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1
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arger Dummkopf {m}

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unmitigated dunce

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arger Dummkopf {m}

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arrant dunce

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Einfaltspinsel {m}

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dunce

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Dummkopf {m} [pej.]

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dunce [pej.]

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Er wird dich ohrfeigen, weil du überhaupt fragst.

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He’ll give you a clout just for asking.

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jdm. eine pfeffern [ugs.] [jdn. schlagen]

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to give sb. a clout [coll.] [to strike sb.]

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(sich) von jdm. eine fangen [ugs.]

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to get a clout off sb. [coll.]

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Einfluss {m}

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clout [coll.]

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Schlag {m} [bes. mit der Hand oder Faust]

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clout [blow, esp. with the hand or fist]

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Streber {m} [ugs.]

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grade grubber [sl.]

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Streber {m} [Lehrers Liebling]

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teacher’s pet

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Streber {m} [pej.] [Schüler, Student]

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grind [coll.] [excessively hard-working student]

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Streber {m} [pej.]

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swot [Br.] [coll.] [pej.]

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Streber {m}

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overachiever

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Streber {m}

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gunner [Am.] [sl.]

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Streber {m} [ugs.]

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dweeb [Am.] [sl.]

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Streber {m}

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geek [esp. Am.] [coll.]

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Streber {m} [pej.]

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nerd [coll.] [pej.]

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aus der Bahn geworfen von

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reeling from

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Mir war wirr im Kopf.

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My head was reeling.

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21
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aufspulend

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reeling up

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In seinem Kopf drehte sich alles.

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His head was reeling.

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keimfrei gemacht

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pasteurized

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pasteurisiert

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pasteurized

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jdn. scharf kritisieren

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to criticize sb. blisteringly

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kritisieren

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to criticize

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27
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Schuldenerlass {m}

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debt forgiveness

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28
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Vergebung erlangen

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to achieve forgiveness

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29
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Malen {n} nach Zahlen

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color by numbers [Am.]

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30
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billigen

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to countenance [approve]

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31
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knattern

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to rattle [gunfire]

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32
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mit Flitter schmücken

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to bespangle

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33
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mit Flitter behängt

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bespangled

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Flitter {m} [fig.]

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frippery

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35
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flattern

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to flitter

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Gutachter {m} [Taxator]

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assessor [for tax purposes]

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Sortiment {n}

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assortment

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38
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auf achtzig sein [ugs.] [wütend]

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to be livid

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39
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wütend

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livid [angry]

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40
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larmoyant [geh.]

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tearfully sentimental

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41
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verschämtes Lächeln {n}

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bashful smile

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42
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sich genieren

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to be bashful

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43
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schamhaft

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bashful

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44
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verlegen [verschämt]

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bashful

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schüchtern

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bashful

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46
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scheu

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skittish [of a horse]

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scheu [ängstlich]

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timid

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Invektive {f} [geh. bzw. fachspr.: Beleidigung, Schmähung]

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invective

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Schmähung {f}

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invective

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Schimpfwort {n}

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invective

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51
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gelassen

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unperturbed

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jdn. ständig belästigen

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to hound sb.

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jdn. piesacken [ugs.] [nerven, ärgern]

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to hound sb. [coll.]

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jdn. verfolgen [hetzten, jagen]

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to hound sb.

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Hetze {f}

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chivy

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jdn. drängen, etw. zu tun

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to chivvy / chivy sb. into doing sth. [rarely chevy]

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57
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hetzen

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to chivy

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58
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gehetzt [geplagt, mitgenommen]

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harried

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gehetzt [in Eile]

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scampered

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gehetzt [Wild, auch fig.]

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chivvied

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61
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immer unruhig

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always fidgeting

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Fummelei {f} [umständliche Verrichtung]

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fidgeting

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herumzappelnd

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fidgeting

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64
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übertreiben

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to exaggerate

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65
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schimpfend

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invective

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66
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Schwankung {f}

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vacillation

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67
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Unschlüssigkeit {f}

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vacillation

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ausflippen [ugs.]

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to throw a tantrum

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69
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Tobsuchtsanfall {m}

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temper tantrum

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70
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Tobsuchtsanfall {m}

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screaming tantrum

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71
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Rauschsperrenschwelle {f}

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squelch threshold

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72
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zum Schweigen bringen

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to squelch

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73
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durch Morast quatschen

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to squelch

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74
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zertreten

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to squelch

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75
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abschwächen

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to mitigate

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76
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mildern

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to mitigate

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77
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türmen [ugs.]

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to do a bunk [coll.]

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die Fliege machen [ugs.]

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to do a bunk [coll.]

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79
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um den Pudding gehen [ugs.]

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to take a walk around the block [coll.]

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Sehne {f}

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sinew

81
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übermäßig süß

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cloying

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gefühlsduselige Sentimentalität {f}

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cloying sentimentality

83
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übersättigen

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to cloy [to satiate to the point of disgust]

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anwidern

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to cloy [to disgust]

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gescheit [weise, klug]

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sage [wise]

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klug [weise, gescheit]

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sage

87
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weise

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sage

88
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klug

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sagely

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sich nicht mehr zu helfen wissen

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to be at the end of one’s tether [fig.]

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Ihm hats gereicht. [ugs.]

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He was at the end of his tether. [coll.] [fig.]

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Er war am Ende. [ugs.]

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He was at the end of his tether. [coll.]

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jdm. reißt der Geduldsfaden

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sb. is at the end of his / her tether

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am Rande der Verzweiflung

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at the end of one’s tether

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am Ende seiner Kraft

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at the end of one’s tether

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am Ende deiner Kräfte

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at the end of your tether

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Unruhen unterdrücken

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to quell a disturbance

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bezwingen

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to quell

98
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unterdrücken

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to quell

99
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bezwingend

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quelling

100
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sich gegenseitig anstacheln

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to stimulate each other

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jdn. anstacheln, etw. zu tun [anspornen]

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to goose sb. to do sth. [Am.] [coll.]

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jdn. anstacheln, etw. zu tun

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to incite sb. to do sth.

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anstacheln

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to goad on [fig.]

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jdn. anstacheln

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to sting sb. [spur on]

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jd. ging einher mit

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sb. was accompanied by

106
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den Appetit stillen

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to assuage an / the appetite

107
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seinen Durst stillen

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to assuage one’s thirst

108
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Sorgen beschwichtigen

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to assuage sorrow

109
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Hunger stillen

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to assuage hunger

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Feindseligkeiten beschwichtigen

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to assuage animosities

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beschwichtigen

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to assuage

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zwingen

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to coerce

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jdn. zwingen

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to coerce sb.

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jdn. unter Druck setzen, etw. zu tun

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to browbeat sb. into doing sth.

115
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einschüchtern

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to browbeat

116
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alte Blechkiste {f} [ugs.] [Auto]

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jalopy [coll.]

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Schrottkarre {f} [ugs.]

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jalopy [coll.]

118
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beschimpfen

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to berate

119
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Fehdehandschuh {m}

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gauntlet

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die Herausforderung annehmen

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to pick / take up the gauntlet

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den Fehdehandschuh aufnehmen

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to pick up the gauntlet

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jdm. den Handschuh vor die Füße werfen [auch fig.]

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to throw down the gauntlet [also fig.]

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harter Kritik von allen Seiten ausgesetzt sein

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to run the gauntlet

124
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Spießruten laufen

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to run the gauntlet

125
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Spießrutenlauf {m}

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running the gauntlet [fig.]

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Spitzname {m}

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moniker [coll.]

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kurz und bündig

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pithy [of a comment, speech, piece of writing, etc.]

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plakativ [Sprüche]

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pithy

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kernig

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pithy

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prägnant

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pithy

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Kernspruch {m}

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pithy saying

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ausbreiten

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to disseminate

133
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Information verbreiten

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to disseminate information

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Ideen verbreiten

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to disseminate ideas

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verbreiten

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to disseminate

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etw. liefern

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to purvey sth. [supply]

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Scharfsinn {m}

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sagacity

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Klugheit {f}

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sagacity

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Kampflüste {pl}

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pugnacities

140
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dort drüben

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yonder [archaic or dialect]

141
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Der beste Plan, ob Maus, ob Mann, geht oftmals ganz daneben.

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The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley. [Robert Burns, To a Mouse]

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hinter dem Mast

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aft of the mast

143
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hintere Kabine {f}

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aft cabin

144
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hinten

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aft

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achtern [Seemannssprache]

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aft

146
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mit einer Idee spielen

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to dally with an idea

147
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dem (lieben) Herrgott den Tag stehlen

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to dally away the day

148
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mit der Versuchung spielen

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to dally with temptation

149
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mit jdm. schäkern

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to dally with sb.

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etw. vergeuden

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to dally away sth.

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mit etw. liebäugeln

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to dally over sth.

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leichtsinnig umgehen

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to dally

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bummeln

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to dally

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Sie ist eine Wucht. [fig.] [ugs.]

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She is a dilly. [coll.]

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vertändeln [veraltend]

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to dally [time etc.]

156
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herumtrödeln [ugs.]

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to dilly-dally [coll.]

157
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bummeln [ugs.]

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to dilly-dally [coll.]

158
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trotzig

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defiant

159
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Elenantilope {f}

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common eland [Taurotragus oryx]

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Marabustorch {m}

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marabou stork [Leptoptilos crumeniferus]

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Springbock {m}

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springbok [Antidorcas marsupialis]

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Afrikanischer Strauß {m}

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ostrich [Struthio camelus]

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Großer Kudu {m}

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greater kudu [Tragelaphus strepsiceros]

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Gänsegeier {m}

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Eurasian griffon [Gyps fulvus]

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Gänsegeier {m}

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griffon vulture [Gyps fulvus]

166
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übermannen

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to overwhelm

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übermannen

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to overpower

168
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Das setzt dem Ganzen die Krone auf!

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That caps it all!

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um dem Ganzen die Krone aufzusetzen …

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to cap it all …

170
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um dem Ganzen die Krone aufzusetzen

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to top it all off

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einer Sache die Krone aufsetzen

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to cap it all off

172
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für die Reisekosten aufkommen

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to defray the cost of a journey

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für die Kosten aufkommen

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to defray the cost

174
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jds. Kosten begleichen

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to defray sb.’s expenses

175
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bestreiten [Kosten etc.]

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to defray

176
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bezahlen

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to defray

177
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tragen [Kosten]

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to defray

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Folgesatz {m}

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corollary

179
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Konsequenz {f} [Schlussfolgerung]

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corollary

180
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als Begleiterscheinung von

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as a corollary of

181
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Resultat {n}

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corollary

182
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Begleit-

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corollary

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sprachlos werden

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to be bereft of speech

184
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sinnentleert

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bereft of content / meaning

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ideenlos

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bereft of ideas

186
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ideenarm

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bereft of ideas

187
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jd./etw. beraubte jdn.

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sb./sth. bereft sb.

188
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beraubt

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bereft

189
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freudiges Herumspringen {n}

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gambol

190
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herumtollen

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to gambol around / about

191
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herumhüpfen

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to gambol

192
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böswillig

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malevolent

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bösartig

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malevolent

194
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von Gefahren umwittert sein [geh.]

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to be beset / fraught with danger

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von Sorgen geplagt

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beset by worries [postpos.]

196
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von Zweifeln bedrängt

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beset by doubts [postpos.]

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bedrängen

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to beset

198
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heimgesucht

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beset

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