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Adjectives/adverbs Flashcards

Memorize adjectives, adverbs and words that double as both

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trocken

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dry

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glücklich

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happy

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sicher

sicher wirkend

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safe, certain, sure

reliable

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wichtig

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important

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schwer

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heavy, serious, grave

difficult

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alt

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old

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gewiss

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certain, certainly

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verheiratet

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married

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köstlich

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delicious, exquisite

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herrlich

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wonderful, great (used a lot for weather or music)

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direkt

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direct, directly

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verwitwet

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widowed

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sozial

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social as in welfare, caring

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von…nach…

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from…to…

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lustlos

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unenthusiastic, lethargic, sluggish, listless

half-heartedly

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klar

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clear

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normalerweise

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normally, usually, typically

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falsch

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false, wrong

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einmal

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once, once upon a time

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nie

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never

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ander-

anders

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other, different

differently, otherwise
else

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diesmal

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this time

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normal

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normal

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und weite

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let’s continue (and further)

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leer

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flat, empty

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schlank

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slim

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allein

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alone, by oneself

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meistens

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mostly

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typisch

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typical

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fest

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fixed, solid, firm

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fremd

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strange, foreign, weird

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berufstätig

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working, employed

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draußen

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outside

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sogar

sogar noch

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adverb: even, as in actually

yet

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kalt

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cold

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hell

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light, bright

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praktisch

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practical

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sauber

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clean

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sondern

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but (used to correct a negative statement)

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bis zu

bis zu + dative

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up to, as far as

pending

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intelligent

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smart, intelligent

cleverly, ingeniously

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aktuell

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current, currently

relevant

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viel/viele
(viel los)
(so viel)

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much, a lot/many
(a lot going on)
(that much)

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richtig

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right, correct

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spät

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late

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kaputt

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colloquially: broken

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arbeitslos

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unemployed

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bestimmt

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certainly, definitely

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fleißig

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industrious

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früh

früher

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early, soon

earlier, formerly

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warm

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warm

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komisch

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funny, comical, unusual

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wieder

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again

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kühl

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cool

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oben

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at the top

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bloß

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bare, mere

only

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still

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quiet, silent

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geboren

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born (adjective)

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fast

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almost

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modern

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modern

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deshalb

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therefore, that’s why

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vorher

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before, previously

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originell

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novel

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selbstverständlich

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certainly, naturally, of course

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einfach

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simple, simply
easy
single

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vorsichtig

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careful, cautious

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voll

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full, fully

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gewöhnlich

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common, general

usually

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gleich

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same

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eng

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narrow, tight, cramped

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oft

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often

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als

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for

as, when

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billig

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cheap

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letzt-

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last

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dort

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there, thereabouts

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müde

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tired

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dumm

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stupid

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traurig

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sad, sadly

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nervös

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nervous

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langsam

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slow, slowly

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multimedial

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multimedia-based

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möglich

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possible

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merkwürdig

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strange, odd

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jetzt

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now

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breit

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wide, broad

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schmutzig

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dirty, filthy

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trotzdem

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nevertheless

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so…wie…

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as…as… (for example, as soon as…)

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zusammen

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together

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danach

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afterwards

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immer

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always, immediately

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unten

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at the bottom

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niedrig

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low, lowly

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schwach

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weak

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lange her

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long ago, a long time ago

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interessant

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interesting

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allerlei

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all sorts of, all kinds of

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vielleicht

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maybe, perhaps

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besonders

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especially

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zufrieden

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contented

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vor allem

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above all

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klein

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small

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mild

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mild

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leider

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unfortunately

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damals
(seit damals)
(von damals)

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back then, at that time
(since then)
(of that time)

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beide, beides

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both

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selbst

selbst wenn

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even
self/self-

(even if)

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wenn

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if

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dick

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fat

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schlimm

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bad, nasty, awful

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sofort

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immediately, at once

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mal

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once (as in one time)
sometime
times (as in math)

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ewig

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eternal, eternally

everlasting, forever

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öffentlich

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public as in government or municipal

publicly

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manchmal

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sometimes

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deutlich

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clear, distinctly

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wirklich

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real, really

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weil

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because

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heiß

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hot

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gefährlich

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dangerous

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ähnlich

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similar

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etwa

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approximately

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wunderbar

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wonderful

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zurzeit

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at the moment

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schnell

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fast, quick

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hässlich

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ugly

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häufig

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frequently

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außer wenn

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except if, except when

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erst

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no more than, only

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teuer

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expensive

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getrennt

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separate

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lebendig

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alive, lively

vivid

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verschieden

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different

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geschieden

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divorced

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pro

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per

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schon

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already

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übrigens

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by the way

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gar nicht

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not at all

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reich

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rich

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groß

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big, tall

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jeder

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every

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endlich

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at last

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dunkel

stem is dunkl-

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dark

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neu

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new

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hart

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hard

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vorwiegend

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predominantly

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noch

noch einmal

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still

once again

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täglich

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daily, every day

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fantastisch

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fantastic

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jener

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that

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überall

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everywhere

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ziemlich

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rather

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hoch

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tall

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deswegen

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for that reason, that’s why

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lustig

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amusing

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privat

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private

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günstig

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well-situated

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lange

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long

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ganz

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very

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hoh- , höher, am höchst-

höchstens

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high/grand, higher, highest/extreme/utmost

at the most, except

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nah

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near, close

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leise

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quiet

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verboten

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forbidden

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faul

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lazy

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schrecklich

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terrible, dreadful, awful

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bequem

pronounced “bek-vem”

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comfortable

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weiter

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further, furthermore

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genau

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exactly

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knapp

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scarce, tight

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plötzlich

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sudden, suddenly

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gern

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to like (doing something)

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über…nach…

A

via…to…

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kurz

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short, briefly

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böse

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bad, evil, wicked, naughty

nastily

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auf einmal

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suddenly, at once

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nett

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nice

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ruhig

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peaceful

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je

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ever

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geradeaus

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straight ahead/on

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geöffnet

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open

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nur

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only

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ehrlich

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honest

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schlecht

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bad, poor

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bald

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soon

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weich

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weak, soft

for food it can mean soft-boiled or tender

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stabil

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sturdy, stabile

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also

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so, therefore

idiomatically: well, so

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ledig

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single

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stark

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strong

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berühmt

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famous, renowned

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witzig

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funny, humorously

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beliebt

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popular

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leicht

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light, easy

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klug

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smart, clever, wise, prudent

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beschäftigt

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busy, occupied

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nachdem

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after

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arm

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poor

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großartig

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great, wonderful, grand

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obligatorisch

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obligatory

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nächst-

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next

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international

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international

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genug

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enough

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natürlich

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naturally

idiomatically: of course

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geschlossen

A

closed

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lieber

am liebsten

A

(to like) better

(to like) best

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