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I. Vocabulary
2. Opposite / Antonyms
Test 1995/1
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Vocabulary
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rapid
Vocabulary used in context
Points
For more than two decades, from the late 1940s to the early
1970s, the industrialized world enjoyed an unprecedented
period of rapid growth and rising productivity that had
economies running at full steam.
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Translation
beschleunigt / rasch
Test 1995/1
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Vocabulary
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most
Vocabulary used in context
Points
And most miserable of all, millions of people can no longer
find the work they need.
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am meisten
Test 1995/2
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privatized
[to privatize]
Opposite / Antonym
– deliberate
– gradual
– leisurely
– slow
– unhurried
Opposite / Antonym
– least
– slightest
– smallest
Vocabulary used in context
Points
But while windpower has long been harnessed with modern
technology in Denmark, Belgium and Holland, this happened
in Britain on a large scale only after electricity generation was
privatized in 1989.
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Translation
privatisieren
Opposite / Antonym
– nationalized
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2. Opposite / Antonyms
Test 1995/2
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supporters
Vocabulary used in context
Points
Wind-farm supporters argue that’s a start, and they dismiss
the current environmental backlash as only temporary
troubles.
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Translation
Anhänger
Test 1996/1
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Vocabulary
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huge
Vocabulary used in context
Points
Fears over the huge influx of ecstasy into the clubs and
discotheques of Britain have prompted a study of the drug by
Europol.
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Translation
riesig / gewaltig
Test 1996/1
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demand
Opposite / Antonym
– adversaries
– antagonists
– challengers
– foes
– opponents
Opposite / Antonym
– insignificant
– minute
– petty
– small
– tiny
Vocabulary used in context
Points
It is easy to produce these drugs, and the amount of money to
be made is enormous because demand is rising so fast.
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Translation
Nachfrage
Opposite / Antonym
– supply
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2. Opposite / Antonyms
Test 1996/2
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present
Vocabulary used in context
But the present aim of consumer activism seems different.
Translation
gegenwärtig
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meagre
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forget
– approaching
– coming
– forthcoming
– impending
– in the offing
– prospective
– subsequent
– to be
– to come
Vocabulary used in context
Points
As for the exploited poor, a boycott may even rob them of the
meagre income they have had so far.
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mager / bescheiden
Test 1997/1
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Opposite / Antonym
past
future
– bygone
– erstwhile
– foregoing
– former
– late
– preceding
– previous
– prior
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Opposite / Antonym
– extravagant
– high
– lavish
– luxurious
Vocabulary used in context
Unless you inherit the job from your dad, forget it.
[to forget]
Translation
vergessen
Opposite / Antonym
– bear in mind
– bring to mind
– call to mind
– keep in mind
– recall
– recollect
– remember
– retain
Points
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