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Re: VOCABULARY AID: Basic and Additional Vocabulary (topics 38 - 48)

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 21, 2004, 17:13
Do you have this on a website somewhere, Carsten?

Sally

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From: "Carsten Becker" <naranoieati@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 6:15 AM
Subject: VOCABULARY AID: Basic and Additional Vocabulary (topics 38 - 48)


> La cinquième partie ... still 25 topics to go! > > Carsten > > > > > IX. Economy > =========== > > > 38. Work and working conditions > ------------------------------- > > Basics: > accident, account, advantage, agreement, application, > arrangement, deed, energy, gain, job, labour, mechanic, > pay, payment, profession, raise, rate, reward, salary, > union, wage(s), wage-earner, work -- to advance, to agree, > to attend, to earn, to employ, to engage, to enter, to > gain, to hire, to pay, to unite, to work -- careful, > careless, joint, unable, unemployed, (un)favourable, > (un)healthy > > Additional: > vocation, calling/career, Labour Office/Exchange, vocational > adviser, vacancy, applicant (for), income / livelihood, > economy, insurance, labour/working conditions, working > class, tariff, employer / employee, personell, staff, > working hours, unemployment, vacation, pay envelope / wage > slip, (shorthand) typist, unemployed, out of work, > industrial, industrious, diligent / energetic, efficient, > imperative, indispensible > > > 39. Craft (cf. 46) > ------------------ > > Basics: > bag, baggage, basket, bed, beef, beer, belt, bench, block, > boad, bow, bowl, box, bread, brick, brush, bunch, butcher, > button, cake, can, cap, chair, coat, cup, curl, cushion, > dress, fashion, hair, hat, key, kitchen, knife, ladder, > lamp, leaf, meat, model, nail, needle, order, organ, paint, > painter, paper, piece, pocket, practice, price, profit, > quality, quantity, rope, saddle, saw, scissors, shirt, > sleeve, stroke, tailor, tie, tool, towel, trunk, tube, > wall, watch, wear, weight, wheel -- to beat, to bend, to > bind, to break, to build, to cast, to curl, to cut, to > exercise, to fold, to furnish, to kill, to make, to nail, > to order, to paint, to polish, o produce, to rub, to > scrape, to screw, to stamp, to strike, to throw, to turn, > to twist, to wear, to weave, to weigh, to wind, to wipe, to > wrap -- careful, careless, modern, smooth, tight > > Further verbs and adjectives cf. 38. > > Additional: > craft, craftsman, artisan, journeyman, apprentice, > apprenticeship, workshop, implement, mason, bricklayer, > baker, miller, hair-dresser, barber, carpenter, joiner, > upholsterer, glazier, plumber, smith / locksmith, saddler, > shoemaker, watchmaker, optician, bookseller, printer, > engineer, furrier, weaver, spinner, carrier, dressmaker, > chimney-sweep, miner, anvil, chisel, screw-driver, drill, > gimlet, plane, file, spanner, wrench, joiner's bench, vice, > hatchet, a pair of pincers, to slaughter, to grind (ground, > ground), to solder, to spin (spun, spun), to tan, to dye, > to gild / to plate, to glaze, to plane, to bore, to melt, > to found, to sharpen, to weld, to rivet (to), to utilize, > to adjust, to produce s.o. s.th., to transport, by means > of, crafty, intentive > > > 40. Industry (cf. 38/39) > ------------------------ > > Basics: > advertisement, affair, association, bargain, bicycle, bill, > book, branch, bridge, business, car, carriage, chief, > clothes, control, cost, deal, factory, field, firm, head, > industry, inquiry, make, management, manager, market, mass, > mine, model, order, plant, plate, price, production, > profit, quality, quantity, representative, return, sale, > seat, staff, test, toy, trade, training, treatment, trial, > type, want, wear, work(s), yield -- to advertise, to buy, > to control, to cost, to effect, to establish, to manage, to > order, to produce, to provide, to sell, to send, to supply, > to test, to wear, to work, to yield -- busy, economical, > expensive, ugly, waste > > Further verbs and adjectives cf. 38/39 > > Additional: > key-/heavy/basic/motor industry, enterprise, > cotton/paper/rolling/saw mill, spinning/weaving mill, > iron-/glass works, coal-mine, colliery, coal-pit, shaft, > foundry, blast-furnace, quarry, laboratory, inventor, > apparatus, crane, conveyor belt, assembly line, lathe, > process, finished products/goods, trade-mark, shutdown, > lock-out, shift, manufacturer, industrial, enterprising, > brand-new > > > 41. Resources and Materials > --------------------------- > > Basics: > ball, band, bar, chain, chalk, cloth, gold, iron, leather, > material, means, parcel, sack, salt, sand, seed, sheet, > shell, skin, snow, soap, soil, sort, steam, steel, stock, > stone, store, straw, string, stripe, stuff, sugar, thread, > water, wire, wood -- to solve, to sort, to supply, to > unload, to win -- bad, broad, hard, soft, solid, sour, > stiff, strong, tender, thin, tight, weak > > Additional: > mineral, copper, lead, brass, platinum, sheet-iron, > quicksilver, sulphur, peat, tar, sand-stone, gravel, > pebble, clay, limestone, rock-salt, granite, marble / > slate, plaster of Paris, rubber / resin, uranium, raw > silk / silk dress, crystal, copper coin, iron bar, leather > coat, fluid, steely > > Further adjectives cf. basic vocabulary > > > 42. House-builiding: Building and Planning > ------------------------------------------ > > Basics: > admission, arrangement, bottom, building, circle, condition, > cottage, destruction, difficulty, effort, farm, front, > ground, home, hotel, house, inn, iron, metal, middle, > place, plan, position, rent, scale, shelter, simpicity, > size, slope, soil, space, spot, square, stage, station, > tent, theatre, tower, view -- to add, to arrange, to > attach, to build, to destroy, to develop, to handle, to > plan, to rent -- difficult, expensive, flat, irregular, > simple, square -- above, around, aside, behind, beneath, > beside, under > > Additional: > structure, site, construction, foundation, blue print, beam, > pole, concrete, timber (Am lumber), dwelling-house, block > of flats (Am apartment house), to erect, to raise, to > construct, to enlarge, to enlarge, stately / neat, > magnificent, splendid, insanitary, cosy, snug > > > 43. House-building: Buildings (cf. 54) > -------------------------------------- > > Basics: > brick, court, cross, flight of stairs, floor, frame, garden, > gate, glass, grass, hall, key, passage, screw, stairs, > steel, step, stone, story, story, tool, wall, well, wood -- > to cover, to fasten, to move, to occupy, to open, to rent, > to scrape, to stay, to step -- broad, empty, high, think > > Additional: > dwelling/lodgings, ground-/(Am) first floor, threshold, > front-door, basement, nursery, pantry, > sitting-/living-room, water-closet, lavatory, ceiling, > pane, shutter, lift (Am elevator), pillar, to unlock, to > lodge, to reside, to dwell (dwelt, dwelt), spacious, > furnished, tidy, resident/living at, steep > > > 44. Furniture, Equipment > ------------------------ > > Basic: > bar, bath, bed, bell, chair, clock, curtain, furniture, key, > kitchen, picture, piece, sheet, table -- to arrange, to > bathe, to beat, to fasten -- ancient, beautiful, hard, > high, low, modern, nice, old, poor, rich, round, simple, > solid, thick > > Additional: > household, wardrobe / cupboard, sideboard, desk, writing > table, easy chair, sofa / couch, chest of drawers, carpet > (Am rug), looking-glass, mirror, piano / grand piano, > stool, radio/television set, waste-paper basket, > refrigerator, vacuum cleaner, dustbin (Am ashcan), > sewing-machine, cofee-ill, typewriter, upholstery, to tone > with, to tidy (Am to straighten up), elegant > > > 45. Heating and Lightning > ------------------------- > > Basics: > coal, electricity, fire, gas, hea, lamp, light, match, > range, screen, smoke, wood -- to burn, to flash, to hang, > to heat, to light, to shine, to smoke -- clear, cold, dark, > electric(al), hot, light, warm > > Additional: > fire-place, firing, central heating, stove / stove-pipe, > fuel, (electric) bulb, spark, match-box, candle, lighter, > electric torch, flashlight, socket, outlet, to kindle, to > extinguish, brightly lit > > > 46. Household Goods > ------------------- > > Basics: > bag, balance, ball, barrel, basin, belt, bench, board, > bottle, bowl, box, brush, can, cap, clock, cover, curtain, > cushion, glass, hammer, knife, ladder, object, paint, pan, > pen, pencil, pin, pipe, plate, string, thread, towel -- to > attach, to bend, to brush,k to cast, to clean, to cut, to > damage, to empty, to fasten, to paint, to polish, to > repair, to scrape, to take off, to tie -- economic(al), > necessary, new, sharp, solid, useful > > Additional: > tray, shovel, broom(stick), china, jug, pail, bucket, sieve, > hook, corkscrew, ash-tray, ironing-board, wax, glue, to > hook, to sieve, to wax, to grind (ground, ground), to tie > on, blunt, sticky > > > 47. Wholesale Trade > ------------------- > > Basics: > account, activity, address, advantage, affair, amount, > arrangement, article, association, average, balance, bill, > book, business, call, carriage, coal, commerce, company, > complaint, cost, cotton, damamge, deal, debt, demand, > disadvantage, expense, form, gain, inquiry, message, order, > origin, plant, profit, progress, representative, request, > request, requriement, result, return, risk, ruin, sale, > total, trade, yield -- to address, to advance, to amount, > to balance, to buy, to call, to carry, to cost, to cover, > to damage, to deliver, to estimate, to gain, to inquire, to > orde,r to organize, to profit, to provide, to require, to > reserve, to rise, to risk, to ruin, to satisfy, to sell, to > send, to supply, to total, to trade, to yield -- available, > on the average, busy, commercial, expensive, extraordinary, > extreme, original > > Additional: > wholesale/forein trade, Chamber of Commerce (Am Board of > Trade), joint-stock company, importation/exportation, > purchase, customer, competitor, ware-, storehouse, sample, > specimen, merchandise, pattern, liability, invoice, > gross/net weight, catalogue, receipt, trade-mark, delivery, > dispatch, conveyance, cargo (pl cargoes), partner, to > execute, to import, to dispatch, to convey, to compete > with, profitable, slack, confidential > > > 48. Bank (cf. 47) > ----------------- > > Basics: > account, balance, change, check, confidence, debt, deed, > expense, gold, list, metal, money, owner, possession, > property, protest, savings, silver, statement, stock, > terms, value, worth -- to balance, to change, to draw, to > exchange, to gather, to list, to owe, to own, to possess, > to protest, to save, to solve, to spare -- avialable, > false, more, much, own, valuable > > Additional: > exchange, cheque (Am check), cheque-book, currency, > savings-bank, cash, ready money, bank-note (Am bill), rate > of exchange/of interest, bill (of exchange), credit, funds, > debtor, security, investment / transfer, to deposit, to > secure form, to invest, to credit s.o., to reckon, to > transfer, ample, secure / fireproof > > Further verbs and adjectives cf. 47; 49. > > -- > > Eri silveváng aibannama padangin. > Nivaie evaenain eri ming silvoieváng caparei. > -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le Petit Prince > > http://www.beckerscarsten.de/?conlang=ayeri >