06_Worddyanmo_En-De

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habitat

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Lebensraum

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the natural environment of a plant or animal

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avian

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vogelartig

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of or pertaining to birds

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insectivorous

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insektenfressend

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adapted to feeding on insects

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diurnal

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täglich

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occurring each day

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migration

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Migration

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process or act of moving to a different location

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scavenger

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Aasfresser

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animal or other organism that feeds on dead organic matter

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omnivorous

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alles fressend

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eating all kinds of foods

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invertebrate

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wirbellos

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creature without a backbone

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herbivorous

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pflanzenfressend

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feeding on plants

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theme

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Thema

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the central subject of a work of art

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irony

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Ironie

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the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning

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allegory

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Gleichnis

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story in which characters and actions are symbols for ideas

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proverb

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Sprichwort

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popular saying expressing some commonplace truth

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lexicon

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Lexikon

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the vocabulary of a particular language

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abstraction

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Ablenkung

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general idea or term

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paradox

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paradox

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statement that seems self-contradictory

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syntax

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Satzbau

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the arrangement of words into sentences and phrases

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antagonist

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Gegner

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person who is opposed to, struggles against

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parable

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Gleichnis

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short story designed to teach a moral

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etymology

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Wortherkunft

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the history of a word's origin and development

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nomenclature

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Fachausdrücke

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set or system of names

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feign

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vortäuschen

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to pretend

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callous

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unsensibel

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insensitive

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caper

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umhertollen

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a scheme or prank

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amiss

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verkehrt

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wrong

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lampoon

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verspotten

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broad, harsh satire

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aspersion

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Verleumdung

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derogatory remark

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equity

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Gleichheit

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fairness

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cunning

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gerissen

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cleverness

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buffer

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puffern

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anything used for absorbing shock

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steward

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betreuen

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person who manages another's affairs

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glib

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schlagfertig

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speaking very readily but insincerely

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ken

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verstehen

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knowledge

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grubby

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schmuddelig

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dirty

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bane

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Fluch

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thing causing ruin

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ilk

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Sorte

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family or kind

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foist

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anhängen

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to get a person to accept something inferior or undesirable

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chafe

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reiben

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to wear away or make sore through repetition

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belligerent

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angriffslustig

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aggressively hostile

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vex

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ärgern

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to irritate

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caprice

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Laune

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whim

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bicker

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streiten

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to quarrel about trivial things

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finicky

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pingelig

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excessively particular

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coddle

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verwöhnen

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to pamper

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obscure

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unklar

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difficult to understand

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obsolete

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veraltet

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no longer in use

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ambiguous

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mehrdeutig

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uncertain

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arbitrary

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willkürlich

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based on random choice

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plausible

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einleuchtend

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credible; believable

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mediocre

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mittelmäßig

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of ordinary or moderate quality