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erschaffen, erschuf, erschaffen

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to create

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erhalten

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to get, receive, preserve, obtain

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heidnische

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pagan, heathen, gentile

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der Säulenwald (-älder)

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forest of columns, pillar-forest

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der Schlussstein (-e)

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cornerstone, capstone

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zuwölben

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to arch toward, curve toward

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die Verherrlichung (-en)

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glorification, doxology

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die Heilsgeschichte

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salvation history

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die Unübersichtlichkeit

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obscurity, confusion

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drehen

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to turn, twist, spin

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die Niederringung (-en)

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wrestling down, subjugation

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von urher (adv.)

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from forever ago, from time immemorial

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erdenken, erdachte, erdacht

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to conceive, devise

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auf ihn hin

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toward him

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von vornherein (adv.)

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from the outset, a priori

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es gilt

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this is true

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durchherrschend

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thoroughly ruling, dominating exceptionlessly

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einheitlich

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unified

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innerhalb

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within, inside

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das Untertansein

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state of subjection, subordination

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die Willigkeit

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willingness

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die Gnade

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grace, mercy

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aufnehmen

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to include, receive, assimilate

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die Vorspende (-n)

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first-bestowal, preliminary offering

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die Vollspende (-n)

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full-bestowal, full offering

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Auferstehung

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rising, resurrection

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der Leib

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belly, body

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leibhaft or leibhaftig

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incarnate

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unterwerfen, unterwarf, unterworfen

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to subjugate, subdue

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durchwalten lassen

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to hold sway

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durchwalten

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to pervade, to permeate

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spüren

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feel, notice, perceive

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von… an

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from x onward

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widerwillig

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unwilling

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anerkennen

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to recognize, acknowledge

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überwältigt

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overwhelming

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gleichfalls

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likewise

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das Knie

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knee

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beugen

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to bend, bow, flex

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hergeben

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to hand over, give over, yield

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umklammern

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to clasp, comprise

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zuordnen

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to allocate, allot, attach, relate

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43
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gesamthaft

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altogether, overall

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44
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des Neuen Äons

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why is Neuen capitalized?

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der Durchbruch

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breakthrough, penetration, gap, perforation

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vor allem

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above all

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die Machtkundgabe (-n)

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announcement of power, proclamation of might

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verdeutlichen

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to clarify, explain

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mitteilen

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to inform, tell, convey, impart

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erheben, erhob, erhoben

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to elevate, raise up, (refl.) to rise, soar

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gleichsehr

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equally, just as much, in the same degree

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Auseinandersetzung

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argument, dispute

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53
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ebensowenig

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just as little

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übrig

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remaining, left, odd, spare

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das Motiv

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motif, theme

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ausklammern

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to ignore, exclude, disregard

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unentbehrlich

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indispensable, essential

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Entmythisierung

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demythologization

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herausoperieren

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to remove surgically

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platt

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flat

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verwandeln

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to convert, transform

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diesen

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acc. masc.

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heißen

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to mean, to be

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Diesen… verwandeln

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not sure how this sentence hangs together grammatically

65
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erweisen

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to prove to be (refl.), to demonstrate, to render

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ebenso

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equally, as much

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festhalten

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to adhere, retain

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allestötend

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all-killing, all-destroying

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daher

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therefore

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ahnend

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guessing, foreboding

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Umschreibung

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paraphrase, circumlocution,

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ungeschickt

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awkward, clumsy

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wie überhaupt

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as generally – comparative

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etw. beheimaten

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to be a home to s.t.

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mitteninne

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midway

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allvergötternd

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totally divinizing

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allentgötternd

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totally de-divinizing

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am nächsten kommen

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to come as close as possible to +dat.

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die Ahnenreihe (-n)

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genealogy, ancestral line

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zuletzt

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at last

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zurückfuhren

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to refer

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Anwesenheit

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presence

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beinah

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almost, nearly

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bruchlos

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seamlessly, uninterruptedly

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übergehen

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omit, cross over, exchange, descend

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vorstellen

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to present, introduce, imagine

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sonstig

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other, miscellaneous

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der Vorsteher

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presider, chief

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kurzschlüssig

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short-circuiting, bypassing

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warnen vor

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to warn against

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im übrigen

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otherwise

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begegnen

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to encounter, occur, come across as

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Gattung

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kind, sort

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Vertreter

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exemplar, agent, representative

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usf.

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und so fort

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wesen

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sometimes used à la Heidegger “is-ing”

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obschon

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although, albeit

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untertan

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subject, subordinate

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Eigenmacht

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interference, vigilantism

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verfallen sein

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(+dat.) = to fall for someone, be addicted to something

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allerart

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assorted, of all kinds

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erzeugen

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to generate, beget

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Bemächtigung

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mastery, control

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äussern

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express

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gesetzmissbrauch

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misuse of the law

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überwältigend

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overwhelming, overpowering

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Das Überwältigende

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the overpowering aspect

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hinreißend

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ravishing, captivating

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Depotenzierung

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the unpowering, de-powering

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anzeigen

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indicate

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zählen

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to ascribe

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unausweichbar

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inescapable, ineluctable

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verlocken

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to allure

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drohend

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angrily

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wiesehr

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just how much, the extent to which

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zahllos

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countless

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ausstrahlen

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to broadcast, to emanate

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bestimmen

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to determine

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das Gespür

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feeling, intuition, sense

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ablesen

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to read off of, gather, infer

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zusichern

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to pledge, warrant

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unfehlbar

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infallible

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der Untergang

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doom, demise

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der Mörder

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murderer

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bannen

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spellbind, exorcise, excommunicate

126
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entmachten

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to strip of power, enervate

127
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berauben

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to rob

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stillegen

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decommission

129
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entwaffnen

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disarm

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an den Pranger stellen

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to pillory, to shame

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Entlarvung

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unmasking

132
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Ans-Lichtziehen

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an das Licht ziehen = to draw into the light

133
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bedrohlich

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threatening

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undurchsichtig

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opaque, refractory to sight/reason

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zehren

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to sap, draw on

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ausliefern

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to deliver, hand over

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