ANSWERS
1. A Not this word but that one reception (receipt = Empfang (eines Dokuments), Kassenbon)
B comfortable (convenient = bequem, praktisch)
C permission (permit = Erlaubnis (in Form eines Dokuments))
D shade (shadow = (geworfener) Schatten)
E insulation (isolation = Isolation, Absonderung)
2. One letter makes the difference
A affected (affect sb./sth. = jmdn./ etw. betreffen; effect sth. = etw. herbeiführen)
B insure = (bei einer Versicherung) versichern (ensure = sicherstellen, gewährleisten)
C major = bedeutend
(mayor = Bürgermeister(in))
D advise = beraten (advice = Rat) E current = gegenwärtig
(currant = Korinthe)
F prices = (Geld-)Preise; hier: Tarife (prizes = (Gewinn-)Preise)
3. They sound the same but...
A There; their
B flower; flour = Mehl
C bored = gelangweilt;
board = Vorstand
D whole; hole
E peace; piece
F see; sea
G threw; through
H plane; plain (in plain language =
in verständlicher Weise) 4. Similar,
but not the same A founded (found sth. = etw. gründen; found = past simple von “find”) B Besides = außer (beside = neben) C economic = rentabel
(economical = sparsam) D classic = klassisch, typisch
(classical = klassisch (z.B. Musik)) E sometimes = manchmal
(sometime = irgendwann) F critical (be critical of sth. = etw. kritisch gegenüberstehen; critic = Kritiker(in))
G historic = (historisch) wichtig (historical = historisch, geschichtlich)
H economics = Wirtschaftswissenschaften (economy = Volkswirtschaft)
5. One or more?
A Interest is (interest = Zins(en); interests = Interessen)
B saving ... amounts (saving = Ersparnis; savings = Spareinlagen)
C studies = Studium (study = Studie; Arbeitszimmer)
D damages = Schadenersatz (damage = Schaden)
E people = Leute (peoples = Völker) F customs = Zoll (custom = Sitte)
6. The agony of choice
A approved
B policy
C prices (share price = Aktienkurs) D write off
E earn
F stop
G plants
H employ I achievement J politics
7. Preposition problems
A after (look after sb. = sich um jmdn. kümmern; look for sb. = jmdn. suchen) B out (take sb. out to (a restaurant) = jmdn. (in ein Restaurant) ausführen; take sb. around = jmdn. herumführen) C off (give sth. off = etw. abgeben (z.B. Licht); give sth. up = etw. aufgeben) D around (come around to (a place) = (an einem Ort) vorbeischauen; come across sb. = jmdn. zufällig treffen) E up with (put up with sth. = etw. ertragen; put sth. off = etw. verschieben) F by (get by on sth. = mit etw. zurechtkommen; get around = herumkommen) G into (run into sb. = jmdn. zufällig treffen; run at sb. = auf jmdn. losstürzen)