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50 Cards in this Set
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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
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