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amalgam
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a mixture or combination of things
a mixture of mercury and another metal used especially to fill holes in teeth |
Mischung, Amalgam
The film script is an amalgam of all three books. |
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amid
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in the middle of or during something, especially something that causes excitement or fear
surrounded by something |
inmitten, mitten drin, mitten unter
The hotel was in a beautiful position amid lemon groves. |
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crummy
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of very bad quality
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schäbig, mies, lausig, [coll., vulg.] Scheiß-…
Most of his songs are pretty crummy. |
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in mint condition
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new or as good as new, in perfect condition
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nagelneu, funkelnagelneu, wie neu, in tadellosem Zustand
Look at that old Bentley over there. It’s in mint condition! |
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jut (out) (from, into, over something)
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to stick out further than the surrounding surface, objects, etc.
to make something stick out (syn. protrude, project) |
herausragen, hervorragen, hervorstehen vorspringen, ragen
A row of small windows jutted out from the roof. a jutting chin |
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pivotal
to play a pivotal role |
of great importance because other things depend on it
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zentral, wichtig, ausschlaggebend, grundlegend, Kern-…, Schlüssel-…
Des Moines, Iowa played a pivotal role in the history of baseball. |
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to have a sensation
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a feeling that you get when something affects your body
the ability to feel through your sense of touch, (syn. feeling) a general feeling or impression that is difficult to explain; an experience or a memory very great surprise, excitement, or interest among a lot of people; the person or the thing that causes this surprise |
Gefühl, Sinneseindruck, Sinneswahrnehmung
I had a sensation of falling, as if in a dream. She seemed to have lost all sensation in her arms. Sensation, Ereignis, Aufsehen News of his arrest caused a sensation. |
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to shuffle (often to give an appearance of activity when nothing useful is being done)
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to walk slowly without lifting your feet completely off the ground
to move from one foot to another; to move your feet in an awkward or embarrassed way to mix cards up in a pack/deck of playing cards before playing a game to move paper or things into different positions or a different order [coll.] a five knuckle shuffle - the act of male masturbation |
schlurfen, schleppend gehen
The line shuffled forward a little. scharren [durcheinander]mischen Shuffle the cards and deal out seven to each player. schieben, umstellen I shuffled the documents on my desk [coll.] Onanie Johnny's mother caught him in the middle of a five knuckle shuffle. |
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to smoulder (AE), to smolder (BE)
to smoulder (with/ in sth.) |
to burn slowly without a flame
to be filled with a strong emotion that you do not fully express (syn. burn) |
Glühen, schwelen, glimmen, glosen, rauchen, qualmen
The bonfire was still smouldering the next day. His eyes smouldered with anger. |
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vile
vilely [adv.] vileness [noun] |
(informal) extremely unpleasant or bad, (syn. disgusting)
(formal) morally bad; completely unacceptable, (syn. wicked) |
abscheulich, mies, ekelhaft, gemein, niederträchtig, widerlich, schlecht, widerwärtig, wertlos
The weather was really vile most of the time. He was in a vile mood. collocations: a vile thing, a vile smell, vile conditions, vile weather |
