spectre : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

	English	German
	spectre of relegation	Abstiegsgespenst {n}; Barragegespenst {n} [Schw.] [sport]
	spectre [Br.]; specter [Am.]; hobgoblin	Schreckgespenst {n} [übtr.]
	the spectre of unemployment	das Schreckgespenst Arbeitslosigkeit
	threat of bankruptcy; spectre/specter [Am.] of bankruptcy	Pleitegeier {m} [übtr.]
	The vultures are hovering above sb./sth.	Über jdm./etw. schwebt der Pleitegeier.
	The threat of bankruptcy was hovering over the firm.	Über der Firma schwebt/kreist der Pleitegeier
	'The Spectre's Bride' (by Dvorak / work title)	"Die Geisterbraut" (von Dvorak / Werktitel) [mus.]
	ghost; spook [coll.]	Gespenst {n}; Geist {m}
	ghosts; spooks	Gespenster {pl}; Geister {pl}
	domestic ghost	Hausgespenst {n}
	noisy ghost; noisy spook; poltergeist	Poltergeist {m}
	spectre [Br.]; specter [Am.] (ghost of a dead person)	Geist {m} eines Toten
	to believe in ghosts	an Geister glauben
	to exorcize a ghost	einen Geist austreiben
	Opinions differ here.	Da / hier scheiden sich die Geister.