E 3BI - Wordslist 2 - HTL Neufelden

mother tongue

the language you grow up with

public tenders

officials, people working in administration

thesaurus

dictionary for synonyms

to refrain from

to keep away from

colloquial

spoken

pompous

grandious, pretentious

to look into

to investigate

idiom

expression that you can't use in another context

courtesy

civility, respect

to be compelled to do sth

to feel the need / the urge to do sth

tokenism

the act of hiring a "diverse" group of people, but then barely representing them

unconscious

not awake, ignorant

to assign

to be given a task

PC

politically correct

common sense

all agree on

to evolve

to develop / advance

to urge

to pressure sb.

to assume

to expect

inquiry

asking for information

ambiguous

unclear, dubious