Paul Zindel, The Pigman

Vocabulary (chapters 1 – 6): note down the missing English definition or German equivalent. Learn the vocabulary!

Word/expression / English definition / German equivalent
1) oath (n) / serious promise to do sth.
2) sophomore year (AE) / second year of a four-year high school
3) epic (n) / long poetic narration
4) to nickname sb./sth. / to give sb./sth. a familiar or humorous name instead
5) skinny (adj) (infml) / very thin
6) blast (n) / explosion
7) harzardous (adj) / gefährlich
8) phony (AE) = phoney (BE) / fake, not genuine
9) aisle (n) / passage between rows of seats
10) faintly (adv) / slightly
11) dimwit (n) (infml) / Idiot, dämliche Person
12) to get sth. over with / to reach the end of sth. unpleasant
13) excruciating (adj) / here: intense, extreme
14) thrill (n) / feeling of excitement
15) revolting (adj) / very unpleasant
16) subliminal (adj) / unterschwellig
17) to mature / to grow up and develop
18) to repress sth. / to hold sth. back
19) to suspect / to believe to be true
20) to get away with sth. / do sth. wrong without being punished
21) to assert sth. / to claim sth. clearly and forcefully
22) poison (n) / Gift
23) to distort sth. / to give a false picture of sth.
24) freshman (AE) / student in the first year of a four-year high school
25) compassion (n) / pity for the sufferings of others
26) outrageous (adj) / schockierend
27) hostility (n) / extreme unfriendliness, strong dislike
28) cemetery (n) / Friedhof
29) beverage (n) / any sort of drink (except water)
30) severe (adj) / serious
31) embarrassed / feeling ashamed
32) to pick on sb. (infml) / to criticize sb. constantly
33) mortified (adj) / extremely ashamed / gedemütigt
34) sober (adj) / opposite of drunk
35) bore (derog.) / unteresting, boring person
36) to bellow / to shout
37) hideous (adj) / abscheulich, schreckl.
38) mean (adj) / very bad-tempered and cruel
39) to peek / to look quickly and secretively
40) fictitious (adj) / frei erfunden, fiktiv
41)glaring (adj) / angry, fierce
42) jolly (adj) / cheerful
43) to donate / to give money for a good cause
44) discomfort (n) / uneasiness of mind
45) to entitle sb. to do sth. / to give sb. a right to do sth.
46) to subsidize sb./sth. / to give financial help to sb./sth.
47) to rinse sth. out / etw. ausspülen
48) socket (n) / Steckdose
49) to vacuum / staubsaugen
50) juvenile delinquent (n) / young person who breaks the law
51) subconscious (adj.) / not knowingly / unterbewußt
52) dump (n) (infml) / a dirty place
53) sewer (n) / Abwasserkanal
54) to memorize sth. / to learn by heart
55) shaky (adj) / trembling
56) bewildered (adj) / durcheinander, verwirrt
57) outrage (n) / extreme anger
58) on behalf of sb. / as the representative of sb
59) furious (adj) / extremely angry
60) dreadful (adj) / terrible
61) faded (adj) / having lost colo(u)r
62) marble (n) / expensive stone material
63) screech (n) / a scream
64) weird (adj) / strange, frightening
65) to cash sth. / einlösen (z.B. Scheck)
66) to delay / verzögern
67) canned food / food preserved in a tin can
68) dues (n, pl.) / Beitrag
69) to jot sth. down / write sth. down quickly
70) antagonistic (adj) / feindlich
71) smirk (n) / silly smile
72) prey (n) / animal hunted for food
73) to grunt / sound produced by an animal (e.g. a pig)
74) to intrude / eindringen
75) to gag / (herunter)würgen

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