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es wird hell

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it’s beginning to get light

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herumhüpfende kleine Idioten

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cavort little idiots

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streunende Kater der Gesellschaft

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society’s stray cats

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to withhold one’s thoughts from others Dinge für sich behalten

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I keep my counsel

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nichts gewöhnliches, ordinäres in ihren Zügen

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nothing commonplace in her features

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Füllhorn 2x

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cornucopia lady bountyfull

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die Aufregung eines Goldsuchers erfahren

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experience a prospector’s thrill

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einen Schritt nach dem anderen machen planvoll vorgehen

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take it one step at a time

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sich der Sache leidenschaftslos nähern

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approach the matter dispassionately

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mit verdrießlicher Stimme

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in a peevish voice

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einschüchternde Fragen

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hectoring questions

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go to my own funeral

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attending my own obsequies

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immer die Clownsmaske für die Gesellschaft aufhaben

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always wear the mask of comedy for society

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Juristensprache

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legalese

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Zolas Abbild verbrennen Zolas Abbild wurde verbrannt

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Zola was burned in effigy

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salbungsvoll sagen

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say something unctuously

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Schaumschläger Pfeife

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he is a windbag

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jmd auf Herz und Nieren prüfen

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they were put through their paces

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19
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abweichendes Verhalten

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aberrant behaviour

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Existenzniveau

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subsistence level

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21
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als Begleiterscheinung von

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as a corollary of

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steht seinem Herrn immer zur Verfügung

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at the beck and call of his master

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Sie war tatal lieb und süss (aber dann…)

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-she was sweetness and light

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gemildert abgeschwächt

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attenuated

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Bücher, Berichte usw schönen
cooking the books, reports
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Die Quellen, so breit angezapft sie auch sein mögen
the sources, however broadly tapped...
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Mangel an Essen, Ideen usw
a dearth of food dearth of ideas
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Drum und dra, äußere Zeichen von etwas
trappings of masculinity
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Kosten für eine Nummer (Prostituierte)
per-trick rate (prostitutes)
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unters gemeine Volk mischen
slumming
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von Hand in den Mund leben
live hand to mouth
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Rowdies, Strolche und zügellose Jungs
hoodlums and dissipated boys
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sündiger, unzüchtiger Brief
scarlet letter
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Kalendermethode (Verhütung)
rhythm method (contraception?)
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angepriesen
touted by folk
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in den Vordergrund rücken
to foreground something
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im Grunde, eigentlich
for all intents and purposes
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Klatschmäuler
gossipers
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Männer die vor nichts zurückschrecken
men who will stick at nothing
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Nazismus in all seiner Schrecklichkeit
Nazism in all its horribleness
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fanatisch, tollwütige Artikel
rabid articles in Nazi newspapers
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trying to avoid, get around
skating around the main issue
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das Gesetz rückwirkend angewandt
law applied retroactively
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vom Flaschenhals aus gefeiert
celebrate from the neck of a bottle
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Zahlen manipulieren, fälschen
fiddling the figures
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wieder vereinnahmen, reintegrieren, in Reihen aufnehmen (Personen) wieder zurückkehren
bring sb back into the fold retun to the fold
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eine unbekümmerte Antwort geben????
toss off a blithe answer
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pooped out
feel strung-out
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1. exited, trilled 2. wide-eyed with surprise 3. taken aback
be agog at sth, agog over sth
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dürfen die Angelegenheit nicht aus den Augen verlieren
we must not lose sight
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jetlagged
bodyclock in ruins
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joolend und höhnend (House of commons)
howling and jeering
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eat verputzen wegputzen alle Nüsse wurden gefuttert
scoff all he nuts were scuffed
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gang und gäbe sein
commonplace
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etw , jmd in Szene setzen
put sth in scene
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Kreditwürdigkeitsprüfung
credit scoring
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politische Punktesammeln
political point scoring
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ein bißchen
a tad too...
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Schlappe erleiden
suffer a setback
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aus den Startlöchern
gett off the starting block be quick off the mark
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zugewiesen: Zeit, Material, Anteil, Land
allotted time, material, share, land

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