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byway
Nebenweg {m}
little-used road
causeway
Damm {m}
raised road across wet ground
boulevard
Prachtstraße {f}
broad avenue
thoroughfare
Durchgangsstraße {f}
road, street that is open at both ends
lagoon
Lagune {f}
saltwater lake or pond separated from the sea by sand
moor
anlegen
tract of open, swampy wasteland
gorge
fressen
narrow rocky ravine
atoll
Korallenriff {n}
ring-shaped coral island
butte
Felsturm {m}
isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly above the surrounding land
isle
Insel {f}
small island
knoll
Anhöhe {f}
small hill
sylvan
Wald
of forests
archipelago
Inselgruppe {f}
large group of islands
swift
schnell
moving with great speed
rove
geschert
to wander aimlessly
mire
beschmutzen
swamp
itinerant
umherziehend
traveling from place to place
waft
wehen
to float lightly and smoothly through the air
segue
Übergang {m}
to continue at once with the next section
barricade
sperren
defensive barrier
manacle
hemmen
handcuff
traipse
latschen [ugs.]
to walk aimlessly
extract
entnehmen
to pull out with effort
extraneous
irrelevant
not essential
extraordinary
außergewöhnlich
unusual or remarkable
extrapolate
etw. ableiten
to infer an unknown from something known
extraterrestrial
außerirdisch
being or from outside the earth's limits
extracellular
außerirdisch
outside a cell or cells
extrajudicial
extrazellulär
beyond the action or authority of a court
infinite
unendlich
so great that it cannot be measured
elaborate
durchdacht
worked out in great detail
radiate
etw. ausstrahlen [auch fig.]
to spread like rays from a center
immense
immens
vast
girth
Umfang {m}
the measure around a body or object
stellar
herausragend
of stars
hefty
heftig
heavy
penultimate
vorletzte
being or occurring next to last
elephantine
elefantenartig
huge
largesse
Großzügigkeit {f}
generosity
revolve
hen
to move in a circular course
wallow
sich suhlen
to roll around, as in mud
ambit
Geltungsbereich {m}
circumference; circuit
swerve
ausweichen [auch fig.]
to turn or cause to turn aside
jostle
herumschupfen
to push or shove rudely
buoyancy
Auftrieb
the power to float or rise in a fluid
wriggle
schlängeln
to twist to and fro; squirm
assail
angreifen
to attack violently
contemplate
beabsichtigen
to observe thoughtfully
declaim
vortragen
to speak loudly and rhetorically
extol
loben
to praise highly