion
-
to publish sth.
etw. veröffentlichen, herausbringen
to release sth.
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a general description or report about a particular subject or situation
Untersuchung, Studie, Übersicht
survey
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to make a book, list, record etc. using different pieces of information
etw. zusammentragen, sammeln
to compile sth.
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immediately, and without following the normal process
ohne viel Federlesen
summarily
-
jem. fristlos entlassen
to summarily dismiss sb.
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to make a bad situation worse
etw. verschlimmern
to exacerbate sth.
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the total number of people who die in an accident, war etc.
Opferzahl
death toll
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to make sth. different from of better than sth. else
etw. von etw. abheben, unterscheiden
to set sth. apart from sth. (set-set)
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to make sth. seem less important than it really is; to play sth. down
etw. herunterspielen
to underplay sth.
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to go somewhere with sb.; to happen or exist at the same time as sth. else
jem./etw. begleiten
to accompany sb./sth.
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a written of spoken description that says what happens in an event or process
Bericht, Schilderung
account (of)
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to correct sth. that is wrong or unfair
etw. wieder gutmachen
to redress sth.
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das Gleichgewicht wiederherstellen
to redress the balance
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a small group of specially trained people in a profession political party of military force
Führungsgruppe, Kader
cadre
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a poor farmer who owns or rents a small amount of land
Kleinbauer
peasant
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to beat sb.
auf jem. einprügeln
to pummel sb.
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to punish sb. by hitting them with a stick
jem. mit einem Stock züchtigen
to cane sb.
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to steal things that are not worth much
etw. klauen, mitgehen lassen
to pilfer sth.
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Kapitalverbrechen
capital offense
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to take sth. illegally; to steal sth.
etw. stehlen
to poach sth.
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to move or lift sth. by pushing it away from sth. else
etw. aufstemmen
to prise sth.
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to make food or drink go down your throat and towards your stomach
etw. herunterschlucken
to swallow sth.
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suffering or death caused by lack or food
Hungertod; Unterernährung
starvation
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sb. who is kept in prison
Insasse, Insassin
inmate
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to kill animals so that there are not too many of them, or so that a disease does not spread
erlegen, abschlachten
to cull
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unable to be trusted or depended on
unzuverlässig
unreliable
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to make sb. become used to sth. unpleasant
jem. an etw. gewöhnen
to inure sb. to sth.
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gegen etw. abgehärtet sein
to be inured to sth.
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the position or level that sb. holds in an organization, esp. in the police or the army, navy etc.
Position, Stellung, Rang
rank
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to show sth. that is usually covered or hidden; to show the truth about sth.
etw. offenbaren, aufdecken, enthüllen
to expose sth.
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to grab sth.
etw. ergreifen, packen, an sich reißen
to seize sth.
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showing no mercy
unbarmherzig, gnadenlos
relentless
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to press for sth.
auf etw. drängen
to push for sth.
-
etw. anfordern
to make a requisition for sth. (made-made)
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a special oven for baking clay bots, bricks etc.
Brennofen
kiln
-
a food that is needed and used all the time
Grundnahrungsmittel
staple
-
the outer covering of a tree
Rinde, Borke
bark
-
strikingly, surprisingly
bemerkenswert, auffällig, überraschnderweise
remarkably
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to cut sth. into smaller pieces
etw. klein schneiden
to chop sth. (up)
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to suggest a possible explanation
mutmaßen
to hypothesize
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to make sb. believe sth. that is not true
irreführend
misleading
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an extremely cruel and violent action
Gräueltat
atrocity
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to try to judge the value, size, speed, cost etc. of sth. without calculating it exactly
etw. schätzen
to estimate sth.
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