Unit 3 - Innovations

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remote

Back 1

far from towns or other places where people live [= isolated]

entlegen, abgeschieden

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skyscraper

Back 2

a very tall modern city building

Wolkenkratzer

Front 3

no-go area

Back 3

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

Back 4

packed or put together firmly and closely

dicht, gedrängt

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residential area

Back 5

a residential part of a town consists of private houses, with no offices or factories [↪ suburban]

Wohnlage

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sprawling

Back 6

spreading over a wide area in an untidy or unattractive way

sich über ein Gebiet hinstrecken

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to venture

Back 7

to go somewhere that could be dangerous

unternehmen, riskieren

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row

Back 8

a situation in which people disagree strongly about important public matters [= controversy]

Aufruhr

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outcry

Back 9

an angry protest by a lot of ordinary people

Aufschrei

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source

Back 10

the cause of something, especially a problem, or the place where it starts

Quelle, Herkunft

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controversies

Back 11

a serious argument about something that involves many people and continues for a long time

Debatten

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movement

Back 12

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

Back 13

an arrangement or promise to do something, made by two or more people, companies, organizations etc

Abmachung, Einigung

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benefit

Back 14

an advantage, improvement, or help that you get from something

Vorteil, Gewinn

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campaign

Back 15

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

Back 16

if several things of the same type vary, they are all different from each other

variieren

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pressure

Back 17

events or conditions that cause changes and affect the way a situation develops, especially in economics or politics

Druck

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regenerate

Back 18

to make something develop and grow strong again

umgestalten, erneuern

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succeed

Back 19

to do what you tried or wanted to do

erfolgreich sein

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a critic

Back 20

someone who criticizes a person, organization, or idea

Kritiker

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publicise

Back 21

to give information about something to the public, so that they know about it

publizieren, veröffentlichen

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anxious

Back 22

anxiety
feeling strongly that you want to do something or want something to happen

bestrebt, bemüht

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controversy

Back 23

a serious argument about something that involves

Meinungsverschiedenheit, Diskussion

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finance

Back 24

the management of money by governments, large organizations

Finanzen, Finanzierung

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insulting

Back 25

very rude and offensive to someone

beleidigend

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publicity

Back 26

the business of making sure that people know about a new product

Werbung

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sth. is steeped in

Back 27

to have a lot of a particular quality

von etwas durchdrungen sein

Front 28

look out across the skyline of the city

Back 28

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

Back 29

old-fashioned and not interested in anything new or different

kleinstädtisch, provinziell sein

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to be off the beaten track

Back 30

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

Back 31

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

Back 32

to travel by plane, especially to many different places

davondüsen

Front 33

equivalent

Back 33

something that has the same value, purpose, job etc as something else

Pendant

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to be worn out

Back 34

very tired because you have been working hard

erschöpft sein

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twin town

Back 35

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

Back 36

something that is very ugly, especially a building surrounded by other things that are not ugly

unschöner Anblick

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to foster

Back 37

to help a skill, feeling, idea etc develop over a period of time

fördern

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to have links with sb.

Back 38

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

Back 39

to make yourself richer, especially by doing something dishonest

in die eigene Tasche wirtschaften

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warfare

Back 40

a continuous and often violent struggle or argument between different groups

Krieg

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widespread

Back 41

a continuous and often violent struggle or argument between different groups

weitverbreitet

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outskirts

Back 42

the parts of a town or city that are furthest from the centre

Außenbezirke, Randgebiet

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makeshift shacks

Back 43

made to be used for a short time only when nothing better is available

notdürftige Hütten

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bow to

Back 44

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

Back 45

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

Back 46

informal a place that is unpleasant to live in because it is dirty, ugly, untidy

Müllhalde

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emerged

Back 47

to appear or come out from somewhere

aufgetaucht

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infighting

Back 48

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

Back 49

the ability to keep increasing, developing, or being more successful

Impuls

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the peak

Back 50

the time when something or someone is best, greatest, highest, most successful

Höhepunkt

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peter out

Back 51

to gradually become smaller, less, weaker etc and then come to an end

auslaufen, versanden

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to be dogged by

Back 52

if a problem or bad luck dogs you, it causes trouble for a long time

verfolgt sein

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detract

Back 53

make something seem less good

abziehen, entziehen

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erupt

Back 54

if fighting, violence, noise etc erupts, it starts suddenly

hervorbrechen, ausbrechen