 | English | German | |
 | sb. lambastes sb./sth. [thrash severely] | jd. verprügelt jdn./etw. | |
| Partial Matches |
| to pick sb./sth. [choose or select sb./ sth.; designate sb.] | jdn./etw. ausersehen [geh.] | |
| to call upon sb. to do sth. [trouble sb., call upon the services of sb.] | jdn. bemühen, etw. zu tun [geh.] [jds. Dienste in Anspruch nehmen] | |
| to take a swing at sb./sth. [try to hit sb./sth.] [also to swing at sb./sth.] | versuchen, auf jdn./etw. einzuschlagen | |
| to take a swing at sb./sth. [try to hit sb./sth.] [also to swing at sb./sth.] | versuchen, jdn./etw. zu schlagen | |
| to ruin sb./sth. [cause great damage or harm, wreck] [e.g. sb.'s life, sb.'s reputation] | jdn./etw. vernichten [fig. für: ruinieren] [z. B. jds. Leben, jds. Ruf] | |
| sb. hung sb. / himself [coll.] [sb. hanged sb. / himself] | jd. erhängte jdn. / sich | |
| sb. roughhouses sb./sth. [engages in violence against sb./sth.] | jd. misshandelt jdn./etw. | |
| to ascribe sth. to sb./sth. [regard a quality as belonging to sb./sth.] | jdm./etw. etw.Akk. beimessen [zuschreiben] | |
| idiom sb./sth. knocked sb. for six [Br.] [Aus.] [coll.] [sb. was completely overwhelmed or surprised] | jd./etw. haute jdn. um [ugs.] [jd. wurde völlig überwältigt oder überrascht] | |
| to train sth. on sb./sth. [aim or direct e.g. a gun on sb./sth.] | mit etw.Dat. auf jdn./etw. zielen [z. B. mit einer Waffe] | |
| to consider sth./sb. sth./sb. | etw./jdn. für etw./jdn. halten | |
| to carry sb./sth. [to sb./sth.] | jdn./etw. [zu jdm./etw.] hintragen | |
| to channel sb. [be inspired by sb., sb.'s style] | von jdm. inspiriert sein [bes. stilistisch] | |
| to bug sb. [coll.] [bother sb., get on sb.'s nerves] | jdm. auf den Wecker fallen [ugs.] | |
| to piss sb. off [sl.] [usu. vulg.] [annoy sb., irritate sb.] | jdm. ans Bein pissen [derb] [Redewendung] [jdn. verärgern] | |
| to batter sb./sth. [beat sb./sth.] | jdn./etw. verprügeln | |
| to forsake sb./sth. [literary] [abandon sb.] | jdn./etw. im Stich lassen [Redewendung] [jdn. verlassen; etw. aufgeben, zurücklassen] | |
| to hand sb. sth. [pass sth. to sb.] | jdm. etw.Akk. reichen [oft geh.] [geben, hinhalten] | |
| to recall sb./sth. [remember sb./sth.] | sich an jdn./etw. erinnern | |
| to wallop sb./sth. [beat sb./sth.] | jdn./etw. verhauen [ugs.] [schlagen] | |
| to familiarize sb. with sth. [train sb.] | jdn. mit etw.Dat. vertraut machen | |
| to concern sb. [be relevant to sb., affect sb.] | jdn. etwas angehen | |
| to keep sth. alive [sb.'s memory of sb./sth.] | etw.Akk. wachhalten [die Erinnerung an jdn./etw.] | |
| sb./sth. awakes [rouses sb. from sleep] | jd./etw. weckt | |
| sb./sth. awoke [roused sb. from sleep] | jd./etw. weckte | |
| sb./sth. crieth [archaic] [sb./sth. cries] | jd./etw. schreit | |
| to blackball sb./sth. [vote against sb./sth.] | gegen jdn./etw. stimmen | |
| to concern sb./sth. [to be about sb./sth.] | sich um jdn./etw. handeln | |
| relig. to Hinduize sb./sth. [also: to hinduize sb./sth.] | jdn./etw. hinduisieren | |
| to name sb./sth. [for, after sb./sth.] | jdn./etw. benennen [nach jdm./etw.] | |
| mil. pol. to pacify sb./sth. [bring peace to sb./sth.] | jdn./etw. befrieden | |
| to spare sb. sth. [leave sth. for sb.] | jdm. etw. übrig lassen | |
| econ. transp. to bring sth. toward sb. [to deliver sth. to sb.] | jdm. etw.Akk. antransportieren [anliefern] | |
| to move sb./sth. away [from sb./sth.] | jdn./etw. [von jdm./etw.] wegsetzen | |
| to put sb. through sth. [subject sb. to sth.] | jdn. etw. durchmachen lassen [ugs.] [etw. Schweres, Schwieriges] | |
| to show sb./sth. off [to display sb./sth.] | jdn./etw. zur Schau stellen [jdn./etw. (stolz) herzeigen] [ugs.] | |
| to take sb./sth. out [coll.] [kill sb.] | jdn./etw. unschädlich machen [töten] | |
| mil. to tell sb. off (for sth.) [assign sb.] | jdn. (zu etw.) abkommandieren | |
| to drygulch sb. [also: to dry-gulch sb.] [Am.] [regional] [coll.] [to kill sb. from ambush] | jdn. aus dem Hinterhalt töten | |
| film pol. to pie sb. [coll.] [throw a pie or pies at sb. / sb.'s face] | jdn. torten [ugs.] [mit Torten / einer Torte bewerfen] | |
| to dry-gulch sb. [also: to drygulch sb.] [Am.] [regional] [coll.] [to kill sb. from ambush] | jdn. aus dem Hinterhalt töten | |
| idiom to give sb. hell [coll.] [severely reprimand sb.; make things very unpleasant for sb.] | jdm. einheizen [ugs.] [jdm. gehörig die Meinung sagen; jdm. heftig zusetzen] | |
| sb./sth. passeth sth. [archaic] [fig.] [sb./sth. leaves sth. behind] | jd./etw. lässt etw.Akk. hinter sich [fig.] [jd./etw. überwindet etw.] | |
| following sb./sth. {adv} [in imitation of sb./sth.] | in Anlehnung an jdn./etw. [jdm./etw. folgend] | |
| sth. poops sb. [coll.] [exhausts sb.'s energy ] | etw. pumpt jdn. aus | |
| to confound sb./sth. [confuse sb., mix sth. up] | jdn./etw. durcheinanderbringen [jdn. verwirren, etw. in Unordung bringen] | |
| to satisfy sb./sth. [sb.'s / a desire, request] | jdm./etw. willfahren [geh.] [jds. / einem Verlangen, Ersuchen] | |
| to stone sb./sth. [throw stones at sb./sth.] | jdn./etw. mit Steinen bewerfen | |
| to vet sb./sth. [investigate sb. / check sth. thoroughly] | jdn./etw. auf Herz und Nieren prüfen [ugs.] [Redewendung] | |
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