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Keywords contained |
 | to puff away at sth. [pipes, cigars, etc.] | etw.Akk. schmauchen [Pfeifen, Zigarren usw.] |  |
 | to puff (away) at / on sth. [cigarette, pipe, etc.] | etw.Akk. paffen [ugs.] [rauchen] |  |
Partial Matches |
 | to puff away at / on a cigarette / pipe | eine Zigarette / Pfeife qualmen [ugs.] |  |
 | to puff (away) | paffen [ugs.] [(heftig) rauchen] |  |
 | to puff away | quarzen [ugs.] |  |
 | to puff away | wegblasen |  |
 | to puff away [smoke one cigarette after another] | eine Zigi nach der anderen paffen [ugs.] |  |
 | to chip away at sth. | an etw.Dat. herummeißeln |  |
 | to chip away at sth. | an etw.Dat. nagen [auch fig.] |  |
 | geol. to eat away at sth. | etw. abtragen [erodieren] |  |
 | to gnaw away at sth. | etw. annagen |  |
 | to scrape away (at sth.) | (an etw.Dat.) herumkratzen |  |
 | to sweat away at sth. | sichAkk. (mit etw.Dat.) abrackern [ugs.] [schuften] |  |
 | to toil away at sth. | an etw.Dat. laborieren |  |
 | to chip away at sth. [fig.] | etw. reduzieren |  |
 | to chip away at sth. [fig.] | etw. verringern |  |
 | to hammer (away) at sth. [idiom] | eifrig an etw.Dat. arbeiten |  |
 | to labour away at sth. [Br.] | an etw.Dat. laborieren |  |
 | to plug away at sth. [coll.] | sichAkk. mit etw.Dat. abrackern [ugs.] |  |
 | to slog away at sth. [coll.] | sichAkk. mit etw.Dat. abplagen |  |
 | to soldier away at sth. [coll.] | an etw.Dat. bosseln [ugs.] |  |
 | to eat away at sb./sth. [expression] | an jdm./etw. nagen [fig.] |  |
 | to eat away at sth. [corrosion etc.] | an etw.Dat. fressen [Rost etc.] |  |
 | to gnaw away at sth. [also fig.] | an etw.Dat. nagen [auch fig.] |  |
 | to hammer away at sb./sth. [coll.] | auf jdm./etw. herumhacken [ugs.] |  |
 | to beaver away at making sth. [coll.] | an etw.Dat. bosseln [ugs.] |  |
 | to slog away at / on sth. [coll.] | sich mit etw.Dat. abmühen |  |
 | to blaze away at sb./sth. [soldiers, guns] | auf jdn./etw. drauflosfeuern |  |
 | to whittle away at sth. [gradually reduce it] | etw. allmählich reduzieren |  |
 | idiom to chip away at sth. [e. g. self-confidence] | an etw.Dat. kratzen [z. B. Selbstvertrauen] |  |
 | to chip away at sth. [fig.] [a system, sb.'s authority] | etw.Akk. unterminieren [fig.] [ein System, jds. Autorität] |  |
 | to chew away at sth. [gnaw at sth. (until it's all gone)] | an etw.Dat. herumkauen |  |
 | zool. T | |  |
 | to puff sth. up | etw.Akk. aufbauschen [auch fig.: Nachricht etc.] |  |
 | to puff sb./sth. up [fig.] [praise excessively] | jdn./etw. hochjubeln [ugs.] |  |
 | to take a puff of sth. [cigarette, etc.] | an etw.Dat. ziehen [einen Zug nehmen (Zigarette, Zigarre, Pfeife)] |  |
 | to puff (on) sth. [to smoke a cigarette, cigar, etc.] | etw. paffen [ugs.] [eine Zigarette, Zigarre usw. rauchen] |  |
 | to munch away (on / at) [coll.] | vor sich hin mampfen [ugs.] |  |
 | At least we came away. | Wenigstens sind wir davongekommen. |  |
 | mil. to be away at the wars | im Felde sein |  |
 | to clatter away at a typewriter | mit der Maschine schreiben |  |
 | dent. to eat away at your teeth | die Zähne anfressen |  |
 | to tap away at the keys | auf den Tasten rumdrücken [ugs.] |  |
 | sale at give-away prices | Verkauf {m} zu Schleuderpreisen |  |
 | idiom to chip away at sb.'s image | jdn. demontieren [fig.] |  |
 | idiom to chip away at sb.'s image | jds. Image ankratzen |  |
 | to slave away at a job [coll.] | sich mit einer Arbeit schinden [ugs.] |  |
 | He can't get away at the moment. | Er ist zur Zeit nicht abkömmlich. |  |
 | to shift the focus (away) from sth. to sth. | den Schwerpunkt von etw.Dat. (weg) auf etw.Akk. (hin) verlagern |  |
 | to take sth. (away) from sb./sth. | jdm./etw. etw.Akk. wegnehmen |  |
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