Abi Workshop Englisch • Shakespeare • Vocabulary sheet
Topic 4 – Shakespeare the dramatist
The supernatural: Hamlet and Gertrude, pp. 42–43
Word/phrase
Usage/memory aid
Translation
vice
‘Vice’ was a figure in medieval morality plays. A clown
dressed up in a multi-coloured costume to portray this
character.
Laster
shreds
Old clothes sometimes get worn out and dissolve into
shreds.
Streifen
tardy
A tardy person is slow, sometimes too late, in his
actions.
säumig
to chide
After the dinner party she chided her friend for his
extremely bad manners.
tadeln
capable
Shakespeare gave the leading roles to the most
capable actors.
fähig sein
temperate
His behaviour is usually quite temperate, always
controlled.
maßvoll
to trespass
The sign clearly says that walking in this field is
regarded as trespassing.
unbefugtes Eindringen
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Abi Workshop Englisch
Shakespeare
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