Word List Unit 4
Word List Unit 4
Translation
affaire
Example sentence
Marilyn had affairs with President John Kennedy and his brother.
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affair
(relationship)
to allege
beweren
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analysis
arbitrary
analyse
willekeurig
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assassinated
to assert
atheist
authentic
bearable
bizarrely
breathtaking
to buy into
campaigner
career path
to chair
coincidentally
to conceal
conference
to confess
consequences
(pl)
conspiracy
theory
counter-theory
curse
depression
vermoorden
vaststellen
atheïst
authentiek
draaglijk
bizar genoeg
adembenemend
geloven
activist
loopbaan
voorzitten
samenvallend
verbergen
conferentie
(op)biechten
gevolgen
The programme alleged that the whole Moon landing had been staged inside a film
studio.
The Moon rocks have been subjected to repeated geological analysis.
It is hard to believe that a princess could be killed by something as arbitrary and
mundane as a traffic accident.
The US President JFK was assassinated in 1963.
They assert that the 1969 Moon mission was a hoax.
Atheists don’t believe in God.
An antonym of fake is authentic.
We need conspiracy theories to make the tragedies of life more bearable.
And bizarrely what you end up doing is lying to the priest.
Lots of conspiracy websites have been set up – breathtaking by anyone’s standards.
You don’t buy into any of these stories?
Animal rights campaigners don’t wear furs.
Paragraph three will tell you more about Marilyn’s career path.
John can’t be here, so I have been asked to chair the meeting.
The crash happened strangely and coincidentally on the 30th anniversary.
NASA has been desperately trying to conceal it from the public ever since.
I’m on my way to Amsterdam for a conference.
From the age of seven you had to confess your sins every week.
I told a lie and it had some rather unpleasant consequences.
complottheorie
Everybody loves a good conspiracy theory.
tegentheorie
vloek
depressie
After the programme the Internet went crazy with theories and counter-theories.
The most popular theory blames the crash on the legendary Irish curse.
Marilyn has such a problem with drugs, alcohol and depression that she could never
remember her lines.
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developed
to devise
dyslexic
elaborate
ontwikkeld
bedenken
dyslectisch
complex(e)
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existence
farce
to fascinate
fiendish
to flutter
bestaan
klucht
fascineren
duivels
wapperen
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formed
frumpy
geological
grate
hatched
hint
hoax
vormen
slonzig
geologisch(e)
rooster
gesmeed
hint
bedrog
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housekeeper
hypotheses
(pl)
innocent
insomniac
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to interfere
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ironically
lawyer
to leak
(information)
legendary
linked
huishoudster
veronderstellinge
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onschuldig
lijder aan
slapeloosheid
invloed
uitoefenen op
ironisch genoeg
advocaat
laten lekken
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legendarisch(e)
verbonden
New Headway Upper-Intermediate
The theory of evolution was developed by Charles Darwin.
The florists devised a clever but wicked plot to murder Diana.
My brother is dyslexic, he finds it difficult to read well.
That terrible car crash in Paris was an elaborate hoax to enable them to fake their own
deaths.
He lies awake all night wondering about the existence of God.
Hypotheses range from pure James Bond to farce.
Theories concerning Marilyn’s death still fascinate people.
Diana’s death was a fiendish murder plot thought up by the world’s florists.
The US flag planted on the Moon’s surface is seen fluttering, and there is no breeze of
any kind on the moon.
The Jackson Five was formed by Michael Jackson’s brothers.
In the photo she looked much older that she really is and quite frumpy.
The Moon rocks have been subjected to repeated geological analysis.
We pushed the cigarettes through a kind of grate underneath the window.
Diana thought a plot was being hatched by a member of the Royal family.
He has given no hint of his views.
That terrible car crash in Paris was an elaborate hoax to enable them to fake their own
deaths.
Marilyn’s housekeeper disappeared immediately after Marilyn was found.
Hypotheses range from pure James Bond to farce.
He always looks very innocent.
Insomniacs can’t sleep.
She was chatting on her mobile phone, thus interfering with the controls of the plane.
I have one memory of lying as a child and ironically it was to a priest.
He refused to talk to the police until his lawyer arrived.
Who had a motive to leak this story?
The most popular theory blames the crash on the legendary Irish curse.
Which oceans are linked by the Panama Canal?
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meanness
memoirs (pl)
mundane
gierigheid
memoires
alledaags
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naturist
official
pacifist
paranoia
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parsnips (pl)
pastime
patently
pierced
plausible
protester
psychiatrist
published
recall
reputation
reputed
nudist
officiële
pacifist
(abnormale)
achterdochtigheid
pastinaak
tijdverdrijf
duidelijk
doorboord
aannemelijk
tegenstander
psychiater
gepubliceerd
zich herinneren
reputatie
naar men zegt
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to reveal
sin
to spank
to stub out (inf)
stuffy
to (be)
subjected to
suicidal
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suspicious
tampered
onthullen
zonde
een tik geven
uitdoven
benauwd
(zijn)
onderworpen aan
met
zelfmoordneiging
en
verdachte
geknoeid
New Headway Upper-Intermediate
My granddad is famous for his meanness.
He spoke about it in his memoirs, which were published as soon as he died.
It is hard to believe that a princess could be killed by something as arbitrary and
mundane as a traffic accident.
Naturists don’t wear clothes.
Although the official verdict was suicide, many believe that she was murdered.
Pacifists don’t want to go to war.
The Internet helps feed the global paranoia.
Would you like some Parmesan parsnips?
One of his favourite pastimes is doing crosswords.
Some of the explanations for the plane crash are patently ridiculous.
A splinter had pierced my skin.
This is an impossibility on the Moon, but more than plausible inside a film studio.
Anti-globalization protesters don’t want multinationals to run the world.
Witnesses, including her psychiatrist, insisted she was not suicidal at the time.
He spoke about it in his memoirs, which were published as soon as he died.
Whenever her name is mentioned people recall the mystery of her final hours.
Marilyn had a reputation as a dumb blonde who had a problem with drugs.
This curse, reputed to have followed the Kennedy dynasty over from Ireland, is said to
strike when Kennedy members are around water.
Were Marilyn’s diaries so revealing that they had to be destroyed?
From the age of seven you had to confess your sins every week.
I remember telling this lie because I was spanked for it.
When my dad came home we stubbed out our cigarettes.
I don’t want to sit in a stuffy office all day.
The Moon rocks have been subjected to repeated geological analysis.
Witnesses insisted she was not suicidal at the time.
There were other suspicious events.
Diana thought her car’s brakes would be tampered with.
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teetotaller
tragedy
turbulence
unanimously
geheelonthouder
zware tegenvaller
turbulentie
unaniem
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untimely
vegan
verdict
weird
witness
voortijdig
veganist
vonnis
raar
getuige
New Headway Upper-Intermediate
Teetotallers don’t drink alcohol.
Psychologically, we need conspiracy theories to make the tragedies of life bearable.
She was chatting on her mobile phone just as the plane ran into turbulence.
Scientists have unanimously agreed that the conspiracy theorists don’t even have the
beginnings of a case.
He never spoke about it in case he also met an untimely death.
Vegans don’t eat any animal products.
Although the official verdict was suicide, many believe she was murdered.
I know it’s weird, but I have never liked ice-cream.
Other witnesses said they saw Bobby Kennedy visit her house that night.
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