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