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1
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Absorb

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  • absorb the losses of the past year
  • she absorbed the information in silence
  • the smaller firm was absorbed into the biggee
  • the work absorbed him
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Ubiquitous

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Seeming to be everywhwre; very common

-the ubiquitous movie star Tom Hanks

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3
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Utterly devoid of x

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Ohne x

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Ich bestehe dass du x tust

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I insist you donx

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Gehlt

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Predicated ob

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Power cut

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An interruption in the supply of electricity

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Retain- behalten,

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  • the team retained the world coup
  • we retain our independence
  • the house retains much of its original charm
  • she retained her tennis title

Retain the services of a lawyer (unterhalten)

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Mit etwas arrangiere

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Go along with sth

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9
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Stressend

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Stressful job

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10
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Lals

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Pernicious

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Unterstützen, verfechten

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To espouse

Espouse an idea

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Eine entscheidung treffen

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Make a decision

I didnt make that decision lightly

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13
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An hemandens seite käpfen

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Fight beside sb

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Searingly
Searingly honest
Gnadenlos ehrlich

Searingly relevant=sehr sehr wichrig

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Versengend
Wird benutzt um intensität auszudrücken.
A searingly critical judgement
Searingly critical review of sth

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Do sth amid sth

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He gave up his job amid the inquiry into corruption

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16
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Pleasantry

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Höfliche floskel
Artigkeit
Hänselei

Spare me your pleasentries
I cant laugh at your oleasantry (ich kann über deinem scherz nicht lauch)
After exchanging pleasantries we proceeded to…

17
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Plight

The plight of the displaced
We must relieve the oligjt of suffering refugees

‘A dangerous difficult or ubfortunate situation’

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Plight=notlage, misere, zwangslage

18
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Conducive to

Conducive tonibtellectualndevelopment

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Fördwrlich

19
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Seem proof, that…

It seems proof that it was love at first sight

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Scheint ein beweis zu sein, dass

20
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Thick as thieves

If you mer her yous become thick as thieves

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Beste freunde

21
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Catch sb by surprise

He caughg her by surprise when he announced his love for her

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Jemanden unvorbereitet erwischen

22
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To camp out with sn

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Mit jemandem zelten gehen

23
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She willfully and knowingly made a false statement

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Wider besseren wissens falsche angaben machen

24
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Defraud
She tried to defraud a company of 1000k dollars
He conspired to defraud

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Illegal geld aus einer person/objekt bekommen mit tricks

25
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She willfully and knowingly made a false statement

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Wider besseren wissens falsche angaben machen

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Defraud
She tried to defraud a company of 1000k dollars
He conspired to defraud

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Illegal geld aus einer person/objekt bekommen mit tricks

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