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Er zog näher zu seiner Arbeitsstelle, die Firma indes entließ ihn nach drei Monaten.

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Er
     n. a person or animal of male gender, a male
     pron. (personal) he.
     pron. (personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)).
     pron. (personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)).
     pron. (personal, archaic) Alternative spelling of Er, tr=you (polite)
zog
     v. first-person singular preterite of ziehen
     v. third-person singular preterite of ziehen
näher
     adj. comparative of nah
     adj. further, more precise or detailed
     v. first-person singular present of nähern
     v. singular imperative of nähern
     nähern
          v. to approach, to come near
          v. (sciences) to approximate
zu
     prep. to, towards (indicates directionality)
     prep. with respect to; regarding
     prep. along with; with (accompanying (the main thing in question))
     prep. at, on (indicates location)
     prep. at (indicates time)
     prep. by, in, on, at (indicates mode (of transportation, speech, etc.))
     prep. (with a verb) for; (with a noun) as, by way of (for the purpose of)
     prep. for (in honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of)
     prep. into (indicates transition into another form or substance)
     prep. as, for, to be (to take on the role of)
     prep. to (used to indicate ratios)
     prep. at (denotes a price or rate)
     part. (with infinitives of verbs) to
     adv. (with adjectives and adverbs) too (excessively)
     adv. (by extension, slang) (An intensifier.)
     adv. towards; at
     adv. (somewhat, informal) shut; closed; locked
     adv. ahead, on (along, forwards (continuing an action))
     adj. (somewhat, informal) shut, closed (made inaccessible or impassable; not open)
     adj. closed (not operating or conducting trade)
     adj. done up (fastened)
     adj. (slang) hammered; very drunk
seiner
     pron. his (substantival possessive)
     pron. genitive of er
     pron. genitive of es
     det. feminine singular of sein
     det. genitive plural of sein
Arbeitsstelle
     n-f. job, position
     n-f. (transport) roadworks
die
     art. feminine singular of der
     art. plural of der
     pron. feminine singular of der
     pron. plural of der
     pron.          (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose
     pron.          (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them
     der
          art. the
          art. feminine singular of der
          art. genitive plural of der
          pron. who; that; which
          pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that
          pron. (attributive, stressed) that
          pron. (indicative) him, he
          pron. (differential) the one, him
          pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her
Firma
     n. A company, a business.
     n. (specialist, legal, economics) A firm, the name under which a company operates, as opposed to the actual legal entity.
indes
     adv. however, nevertheless
     adv. at the same time, meanwhile
     conj. nevertheless, and yet
     conj. while (at the same time)
entließ
     v. first-person singular preterite of entlassen
     v. third-person singular preterite of entlassen
     entlassen
          v. (a prisoner or patient, or anyone held up, usually following a decision to do so) to release
          v. (of an employment relationship) to dismiss
          v.          (Austria) to fire, to sack (to dismiss without statutory notice period)
ihn
     pron. personal accusative of er; him, it (masculine, direct object).
     pron. personal dative of sie; them (indirect object).
nach
     prep. after, past (later in time)
     prep. after, behind (in sequence)
     prep. to, towards (with geographical names; see usage notes below)
     prep. according to; guided by
     prep. by the authority of; following
     prep. (with verbs of sensual perception) like (see usage notes below)
     prep. for (qual, indicating desire for an object)
     post. according to
     adv. (in compound verbs) after, behind, later, next to
drei
     num. (cardinal) three (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 3; or describing a set with three elements)
Monaten
     n. noun form of Monat, , dat, p
     Monat
          n. month (division of a year, usually one twelfth ≈ 30 days)
          n. month (any period of such length)
          n. month (period between two new moons)




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