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Info

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Ich habe eine Einladung zum Vorstellungsgespräch erhalten. Drücke mir die Daumen! - I have received an invitation to the job interview. Cross your fingers for me!

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Ufer

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Ufer
[ˈuːfɐ ]
neuter noun
Word forms: Ufers genitive , Ufer plural
(= Flussufer) bank
(= Seeufer) shore
(= Küstenlinie) shoreline
direkt am Ufer gelegen right on the water’s edge
etw ans Ufer spülen to wash sth ashore
der Fluss trat über die Ufer the river burst its banks
zu neuen Ufern aufbrechen (figurative) to try something completely new

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Chime

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läuten.     Forvo 
[ˈlɔytn  ]
Verb Table transitive verb or intransitive verb
1. 
[Glocke, Mensch] to ring
[Wecker] to go (off)
es hat geläutet the bell rang
(nach) jdm läuten to ring for sb
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er hat davon (etwas) läuten hören (informal) he has heard something about it
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Lauten

Not Leute.

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lauten. Forvo
[ˈlautn ]
Verb Table intransitive verb
to be
[Rede, Argumentation] to go
[Schriftstück] to read ⧫ to go
(= sich belaufen) to amount (auf +acc to)
dieser Erlass lautet wörtlich … the exact text of this decree is …
auf den Namen … lauten [Pass] to be in the name of …; [Scheck] to be payable to …
die Anklage lautet auf Mord the charge is (one of) murder

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Tar

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tar
[tɑːʳ  ]
noun
Teer m
transitive verb
teeren
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Das Ren

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Ren
[rɛn, reːn  ]
neuter noun
Word forms: Rens genitive , Rene or Rens [ˈreːnə, rɛns  ] plural
reindeer
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Der Bagger

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Bagger
[ˈbaɡɐ  ]
masculine noun
Word forms: Baggers genitive , Bagger plural
excavator
(für Schlamm) dredger
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Elegie

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Elegie
[eleˈɡiː  ]
feminine noun
Word forms: Elegie genitive , Elegien [-ˈɡiːən] plural
elegy

A poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person.

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Eulogie

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Die Lobesrede.

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Sieve

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Sieb
[ziːp  ]
neuter noun
Word forms: Sieb(e)s genitive , Siebe [-bə] plural
sieve
(= Teesieb) strainer
(= Gemüsesieb) colander
ein Gedächtnis wie ein Sieb haben to have a memory like a sieve
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Kniffelig

Knifflig

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kniffelig
[ˈknɪfəlɪç  ] or knifflig [ˈknɪflɪç  ]
adjective (informal)
fiddly
(= heikel) tricky
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So treten Sie nicht ins Brexit-Fettnäpfchen.

Knigge für England-Reisende

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Knigge
[ˈknɪɡə  ]
masculine noun
Word forms: Knigge(s) genitive , Knigge plural
etiquette manual
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Mit derartigen Formulierungen kann man leicht ins Fettnäpfchen treten.

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Das

Word forms: Fettnäpfchens genitive , Fettnäpfchen plural
(informal)
ins Fettnäpfchen treten to put one’s foot in it (bei jdm with sb)

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Zwangsläufig

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adjective
inevitable
adverb
inevitably
das musste ja zwangsläufig so kommen that had to happen
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Bodenständig

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bodenständig
adjective
(= lang ansässig) long-established
(figurative) (= unkompliziert) down-to-earth

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Garen

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garen
[ˈɡaːrən  ] (cookery)
Verb Table transitive verb or intransitive verb
to cook
(auf kleiner Flamme) to simmer
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Gären

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gären
[ˈɡɛːrən ]
Word forms: gor gärte preterite , gegoren gegärt past participle
Verb Table intransitive verb auxiliary ‘haben’, auxiliary ‘sein’
to ferment
[Hefe] to work
(figurative) [Gefühle etc] to seethe
die Wut/das Unrecht gärte in ihm he was seething with anger/a sense of injustice
in ihm gärt es he is in a state of inner turmoil

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Smartphones haben besonders beim Wandern Einzug Gehalten.

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