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Some :) Vocabulary
demarcation line
large surplus
to blather
to flourish
to mislead
missile
KGB = Russian Secret Service
Stasi = East German Secret Service
to be entitled to do sth. - to have the right/position to do sth.
to be allowed to do sth. - to have the permission to do sth
to be able to do sth. - ability, you can do it
to be influenced by
due to the strong grip of communism
the entire trade
to add up to
used to
phrasal verb: feste Redewendung aus Verb und Präposition
to establish sth.
financial engagement of western economies
to run into difficulties / trouble
to struggle with something
Clandestine: secret
Labour union : Gewerkschaft
food and housing shortage: Knappheit an Essen und Unterkunft
to come to power
to usher in: to bring people to a place by showing them the way
to renounce: to give up a claim or a right in a formal or official
way
Doctrine: a religious or political belief or set of beliefs
to pledge: to say
to use force
to open one’s border
to flee to another country
refugee
refuge
to vote to disband: für die Auflösung stimmen
to instigate: to initiate
market-economy
state-run system
resignation from power
to resign
dissident: somebody who fights against the system
to be consistent - stetig sein
to pursue a certain policy
to entail sth etwas zur Folge haben,
nach sich ziehen
argument
to argue
armed conflict
mutual interest gegen-, beidseitiges
Interesse
mutual distrust and dishonesty - gegenseitiges Mißtrauen
und Feindschaft
political leadership
to give concrete guarantees
post-war order
to claim one’s interest
political cooperation
to pursue a political course
superiority Überlegenheit
inferiority Minderwertigkeit
monopoly Monopol
nuclear weapons
a united Europe
American leadership
political blocs
to claim one’s sphere Anspruch aufs Gebiet
erheben
to acknowledge sth. Anerkennen, zugeben
to adjourn sth aufschieben, vertagen
to postpone verschieben
aggressive-expansionist policy
containment policy Eindemmungspolitik
to consolidate one’s influence den Einfluß
verstärken, festigen
negotiations
negotiator
collective defence
NATO-council
representative of each country
presidency - Präsidentschaft
a cemented division of a country
the world’s division into two blocs
Warsaw Pact
dominating power
disintegration of the Warsaw Pact
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