VOCABULARY AID: Basic and Additional Vocabulary (topics 16 - 26)

Part III. I found out that most mistakes are caused by the
ring fingers (RF) and the pinkies (P), especially the
respective ones of the left hand (l):
lRF: s w x; rRF: l o .
lP: a q y; rP: ö p -

Carsten



V. FEELINGS
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16. Good characteristics, virtues
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Basics:
ability, admiration, application, character, charm,
confidence, consideration, courage, efficiency, energy,
gift, honour, industry, joke, joy, laughter, love, luck,
mercy, quality, respect, sacrifice, value, virtue -- to
admire, to attract, to behave, to convince, to encourage,
to help, to invite, to laugh, to obey, to pardon, to thank
-- able, aware, best, better, bold, brave, busy, calm,
charming, cheerful, clever, content, economical, faithful,
generous, good, helpful, honest, humble, modest, nice,
patient, polite, quite, sincere, strong

Additional:
disposition, frame of mind, sincerity/responsibility,
gratitude, humility, modesty, perseverance, generosity,
honesty, piety, enthusiasm, frankness, tolerance,
resolution, seriousness, to exert oneself, to endeavour, to
have regard for, to make sacrifices (for), merciful (to),
tolerant (of), cordial, respectful, honourable, venerable,
resolute, industrious, outspoken, fearless, conscientious,
smart/capable (of), courageous, thoughtful, reserved,
unselfish, thrifty, intrepid, irreistible, discreet,
cautious


17. Faults, vices
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Basics:
blame, confusion, coward, crime, criminal, cruelty, curse,
failure, jealousy, lie, mistake -- to blame, to boast, to
curse, to deceive, to disappoint, to discourage, to fial,
to hate, to hesitate, to lie, to quarrel, to steal --
aftraid, anxious, bad, cheap, coarse, cruel, false,
foolish, mad, shy, stupid, unable, violent

Additional:
dislike (to, of), arrogance, presumption,
self-consciousness, ambition, stubbornness, vanity,
narrow-mindedness, cowardice, impudence, greed, hatred,
violence, suspicion, vice, injustice, revenge, impatience,
envy, to envy s.o. s.th., to detest, to abuse, to moan, to
disapprove, to frown on, to grumble, to scorn, to annoy, to
ridicule, to flatter, to get excited, unjust, grudging,
envious, impatient, impudent, haughty, extravagant,
cowardly, detestable, presumptuous, self-conscious,
ambitious, selfish, stubborn, timid, indifferent


18. Feelings, state of mind
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a) of indifferent kind
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Basics:
attention, balance, behaviour, determination, equality,
feeling, freedom, heart, justice, necessity, patience,
soul, tune -- to astonish, to behave, to compose oneself,
to determine, to excite, to feel, to surprise -- brave,
calm, cold, cool, humble, just, moderate, noble, patient,
plain, pure

Additional:
mood, moderation, compassion, charity, sense of duty,
self-confidence, wisdom, emotion, to imitate, to disguise,
to indicate, to testify, sociable, talkative, good-natured,
sensitive (to)


b) of joyous, pleasant kind
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Basics:
charm, confidence, fortune, friend, fun, hope, joy,
laughter, love, luck, pleasure, preference, satisfaction,
smile -- to enjoy, to hope, to kiss, to laugh, to love, to
please, to prefer, to satisfy, to smile, to support --
bright, charming, dear, faithful, fond, fortunate,
friendly, funny, gay [NB: no, not homosexual, but the old
meaning!], generous, glad, helpful, lovely, lucky,
pleasant, polite, tender

Additional:
affection, attachment, passion, cheerfulness, predilection,
longing (for), embrace, to fascinate, to rely on, to
cherish, to pet, attractive, in love with, affectionate,
passionate, intimate


c) of gloomy, unpleasant kind
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Basics:
anxiety, cruelty, doubt, fear, fright, offence, pain, pride,
shame, worry -- to comfort, to complain, to disappoint, to
discourage, to doubt, to fear, to frighten, to hurt, to
offend, to suffer, to worry -- angry, anxious, cruel, dull,
fearful, hopeless, mad, painful, proud, rude, sad, shy,
unfavourable, weak, worse, worst

Additional:
homesickness, reproach, disgrace, suffering, animosity,
hatred, threat, enmity, scorn, dislike, distrust, grief,
uneasiness, to despise, to scare, to be horrified, to be
aghast, to be alarmed, to dislike, to bore, to be bored, to
be annoyed, to scold s.o., to insult, to detest, to upset,
to distress, to torture, to bother, to shudder (at),
furious, horrible, disdainful, horrid, worrying, desperate,
vexing, suspicious, distrustful, malicious, irritable,
restless, dissatisfied, gloomy, shameful, upset, startled,
embarrassing, disgusting, nasty, indignant, shocking


19. Religion, religious feeling
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Basics:
belief, confidence, conscience, creature, cross, curse,
dust, experience, explanation, future, glory, God, grave,
guide, harm, heart, heaven, hell, hope, ideal, judge,
judg(e)ment, justice, kingdom, leader, loss, lot, luck,
mass, meaning, mind, minister, misery, pain, pardon, pity,
priest, punishment, religion, shame, spirit, struggle,
Sunday, sympathy, tear, wisdom, world -- to believe, to
bless, to confess, to cross, to curse, to forgive, to give,
to guide, to hate, to help, to hope, to judge, to justify,
to pardon, to pass away, to preach, to punish, to suffer --
gentle, good, great, helpful, holy, human, humble, just,
painful, religious, solemn, unhappy

Additional:
Christ, Christian, denomination, creed, redemption,
paradise, Providence, angel, prophet, prophecy, apostle,
gospel, the Holy Ghost, our Saviour, prayer-book, the
Lord's Prayer, the Lord's Supper, the ten commandments,
doomsday, the holy scriptures, Bible, chapel/temple,
clergyman, clergy, bishop, parish, monk, abbey, pope,
divine service, sermon, altar, pulpit, church steeple,
sinner, superstition, heathen, to redeem, to damn, to
christen, to convert, to meditate (on), to reveal, to
create, to prophesy, to worship, to adore, to sin, to
repent, to celebrate, to kneel down, to crucify, Christian
(adj), pious, divine, immortal, spiritual, clerical,
repentant, pagan, superstitious


20. Want, intention (act, deed)
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Basics:
act, action, activity, advice, agreement, aim, arrangement,
attack, attempt, attention, control, intention, jealousy,
murder, objection, offence, offer, opposition, protest,
resignation, resistance -- to accept, to acquaint, to
acquire, to act, to add, to advise, to agree, to aim, to
apply, to appoint, to approach, to attract, to cause, to
control, to decide, to determine, to hate, to help, to
insist on, to move, must, to obey, to object, to offend, to
offer, to organize, to overcome, to persuade, to pick, to
practise, to prefer, to prepare, to protest, to record, to
refuse, to resist -- active, helpful, idle

Additional:
determination, consent, refusal/argument, embarrassment,
predicament, distress, fix (fam.), pretension, pretension,
proposition, to conclude (from), to consent (to), to
authorize, to be authorized, to strive (for/after), to
prohibit, to decline/to tend (to), to be resolved, to argue
s.o. (into), to submit (to), embarrassed, prejudiced,
pretentious, energetic, staunch, intentionally




VI. SOCIETY
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21. Family
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Basics:
aunt, baby, birth, boy, brother, child, cousin, daughter,
death, father, girl, husband, man, marriage, Miss, mother,
nephew, niece, parents, proposal, relation, relative,
widow(er), woman -- to leave, to marry, to seperate --
alive, dead, dear, female, male, single

Additional:
Christian/first name, surname, last name, birthday,
tenderness (to), engagement, fiance(e), engaged couple,
bride and bridegroom, wedding, maiden name, married couple,
honeymoon, dowry, trousseau, offspring, infant/twins,
ancestor, grandparents, grandfather/-mother,
godfather/-mother, grandchild, son-in-law,
brother-/sister-in-law, stepmother, orphan, guardian,
bachelor, adult, childhood, generation, heritage, (last)
will, to become engaged to, to christen, to baptize, to
come of age, to divorce, to bequeath / to inherit, related,
akin to, unmarried, paternal / maternal, junior/senior to


22. Social groups and relationships
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Basics:
a) acquaintance, association, band, citizen, clerk,
companion, coward, criminal, critic, crowd, enemy, farmer,
fellow, firm, flock, friend, gentleman, judge, king,
manager, member, office, officer, official, party,
passenger, patient, people, person, player, poet, police,
population, president, priest, prisoner, race, ruler,
sailor, secretary, servant, slave, university -- to
acquaint, to manage -- another, anybody, friendly
b) acquaintance, age, circle, club, committee, company,
consideration, custom, dance, game, group, guest, marriage,
meeting, party, presence, rank, respect, union, visit -- to
accompany, to acquaint, to dance, to invite, to join, to
marry, to meet, to play, to please, to present, to receive,
to visit -- alone, human, old, polite, popular, present,
private, public, young

Additional:
host / hostess, hospitality, spectator/audience, partner,
chap (fam.), appointment, interview, politeness, courtesy,
celebration, festival, ceremony, festivity, to be
courteous, to associate (with), to esteem, to celebrate/to
congratulate, civilized, educated, respected, festive


23. Language (cf. 9; 66-68; 71)
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a) The spoken and written word (cf. 66-68; 71)
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Basics:
account, advertisement, answer, book, case, cry,
examination, greeting, impression, letter, message, name,
news, permission, promise, proof, reply, report, sigh,
speech, story, study, term, voice, word -- to add, to
address, to admit, to advertise, to advise, to answer, to
approve, to beg, to chat(ter), to cry, to discuss, to
examine, to express, to permit, to persuade, to pray, to
preach, to promise, to reply, to report, to represent, to
sign, to translate, to voice -- American, commercial,
English, excellent, German, popular, solemn

Additional: announcement, exclamation, proclamation,
conference, discussion, dialogue, debate, dispute,
allusion, hint, topic, theme, lecture, hand-writing,
Italian, Spanish, Arabic, to announce, to publish, to
assure s.o. of s.th., to exclaim, to proclaim, to affirm,
to maintain, to communicate (with), to mutter, to murmur,
to relate, to stutter / to stammer, to lisp, to gossip, to
utte,r to yell/to scream, to gruble (at), to allude (to),
to hint (at), to interrogate, to retort, to respond (to),
to entreat, to implore, to apologize (for), to flatter, to
reproach s.o. with s.th., to contradict, to menace, to
admonish (of), appropriate, adequate, elegant, meaningful,
eminent, earnest, trite, Italian, Spanish, Latin


b) Kinds of expression in language (cf. 66-68; 71)
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Basics:
address, agreement, appliation, comparison, copy,
declaration, deed, description, example, exercise, inquiry,
issue, judg(e)ment, lie, list, manner, opinion, outline,
page, paper, pass, question, record, silence, song -- to
admit, to copy, to declare, to describe, to discuss, to
excuse, to inquire, to lie, to list, to order, to record,
to repeat, to report, to sing

Additional:
data, proposition, criticism, compliment, refusal,
questionnaire, inspection, consultation, to exaggerate, to
overdo, to consult, to inspect, to indicate, to testify
(to), to deny, to decline, to oblige, to reject, witty,
sensible, cautious, daring, accurate, silly, shameful, in
compliance with


24. Clothing, jewellery
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Basics:
appearance, arrangement, art, article, basket, beauty, body,
chain, clothes, coat, collar, colour, cotton, crown,
expense, fashion, fur, gift, glove, gold, hat, jewel,
leather, metal, piece, pin, pocket, shoe, silver,
simplicity, skin, skirt, sleeve, stone, straw, suit,
thread, tie, treasure, value, veil -- to attach, to
attract, to change, to cut, to fasten, to flash, to give,
to shine, to weave -- available, beautiful, dirty,
expensive, fine, glorious, grand, modern, modest, pretty,
silver, simple, small, thin, tight

Additional:
textiles, tissue, fabric, rayon, velvet, wardrobe,
tailor-made/ready-made suit, costume, evening dress/gown,
dinner-jacket, a pair of trousers, drawers, pants, bathing
suit / trunks, lining, pattern, jacket, braces, tie-,
scarf-pin, waistcoat, linen / underwear, pyjamas (pajamas),
cloak / rain-coat, hood, zip-fastener, wrist-watch, wallet,
purse, slippers, sole, shoelace, bootlace, shoestring,
sock, dry-cleaning, blouse, scarf, hand-bag, petticoat /
frock, robe, apron, pearl, necklace, bracelet, brooch,
jewelry, ear-ring, hair-pin, fan, wedding-ring, buckle, to
alter, to undress, to knit, to embroider, to darn/to
patch/to mend, to lace, to dye / to starch, to soak, to
rinse, to adorn, to disguise, fashionable, old-fashioned,
close fitting, slack, waterproof, worn off / shabby,
threadbare, ragged, stained, barefooted, naked, gorgeous,
artificial


25. Night rest
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Basics:
bed, camp, chair, clock, curtain, cushion, dream, evening,
fold, home, house, knee, night, room, sheet, shirt, sweat
-- to arise, to go to bed, to dream, to fold, to lie down
-- asleep, awake, calm, comfortable

Additional:
bedroom, bedding, bedstead, blanket / quilt, pillow,
pillow-case/-slip, mattress, bed-clothes, linen,
bedside-rug/-table, hot water-bottle, to tire (out), to be
exhausted, to relax, to slumber, fatigued, exhausted,
peaceful, sleepless


26. Morning toilet
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Basics:
bath, beard, body, bottle, bow, bowl, box, brush, button,
cap, care, charm, cloth, comb, cup, curl, dish, face,
flavour, hair, hand, health, help, knot, light, lip, milk,
pencil, pin, plate, pot, remedy, salt, shade, shadow, shoe,
skin, skirt, sleeve, soap, stuff, table, throat, tooth,
towel, treatment, vessel, water -- to care, to clear, to
comb, to dry, to mix, to rub, to smell, to spread, to wash
-- careful, careless, charming, cold, electrical, healthy,
helpful, hot, loud, practical, strong, tender, thorough

Additional:
bathroom, dressing-table, toilet set, tub, sponge,
wash-cloth/-basin, tooth-brush/-paste, (stick of) shaving
soap, electric/safety razor, razor blade, hair brush, nail
scissors/file, nail varnish, beauty cream, face powder /
lipstick, permanent/cold wave, beauty treatment,
complexion, wig, water-closet, W.C., lavatory, hygiene,
painstaking

--
Eri silveváng aibannama padangin.
Nivaie evaenain eri ming silvoieváng caparei.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le Petit Prince
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