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| hopefully {adv} [sentence adverb: it is to be hoped that ...] | 858 hoffentlich | |
| regardless {adv} [placed at the end: He did it regardless.] | 248 trotzdem [Er tat es trotzdem / doch / dennoch.] | |
| [it] snows | 131 [es] schneit | |
| meteo. [it] hailed | 99 [es] hagelte | |
| [it] rains | 68 [es] regnet | |
| meteo. [it] snowed | 66 [es] schneite | |
| meteo. [it] hails | 44 [es] hagelt | |
| educ. [a slacker when it comes to education] {adj} | 21 lernfaul | |
| pol. Eureka [USA] [California state motto: I have found it.] | 11 [Motto des US-Staates Kalifornien: Heureka. / Ich habe (es) gefunden.] | |
| for. [of a tree; so big that a man cannot put his arms around it with the fingertips just touching each other] {adj} | 10 übergriffig [veraltet] [Baumstamm, den ein Mann nicht umklaftern kann] | |
| [it] rained | 9 [es] regnete | |
| relig. Inshallah [If it is God's will.] | 6 Inschallah [Wenn Allah will.] | |
| 'twill [archaic, poet.] [it will] | es wird | |
| [It looks like ...] | Sieht aus als wie ... [FALSCH für: Sieht aus wie ...] | |
| meteo. [it] sleeted | [es] graupelte | |
| meteo. [it] sleets | [es] graupelt | |
| [sth. is so built that it obstructs the view of and/or access to sth.] | etw. ist von etw.Dat. verbaut [Aussicht, Zugang] | |
| proverb [The bigger the choice, the harder it is to choose. Or, literally transl.: Whoever has (the) choice has (the) torment.] | Wer die Wahl hat, hat die Qual. | |
| Fuggedaboutit! [Am.] [sl.] [forget about it] | Keine Chance! | |
| Fuhgeddaboudit! [Am.] [sl.] [Forget about it!] | Keine Chance! [ugs.] | |
| relig. Insha'Allah [If it is God's will.] | Inschallah [Wenn Allah will.] | |
| it'd [it had] | es hatte | |
| it'd [it would] | es würde | |
| it'll [it will / shall] | es wird | |
| it's [it has] | es hat | |
| it's [it is] | es ist | |
| It's ... [It costs ...] | Es kostet ... | |
| Stoogatz! [Italian-American sl.] [also: stoo gatz, stugatz, stugots, stugotz, etc.] [Forget it!] | Scheiß drauf! [vulg.] | |
Verbs |
| to vein sth. [e.g. to make it look like marble] | 697 etw. masern | |
| to remove sth. [by taking it down] | 488 etw. abbauen | |
| to reserve sth. [a seat by placing sth. on it] | 365 etw. belegen [(einen Sitzplatz) reservieren] | |
| to spot sb. sth. [Am.] [coll.] [to lend sb. sth. (money, esp. a small amount of it)] | 51 jdm. etw. leihen [Geld, bes. eine kleinere Summe] | |
| econ. to cannibalize sth. [a company] [split it up and sell the profitable parts] | 28 etw.Akk. filetieren [fig.] [ein Unternehmen] [die profitablen Bereiche aus dem Unternehmen herauslösen und gewinnbringend weiterverkaufen] | |
| gastr. to dress sth. [prepare meat, chicken, fish, etc. so it can be eaten] | 17 etw. herrichten | |
| tech. to brick sth. [technical jargon] [render an electronic device permanently unusable (turn it into a "brick")] | 14 etw. bricken [Technik-Jargon] [ein elektronisches Gerät dauerhaft unbenutzbar machen] | |
| to learn sth. [by repeating it mechanically] | 7 etw. einlernen [pej.] | |
| equest. to refuse [of a horse] [stop short or run aside at an obstacle instead of jumping it] | 7 verweigern [von Pferden] [vor einem Hindernis scheuen und es nicht nehmen] | |
| [to scream so loudly that it can be heard all down the street] | häuserweit schreien | |
| theatre [to show the same play each night for a limited period or as long as it is successful] | en-suite spielen | |
| educ. jobs [to study sth. just because it will provide / guarantee a well-paid job] | ein Brotstudium betreiben [ugs.] | |
| agr. to arrogate sth. [a piece of land by ploughing it] | sichDat. etw.Akk. abackern [veraltet] | |
| journ. to banner sth. [make it a banner headline] | etw.Akk. zur Schlagzeile machen [zur obersten, größten] | |
| to deconstruct sth. [reduce sth. to its constituent parts in order to reinterpret it] | etw. (zur Neuinterpretation) auf seine (wesentlichen) Bestandteile zurückführen | |
| to gall sb. [fig.] [impersonal: it galls me/you/him/her/etc.] | jdn. maßlos ärgern [unpersönlich: es ärgert mich/dich/ihn/sie/usw. maßlos] | |
| to hustle [Am.] [step it up a notch] | einen Zahn zulegen [ugs.] [Redewendung] | |
| to leach sth. [let it percolate] | etw. durchsickern lassen | |
| to leave sth. [not use it] | etw. liegen lassen [nicht benutzen] | |
| to litter [drop or throw rubbish / trash without properly disposing of it] | Abfall (einfach) wegwerfen [auf Straße, Spielplatz etc.] | |
| to plug sth. [coll.] [a product, event, etc., in order to promote it] | für etw.Akk. die Werbetrommel rühren [Redewendung] | |
| agr. ecol. to reclaim sth. [make it arable again] | etw.Akk. wieder urbar machen | |
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