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1
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To usurp/ seize

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Etwas an sich reißen

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Centrally Controlled economy

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Die Planwirtschaft

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To boost/ propel

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Antreiben

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To enforce/assert

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Durchsetzen

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To examine/ interrogate

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Vernehmen

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Interrogation/ examination

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Die Vernehmung

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To prise sth out/ figure out

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Herausbekommen

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Prosperity

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Der Wohlstand

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Staff/ workforce

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Die Belegschaft

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Application/ proposal

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Der Antrag

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To etch/ cauterise

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Ätzen

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To adjust/ adapt

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Anpassen

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Collateral damage

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Kollateralschaden

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To force

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Aufzwingen

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To blunt/ deaden / dull

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Abstumpfen

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16
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Paint/ coating

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Der Anstrich

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17
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Term/ concept

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Der Begriff

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18
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Denigrating/ disparaging

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verunglimpfend

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19
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Inhibition threshold

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Die Hemmschwelle

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20
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To sully / besmirch

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Besudeln

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21
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To rob sth from Sb

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Jdm um etwas bestehlen

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To put Sb off sth

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Jdm etwas verleiden

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Public feeling

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Volksempfinden

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Apprehensive/ dubious

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Bedenklich

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To comprehend

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Nachvollziehen

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In spirit

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Im Geiste

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27
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Moral

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Sittlich

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Swift/ nimble

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Flink

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Tough/ chewy

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Zäh

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30
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Care/ support

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Die Betreuung

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31
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To settle (down)

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Sich niederlassen

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32
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Resentment/ hostility

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Die Feindseligkeit

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33
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To resolve/ hold / stage

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Austragen

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34
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To extend/ stretch/ span (over)

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Sich erstrecken (über)

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Late/ blessed

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Selig

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36
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Sale/ clearance

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Der Ausverkauf

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37
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To fuck sth up

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Verkorksen

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38
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To promise/ augur/ bode

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Verheißen

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39
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To prompt/ induce

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Veranlassen

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40
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Unauthorised

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Unbefugt

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41
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Escrow/ trust

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Die Treuhand

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42
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Uncompromising

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Knallhart

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43
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Permeate / swipe

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Durchziehen

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44
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Creator

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Der Beschaffer

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45
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To persevere/ endure

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Ausharren

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46
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Prompt

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Unverzüglich

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47
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In retrospect

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Im Nachhinein

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48
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Final/ ultimate

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Endgültig

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49
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To launch/ initiate

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Anstoßen

50
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To pretend

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Vorgeben

51
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Ethnicities

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Ethnien

52
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To stir

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Sich regen

53
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To manage/ overcome

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Bewältigen

54
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Skilful

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Geschickt

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Corny

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Abgedroschen

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To neglect

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Vernachlässigen

57
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To class/ collide

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Aneinander prallen

58
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To negotiate

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Unterhandeln

59
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Nail

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Der Nagel

60
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To allow/ grant

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Stattgeben

61
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To infiltrate with too many foreign influences

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Überfremden

62
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Partly

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Teilweise

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Upheaval/ turmoil

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Der Umbruch

64
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Left behind

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Abgehängt

65
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To raise/ elevate

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Anheben

66
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Limit/ threshold

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Der Grenzwerte

67
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Maceration/ softening

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Die Aufweichung

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Curtain

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Die Gardine

69
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To save for

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Sparen auf

70
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Nearest

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Nächstgelegen

71
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Volume (book)

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Der Band

72
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Band

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Die Band

73
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Belt/ ribbon

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Das Band

74
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Right to freedom

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Das Recht auf Freiheit

75
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Other/ further

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Sonstig

76
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Afterwards

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Nachher

77
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Paragraph

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Der Absatz

78
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Elsewhere

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Woanders

79
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Nowhere

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Nirgends

80
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Downhill

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Bergab

81
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Uphill

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Bergauf

82
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From there

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Dorther/ daher

83
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Storey

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Der Stockwerk

84
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Almost/ nearly

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Beinahe

85
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Also/ likewise

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Ebenfalls

86
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To an extent

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Gewissermaßen

87
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Extract

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Der Auszug

88
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Quantity/ amount

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Eine Menge

89
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Application/ use

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Die Anwendung

90
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Vivid

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Eindringlich

91
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To concede sth

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Konzedieren

92
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To be made/ take place

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Erfolgen

93
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Assessment/ appraisal

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Die Begutachtung

94
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To dissociate from

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Sich von etwas abgrenzen

95
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Conventional

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Herkömmlich

96
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Explicit/ particularly

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Ausdrücklich

97
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To provide/ make/ do to

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Leisten zu

98
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Indispensable/ essential

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Unentbehrlich

99
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Elaborate/ expensive

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Aufwendig

100
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Interference

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Der Eingriff

101
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To cause/ give rise to

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Hervorrufen

102
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To worry/ bother Sb

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Umtreiben

103
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To transfer/ tempt money

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Geld überweisen

104
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To be cancelled/ omitted

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Entfallen

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Scarcity/ shortage

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Die Verknappung

106
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Demand (e.gand supply)

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Die Nachfrage

107
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To consider / appreciate / gauge

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Ermessen

108
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To check

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Nachlesen

109
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To unlock

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Freischalten

110
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To saw sth up

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Zersägen

111
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Administrator

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Der Verweser

112
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Warrant/ capacity/ authority

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Die Befugnis

113
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To praise/ commend

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Loben

114
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To rejig/ change ones ways

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Umkrempeln

115
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To overestimate/ rate

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Überschätzen

116
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To depreciate

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Abwerten

117
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Exaggerated

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Übertrieben

118
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To stop oneself from doing

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Sich (dat) etwas verkneifen

119
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To withstand

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Überstehen

120
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To cushion/ absorb shock

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Abfedern