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Monastery or place of seclusion / kreuzgang

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Cloister

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To gorge, overindulge in eating / verwöhnen

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Surfeit

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Acting with an eye toward the future/ vorrausschauend

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Provident

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To renounce or reject ; abstain from

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Abjure

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Old European word for coin

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Ducat

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extravagantly or recklessly wasteful / verschwenderisch

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prodigal

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to violate a law or sin , break the rules

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transgress

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having no equal / einzigartig, besonders

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nonpareil

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intensity or feeling/ leidenschaft

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fervor

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fretful, obstinate / mürrisch, gereizt

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peevish

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vulgar or uncivil, difficult to work or deal with / ungehobelt, no manners

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churlish

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having a rich, smooth flow, honigsüß, angenehm

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mellifluous

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protesting or crying harshly / heulen, jaulen

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caterwauling

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to make less harsh, hostile or painful , etw lindern, mildern

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to mitigate sth

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having calmness and self-restraint, sober or grave / seriös,konservativ

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staid

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to wait for the right moment , tolerate

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bide

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a firm, lustrous fabcric with patters in satin

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damask

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grudgingly reluctant to spend, stingy, geizig, knauserig

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niggardly

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modest, reserved or coy, shy

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demure

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an exclusive, right, power or privilige

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Prerogative

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to accustom to accept someting undesirable

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inure

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readily perceived by the senses, etw zeigen, sich äußern

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manifest

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hard to control, unruly, mischievous

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wanton

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unwilling to do something against one’s way of thinking,unwillig, abgeneigt

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To be loath to do sth

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kriegerisch

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martial

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an omen or indication of the future

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presage

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one who is unimaginative or over emphasizes, etwas mit genauheit ausführen, pingelig

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pedant

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