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Language - German
Undergraduate 2
03/05/2009
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auf der Durchreise
 Definition
On the way through, while passing through
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sich vor jemandem blamieren
Definition
to make a fool of oneself
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sich klammern an (+ Akkusativ)
 Definition
to cling to
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kerngesund
 Definition
healthy as an ox
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darauf aus sein, etwas zu tun
 Definition
to be determined to do something 
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je nachdem, wie
 Definition
depending upon how
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sich zusammennehmen
 Definition

                      to gather one's wits, to pull oneself  together
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 etwas (+ Dative) oder jemandem zuliebe
 Definition
for the sake of
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vereinfachen
 Definition
to simplify
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begünstigen
 Definition
to foster, to encourage
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jemandem zumute sein wie
 Definition
to feel like
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schräg gegenüber
 Definition
diagonally across
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jemandem Feuer geben
 Definition
to give someone a light
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versäumen
 Definition
to miss, to miss out on
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auffallen
 Definition
to catch one's attention
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schweigen
 Definition
to be silent
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sich es nehmen lassen
 Definition
to always insist upon
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jemandem zuwinken
 Definition
to wave at someone
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schwer fallen
 Definition
to have difficulty with, to be difficult
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als etwas auffassen
 Definition
to perceive or take as something
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selbst
 Definition
even
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es ist nun einmal so, daß...
 Definition
it is simply a fact that
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inmitten (+Genitiv)
 Definition
in the middle of
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sich etwas (+Dativ) verbunden fühlen
 Definition
to feel tied to, united with
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schuld sein an etwas (+Dativ)
 Definition
to be at fault for something
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anstecken
 Definition
to infect
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schaden (+Dativ)
 Definition
to do damage
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schildern
 Definition
to depict
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aus etwas wird nichts
 Definition
something has been cancelled or has fallen through
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mit jemandem befreundet
 Definition
to be friends with someone
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mit einem Mal
 Definition
all of a sudden
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üblich sein
 Definition
to be customary
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nur halb hinhören
 Definition
to listen with only one ear
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um etwas herumreden
 Definition
to beat around the bush
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kränken
 Definition
to insult
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jemandem zutrinken
 Definition
to toast someone
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streicheln
 Definition
to stroke, to pet
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sich abwenden
 Definition
to turn away
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die ganze Woche hindurch
 Definition
throughout the whole week
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tagsüber
 Definition
during the day(on a regular basis)
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an etwas (+Dativ) vorbeigehen
 Definition
to go past something
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sich den Kopf darüber zergrübeln
 Definition
to rack one's brains about it
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seit langem
 Definition
for a long time (in the past)
Term
beschmutzen
 Definition
to soil
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sich erinnern (+Genitiv) = sich erinnern an
 Definition
to remember
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sich (+Dative) vornehmen, etwas zu tun
 Definition
to resolve (or make up one's mind) to do something
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sich verabscheiden
 Definition
to say goodbye
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