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40 Cards in this Set
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Geisteshaltung (die) |
Mentality / mindset |
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Auffassung (die) |
View / opinion / concept / notion / perception / outlook / |
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Falsche Auffassung |
Misconception / misapprehension |
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Im stillen Kämmerlein |
On the quiet |
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Einsicht (die) |
Insight / intelligence / understanding / view (into sth.) / examination in (+ nehmen) |
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Eintreten |
To go in / enter To take up / enter / join / go into (career/club/organisation) To start / set in / descend / take place / occur To stand / intervene on sb's behalf (für jemanden) Transitive To kick down / stamp in / tread / wear in |
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Unbescheiden |
Unhumble / immodest |
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Überheblichkeit (die) |
Hubris / haughtiness / lord lines / arrogance / high-handedness/ pride |
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Einwendung |
Exception / demur / objection |
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Einwendungen machen |
To object |
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Gegen etw. machen |
To except to sth. / to argue against sth. |
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Abwegig |
Fallacious / absurd / digressive / beside the point / devious |
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Geistesverfassung |
State of mind |
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Abschnitt (der) |
Section / sector / chapter / paragraph / phase / segment / clause / coupon / stage / apron / article / episode / layer |
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Erringen (etw.) |
To score / win / achieve (sth.) |
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Ein Monopol erringen |
To monopolise |
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Einen Sieg erringen |
To capture/gain a victory |
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Das Zuchthaus |
Jail |
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Der Stoß (Stöße) |
Pile / stack / kick / push |
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Ausmaß (das) |
Dimension / extent / magnitude / degree / scale / level / size |
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In welchem Ausmaß / im ganzen Ausmaß / in gewissem Ausmaß |
To what extent / in its entirety / to a certain extent |
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Verstrickung |
Enmeshment / ensnarement / entanglement / involvement |
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Darlegen |
To argue / to state / to expose / to expound / to have a summary of / to sum up / to demonstrate sth. / to present sth. / to explain sth. To sb. |
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Unangemessen |
Disproportionate / inadequate / inapposite / inept |
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Großmut (die) |
Lordliness / generosity / magnanimity / magnanimousness |
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Überdenken |
To review / reassess / reconsider / rethink / think sth. Over / to revisit sth. |
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Erstarrung |
Congealment / torpidity / torpor / consolidation / freezing / solidification |
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Überschrift |
Heading / caption / head / headline / rubric |
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Alterserscheinung |
Symptom of age |
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Erschöpfen |
To distress / exhaust / take it out of so. / run out / to wear sb. Out |
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Hervorbringen |
To generate / to produce / to afford / to bear / to spawn / breed sth. |
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Nährboden (der) |
Fertile soil / breeding grounds / matrix |
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Rückläufig |
Regressive / downward / declining / falling |
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Würdigen |
To dignify / prize / value highly / recognise / appreciate sth. / savour sth. |
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Jmdm würdig vertreten |
To be a worthy representative of so. |
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Gegenüberstellung |
Comparison / confrontation |
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Ansicht (die) |
Opinion / view / aspect / view / idea / notion / point of view |
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Berechtigen |
To qualify / authorise / to entitle so. To sth. (Zu) / to licence sth |
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Abkehr (die) |
Renunciation / turning away |
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Beklagen |
To complain / to deplore / bewail / bemoan / moan / complain (sich + über) |