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Category |
English |
German |
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General |
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1 |
General |
from who? |
von wem? [adv]
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2 |
General |
person who opts out |
Aussteiger [m]
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3 |
General |
piker (glambler who makes only small bets) |
vorsichtiger/zurückhaltender Spieler (der nur kleine Einsätze wagt) [m]
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4 |
General |
northerner (person who lives in Northern Germany) |
Norddeutscher [m]
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5 |
General |
northerner (person who lives in Northern Germany) |
Fischkopp [übertragen] [humor..][pej. [m]
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6 |
General |
someone who is allergic |
Allergiker [m]
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7 |
General |
someone who is always on the go |
Hektiker [m]
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8 |
General |
someone who suffers from allergies |
Allergiker [m]
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9 |
General |
someone who looks after someone |
Betreuer [m]
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10 |
General |
someone who loves understatement |
Tiefstapler [m]
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11 |
General |
anyone who |
jeder [m]
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12 |
General |
a student who is inquisitive |
ein Schüler, der etwas lernen möchte [m]
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13 |
General |
a student who is inquisitive |
ein Student, der etwas lernen möchte [m]
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14 |
General |
a student who learns parrot fashion |
ein Student, der alles auswendig lernt [m]
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15 |
General |
a student who learns parrot fashion |
ein Schüler, der alles auswendig lernt [m]
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16 |
General |
actor who improvises |
Improvisator [m]
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17 |
General |
accompaniment service for people who are on deathbed |
Begleitdienst für Menschen im Sterben [m]
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18 |
General |
person who is hard of hearing |
Schwerhörige [m/f]
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19 |
General |
person who commands respect |
Respektsperson [f]
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20 |
General |
person who opts out |
Aussteigerin [f]
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21 |
General |
northerner (person who lives in Northern Germany) |
Norddeutsche [f]
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22 |
General |
someone who is always on the go |
Hektikerin [f]
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23 |
General |
someone who is allergic |
Allergikerin [f]
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24 |
General |
someone who suffers from allergies |
Allergikerin [f]
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25 |
General |
someone who looks after someone |
Betreuerin [f]
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26 |
General |
a student who is inquisitive |
eine Studentin, die etwas lernen möchte [f]
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27 |
General |
a student who is inquisitive |
eine Schülerin, die etwas lernen möchte [f]
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28 |
General |
a student who learns parrot fashion |
eine Schülerin, die alles auswendig lernt [f]
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29 |
General |
a student who learns parrot fashion |
eine Studentin, die alles auswendig lernt [f]
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30 |
General |
actor who improvises |
Improvisatorin [f]
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31 |
General |
average age of women who bear their first child |
Altersdurchschnitt der Frauen, die ein Kind zur Welt bringen [n]
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32 |
General |
settle who is to be the president's successor |
die Nachfolge des Präsidenten regeln [v]
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33 |
General |
have friends who can pull strings |
Freunde an den richtigen Orten haben [v]
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34 |
General |
people who are always on the go |
Hektikerinnen [pl]
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35 |
General |
people who hate wearing ties/a tie |
Krawattenmuffel [pl]
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36 |
General |
people who are always on the go |
Hektiker [pl]
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37 |
General |
persons who opt out |
Aussteiger [pl]
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38 |
General |
persons who opt out |
Aussteigerinnen [pl]
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39 |
General |
people who want to reduce their weight |
Abnehmwillige [pl]
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40 |
General |
people who want to reduce their weight |
Abnehmbereite [pl]
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41 |
General |
handicapped children who need special education |
behinderte Kinder, die eine besondere Ausbildung benötigen [pl]
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42 |
General |
who is there ? |
wer ist da ?
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43 |
General |
who is |
wer ist
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44 |
General |
Let everyone do it who can. |
Mag es tun, wer es kann.
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45 |
General |
citizens who approach us |
Bürger, die an uns herantreten
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46 |
General |
a candidate who is still in the frame |
ein Kanditat, der noch im Rennen ist
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47 |
General |
a man who can't stand by his handshake |
ein Mann ohne Handschlagqualität
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48 |
General |
a seaman who signs on a ship |
ein anheuernder/anmusternder Seemann
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49 |
General |
Woe betide anyone who ...! |
Wehe dem, der ...!
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50 |
General |
the man who said to me |
der Mann, der mir sagte
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51 |
General |
who died young |
jung verstorben
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52 |
General |
god knows who |
weiß der Himmel
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53 |
General |
god knows who |
wer
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54 |
General |
those who |
welche
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55 |
General |
he who |
derjenige
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56 |
General |
those who |
diejenigen
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Idioms |
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57 |
Idioms |
good things come to those who wait |
Mit Harren und Hoffen hat's mancher getroffen
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58 |
Idioms |
shamed be he who thinks evil of it |
Ein Schelm wer Böses dabei denkt
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59 |
Idioms |
good things come to those who wait |
Was lange währt wird endlich gut
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60 |
Idioms |
(someone) who writes well |
ein guter Autor
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61 |
Idioms |
(someone) who writes well |
jmd. der gut schreiben kann
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62 |
Idioms |
anybody who is anybody |
jeder, der Rang und Namen hat
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Phrases |
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63 |
Phrases |
who cares? |
Wen kümmert es?
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64 |
Phrases |
who is in favor? |
Wer ist einverstanden?
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65 |
Phrases |
who is your date? |
Mit wem sind Sie verabredet?
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66 |
Phrases |
he who has an art has everywhere a part |
Kunst hat Gunst
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67 |
Phrases |
who do you think you are? |
Was glaubst du eigentlich wer du bist?
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68 |
Phrases |
a case on record of two friends who |
der verbürgte Fall von zwei Freunden, die ...
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69 |
Phrases |
he who |
derjenige, welcher
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70 |
Phrases |
as who should say |
als würde man gesagt
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71 |
Phrases |
as who should say |
wie gesagt
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Proverb |
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72 |
Proverb |
beware of the false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing |
Hütet euch vor den falschen Propheten
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73 |
Proverb |
god who gives the wound gives the salve |
Wem Gott gibt ein Amt dem gibt er auch Verstand
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74 |
Proverb |
he had need rise early who would please everybody |
Wer's allen recht machen will muss früh aufstehen
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75 |
Proverb |
he gives twice who gives in a trice |
Bald geben ist doppelt geben
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76 |
Proverb |
he who does not advance goes backwards |
Wer nicht vorwärts kommt kommt rückwärts
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77 |
Proverb |
he who fights and runs away may live to fight another day |
Wer durch Fliehen sich mag retten kann wieder vor die Luke treten
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78 |
Proverb |
he who laughs last laughs longest |
Wer zuletzt lacht lacht am besten
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79 |
Proverb |
he who sups with the devil needs a long spoon |
Der muss einen langen Löffel haben der mit dem Teufel essen will
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80 |
Proverb |
he who is not with me is against me |
Wer nicht mit mir ist der ist wider mich
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81 |
Proverb |
he who serves god has a good master |
Wer auf Gott vertraut hat gut gebaut
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82 |
Proverb |
name not a rope in his house who hanged himself |
Im Hause des Gehenkten rede nicht vom Stricke
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83 |
Proverb |
no one knows where the shoe pinches but he who wears it |
Keiner Weiß wo dem Andern der Schuh drückt
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84 |
Proverb |
there are none so blind as they who will not see |
Es ist keiner so blind wie der der nicht sehen will
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85 |
Proverb |
who has not served cannot command |
Wer befehlen will muß gehorchen lernen
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86 |
Proverb |
good things come to those who wait |
Was lange währt wird endlich gut
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87 |
Proverb |
he who makes no mistakes makes nothing |
Wer nichts macht macht nichts verkehrt
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88 |
Proverb |
not all who own a lyre are lyre-players |
Singe wem Gesang gegeben
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89 |
Proverb |
people who live in glass houses should not throw stones |
Menschen die im Glashaus sitzen sollen nicht mit Steinen werfen
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90 |
Proverb |
he who pays the piper calls the tune |
Wer zahlt schafft an
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91 |
Proverb |
he who sleeps does not sin |
Wer schläft sündigt nicht
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92 |
Proverb |
he who has the gold makes the rules |
Wes Brot ich ess des Lied ich sing
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93 |
Proverb |
everything comes to him who waits |
Mit Geduld und Zeit kommt man weit
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94 |
Proverb |
Everything comes to him who waits. |
Mit Geduld und Zeit kommt man weit.
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95 |
Proverb |
He laughs best who laughs last. |
Wer zuletzt lacht, lacht am besten.
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96 |
Proverb |
He who pays the piper calls the tune. |
Wer zahlt, schafft an. [Bayr.][Ös.]Proverb
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97 |
Proverb |
He who pays the piper calls the tune. |
Wer zahlt, bestimmt.
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98 |
Proverb |
He who will reap must sow. |
Wer ernten will, muss säen.
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99 |
Proverb |
People (who live) in glass houses, shouldn't throw stones. |
Wer im Glashaus sitzt, sollte nicht mit Steinen werfen. [übertragen]
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Speaking |
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100 |
Speaking |
I wonder who he really is. |
Mich würde interessieren, wer er eigentlich ist.
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101 |
Speaking |
Who am I speaking to? |
Mit wem spreche ich?
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102 |
Speaking |
Who are you? |
Wer bist du?
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103 |
Speaking |
Who are you? |
Wer sind Sie?
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104 |
Speaking |
Who can blame him? |
Wer kann es ihm verdenken?
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105 |
Speaking |
Who cares? |
Wen kümmert es?
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106 |
Speaking |
Who do they take me for? |
Ich lass' mich doch nicht verarschen!
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107 |
Speaking |
Who do they think I am? |
Ich lass' mich doch nicht verarschen!
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108 |
Speaking |
Who does this watch belong to? |
Wem gehört diese Uhr?
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109 |
Speaking |
who exactly |
was genau
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110 |
Speaking |
who exactly |
wer genau
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111 |
Speaking |
who exactly |
wo genau
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112 |
Speaking |
who exactly |
wie genau
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113 |
Speaking |
who exactly |
wann genau
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114 |
Speaking |
Who is going to fetch the kids from school today? |
Wer holt die Kinder heute von der Schule ab?
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115 |
Speaking |
Who is in favour? |
Wer ist einverstanden?
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116 |
Speaking |
Who is in the cast (of a film/play)? |
Wer spielt mit (in einem Film/Theaterstück)?
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117 |
Speaking |
Who is next? |
Wer kommt dran?
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118 |
Speaking |
Who is your date? |
Mit wem sind Sie verabredet?
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119 |
Speaking |
Who knows? |
Wer weiß?
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120 |
Speaking |
Who might have told him? |
Wer mag es ihm gesagt haben?
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121 |
Speaking |
Who needs a backyard anyway? |
Wer braucht schon einen Garten?
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122 |
Speaking |
Who on earth believes that? |
Wer glaubt das schon?
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123 |
Speaking |
Who pleasure gives shall joy receive. |
Wer Vergnügen schenkt, wird Freude erhalten.
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124 |
Speaking |
Who put you up to it? |
Wer hat dich darauf gebracht?
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125 |
Speaking |
Who says so? |
Wo steht das?
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126 |
Speaking |
Who was that? - It wasn't us. |
Wer war das? - Wir nicht!
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127 |
Speaking |
Who was there? |
Wer war da?
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128 |
Speaking |
Who will host the programme? |
Wer wird moderieren?
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129 |
Speaking |
Who would have thought it? |
Wer hätte das gedacht
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130 |
Speaking |
You know who I'm referring to. |
Du weißt, wen ich meine.
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131 |
Speaking |
who cares? |
wen juckts?
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132 |
Speaking |
who gives a shit? |
wen kümmerts?
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133 |
Speaking |
anyone who doesn't make payment or get the change? |
irgendjemand, der noch nicht bezahlt oder sein Wechselgeld bekommen hat?
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134 |
Speaking |
are you who i think you are? |
bist du der, für den ich dich halte?
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135 |
Speaking |
are you who i think you are? |
bist du die, für die ich dich halte?
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136 |
Speaking |
are you who i think you are? |
sind Sie der, für den ich Sie halte?
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137 |
Speaking |
are you who i think you are? |
sind Sie die, für die ich Sie halte?
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Colloquial |
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138 |
Colloquial |
someone who hates wearing a tie |
Krawattenmuffel [m]
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139 |
Colloquial |
a person who is not interested in fashion |
Modemuffel [m]
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140 |
Colloquial |
driver who routinely fails to wear the seatbelt |
Gurtmuffel [m]
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141 |
Colloquial |
driver who routinely fails to wear the seatbelt |
Gurtenmuffel [Ös.] [m]
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142 |
Colloquial |
person (who is) uninterested in sex |
Sexmuffel [m]
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143 |
Colloquial |
someone who gets cold very easily |
Frostbeule [f]
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144 |
Colloquial |
northerner (person who lives in Northern Germany) |
Nordlicht [n]
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145 |
Colloquial |
be someone who enjoys the pleasures of life |
kein Kind von Traurigkeit sein [übertragen] [v]
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146 |
Colloquial |
and who walks in? |
und wer kommt rein?
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Slang |
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147 |
Slang |
who farted? |
Wer hat gefurzt?
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148 |
Slang |
who the hell did that? |
Wer zum Teufel hat das gemacht?
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149 |
Slang |
who the fuck is... |
wer zum Teufel ist...
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150 |
Slang |
a man who pimps his wife |
ein Mann, der für seine Frau den Zuhälter spielt
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151 |
Slang |
be careful who you are fucking with |
pass auf mit wem du dich anlegst
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Business |
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152 |
Business |
who is to be responsible |
wer verantwortlich ist
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153 |
Business |
unemployed person who is hard to place |
schwer vermittelbarer Arbeitsloser
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Law |
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154 |
Law |
offender who has acted on grounds of conscience |
Überzeugungstäter [m]
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155 |
Law |
offender who has acted on grounds of conscience |
Überzeugungstäterin [f]
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156 |
Law |
motorists who use mobile phones while driving |
Handytelefonierer [pl]
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157 |
Law |
motorists who use mobile phones while driving |
Handytelefonierer {pl} am Steuer
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158 |
Law |
the person who has been extradited |
der Ausgelieferte
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Politics |
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159 |
Politics |
(junior) partner who makes up the numbers for a majority |
Mehrheitsbeschaffer [m]
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160 |
Politics |
G8 (short for 'the Group of Eight', the member states or the heads of government who attend the summit meeting) |
G8 (Kurzform für 'die Gruppe der Acht') [f]
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Administration |
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161 |
Administration |
who are treated as such (postpositive) |
gleichgestellt [adj]
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162 |
Administration |
civil servants and persons who are treated as such |
Beamte und ihnen gleichgestellte Personen
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163 |
Administration |
World Health Organization (WHO) |
Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO)
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Education |
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164 |
Education |
parents who refuse to send their children to schoo |
Schulverweigerer [pl]
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165 |
Education |
student who has completed a course |
Absolvent {m} eines Lehrgangs
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History |
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166 |
History |
suffragettes (feminists who achieved women's suffrage in GB and USA) |
Suffragetten [pl]
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Medicine |
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167 |
Medicine |
general (or specialist) practitioner who also looks after patients in a hospital |
Belegarzt [m]
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168 |
Medicine |
general (or specialist) practitioner who also looks after patients in a hospital |
Belegärztin [f]
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169 |
Medicine |
patient who has exhausted all treatment options |
austherapierter/ausbehandelter Patient
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Automotive |
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170 |
Automotive |
cyclist/motorcyclist who routinely fails to wear a helmet |
Helmmuffel [m]
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171 |
Automotive |
driver who routinely fails to wear the seatbelt |
Gurtenmuffel [m]
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172 |
Automotive |
cyclists/motorcyclists who routinely fail to wear helmets |
Helmmuffel [pl]
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173 |
Automotive |
drivers who routinely fail to wear seatbelts |
Gurtmuffel [pl]
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174 |
Automotive |
drivers who routinely fail to wear seatbelts |
Gurtenmuffel [pl]
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Computer |
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175 |
Computer |
OEM manufacturer (who integrates components from other companies in his products) |
OEM-Hersteller [m]
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Sports |
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176 |
Sports |
sub who comes in and scores goals |
Joker [m]
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Football |
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177 |
Football |
a substitute who scores |
Joker [m]
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178 |
Football |
a player who plays in the no.10 position |
Zehner [m]
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179 |
Football |
a player who plays the no.8 role in midfield |
Achter [m]
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180 |
Football |
a player who plays the no.6 position in midfield |
Sechser [m]
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Bicycle |
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181 |
Bicycle |
cyclist who breaks away |
Ausreißer [m]
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Music |
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182 |
Music |
musician who sightreads fluently but without taste |
Notenfresser [m]
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Literature |
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183 |
Literature |
Woe to him who lies' (Grillparzer) |
Weh' dem, der lügt!' (Grillparzer)
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184 |
Literature |
Woe to him who lies' (by Grillparzer/work title) |
Weh' dem, der lügt!' (von Grillparzer/Werktitel)
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