BAumstümpfe und graue Wiesen Flashcards

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gewollt

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deliberately {adv}
desired {adj} {past-p}
volitional {adj}
intentionally {adv}
designedly {adv}
intentional {adj}
purposely {adv}
willfully {adv} [Am.]
intendedly {adv}
intended {adj} {past-p}
wilfully {adv} [Br.]
on purpose {adv}
with intent {adv}
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vermummt

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hooded
masked
disguised

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3
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das Werk Pl.: die Werke

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factory, work, creation

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die Axt Pl.: die Äxte

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axe

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5
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das Beil Pl.: die Beile

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hatchet

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das Scheit Pl.: die Scheite

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piece of wood

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zäh

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chewy {adj} [meat] gastr.
tenaciously {adv}
stringily {adv}
tough 
dogged 
gritty
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kümmerlich

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puny {adj}
wimpy {adj} [coll.]
scrubby {adj}

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etw. Akk. abschlagen | schlug ab, abgeschlagen |

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to chip sth., to refuse sth., to strike sth.

to refuse
to chip
to hew off
to chip off
to knock off
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behauen | behaute, behauen |

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to hew
to knap
to chip
to trim
to carve
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abholzen | holzte ab, abgeholzt |

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to deforest, to clear-cut

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die Stube Pl.: die Stuben

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living room, sitting room, parlor

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etw. Akk. verstellen | verstellte, verstellt |

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to obstruct sth.

to misplace sth.

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derartig

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such {adj}
suchlike {adj}
of this sort {adj}
of this type {adj}
of that kind {adj}
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15
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die Schutthalde Pl.: die Schutthalden

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detritus

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16
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sorgsam

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carefully {adv}
solicitous {adj}
diligent {adj}
careful {adj}
attentive {adj}
studiously {adv}
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die Schicht Pl.: die Schichten

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layer

18
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verwandelnd

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converting {adj}
transmuting {adj}
metamorphosing {adj}
transmogrifying {adj} [esp. hum.]

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überkommen | kam über, übergekommen |

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overcome {adj} {past-p}
to overcome
to come across
to come over [feelings, etc.]
to get handed down
20
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traben | trabte, getrabt |

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to trot

21
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zierlich

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diminutive {adj}
graceful {adj}
dainty {adj}
daintily {adv}
dinky {adj} [Br.] [coll.] [small and neat]
fine-boned {adj}
delicate
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ragen | ragte, geragt |

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to tower
to loom [high]
to protrude
to jut
to stick out
23
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abschlagen | schlug ab, abgeschlagen |

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to knock off

24
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die Kahlheit

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bleakness

25
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das Gerümpel kein Pl.

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junk, rubbish

26
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die Fratze Pl.: die Fratzen

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grimace

27
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jmdn. bekümmern | bekümmerte, bekümmert |

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to distress so. | distressed, distressed |

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etw. Nom. bekümmert jmdn. Infinitiv: bekümmern

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sth. grieves so.

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die Entstellung Pl.: die Entstellungen

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disfigurement
distortion
obfuscationcomp.
warp
defacement
misrepresentation
disfiguration
defeature
deformation
uglification
30
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weichlich

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weak, wimpy

31
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grinsen | grinste, gegrinst |

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to grin
to smirk
to sneer [smirk]

32
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das Grausen kein Pl.

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horror

33
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kahl

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bleak, stark

34
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spärlich

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sparse

35
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das Ergebnis Pl.: die Ergebnisse

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result, outcome

36
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die Gewissheit

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certitude

37
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sich Akk. ereignen | ereignete, ereignet |

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to happen, occur, befall