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incidents, events, happenings

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Vorkommnisse, Ereignisse, do not use for war incidents, but you could say “happenings at a labour party conference”

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to take the view that

to be of the opinion that

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der Ansicht sein, dass

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in my view, in my opinion

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meiner Ansicht nach

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to be in favo(u)r of sth

I am all for lowering taxes.

who is in favo(u)r (of it)?

vote in favo(u)r

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für etwas sein

Ich bin sehr dafür, die Steuern zu senken.

wer ist dafür oder (damit) einverstanden? d

afür oder mit Ja stimmen

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to be against something

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gegen etwas sein

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to vote for someone, to elect someone

(They elected him their president. But: They voted for the independent candidate.)

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jem. wählen

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to be dependent on someone

to be independent of someone

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von jem. abhängig sein

unabhängig von jem. sein

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in retrospect/with hindsight, one could say that

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im Nachhinein betrachtet könnte man meinen, dass

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an opportunity

to seize an opportunity

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eine (günstige) Gelegenheit

eine Gelegenheit ergreifen oder nutzen

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a possibility

there is still a possibility that …

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eine Möglichkeit

es besteht nach wie vor die Möglichkeit, dass ..

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to distinguish between

to make a distinction between

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unterscheiden zwischen

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12
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that sets him apart from …

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das unterscheidet ihn von …

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to differ from each other to be different

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sich von einander unterscheiden

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by all means

by means of a means of communication

Ends justify the means.

to live within (beyond) one’s means

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auf alle Fälle mittels, durch, mit

ein Kommunikationsmittel

Der Zweck heiligt die Mittel.

seinen Verhältnissen entsprechend (über seine Verhältnisse) leben

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to quote

a quote

a quota

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zitieren

ein Zitat

eine Quote

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on the internet

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im Internet

17
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at the moment

in a moment (I’ll be with you in a moment.)

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momentan, zurzeit, im Moment

gleich (Ich bin gleich für Sie da.)

18
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in/at the beginning

at the beginning of the week

at the start

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am Anfang/anfangs

zu Beginn der Woche

zu Beginn

19
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on the one hand/on the other hand

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auf der einen Seite/auf der anderen Seite (zum einen/zum anderen)

20
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in: in the morning, in June, in the summer, in the third quarter, in 2010, in the nineties
on: on Thursday, on the 20th of October
at: at 19.00 hrs, at seven, at the weekend, at the end of the week, at lunch

no adverb: this morning, yesterday afternoon etc.

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REMEMBER