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30 Cards in this Set
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die tolle Tage
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"crazy days"
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die Feierende
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reveler
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die Belustigung
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merrymaking
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der Alkoholgenuss
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drinking of alcoholic beverages
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Weiberfastnacht
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the last Thursday before Rosenmontag
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Schmalziger Samstag
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Saturday following Weiberfastnacht and the occasion of the wildest partying
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Rosenmontag
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the forty-second day before Easter and the high point of the carnival season; derived from "rasender Montag" (raving Monday)
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die Fastenzeit
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Lent
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der Uhrsprung
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root, origin
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heidnisch
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pagan
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die Wintersonnenwende
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winter solstice
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austreiben
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to drive out
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fördern
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to encourage
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die Bräuche
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customs
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die Tradition
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tradition
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die Verietévorführung
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vaudeville show
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der Maskenzug
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carnival procession
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der Verein
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club, association
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kostümieren
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to costume
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die Tracht
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costume
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das Maskenkostüm
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fancy-dress costume
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die Trachtenbälle
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costume balls
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das Festwagen
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parade float
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die Dreigestirn
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"three stars"; tradition in Cöln to have three representatives from various carnival associations
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die Bauftragte
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representative
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seine Tollität
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"His Craziness," the carnival prince
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der Bauer
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peasant
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die Jungfrau
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the virgin, generally a male
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die Vereinheitlichungen
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unification
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die Ausgleichung
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equalization
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