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Für ihn blieben nur die Brosamen übrig.

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für
     prep. for
     prep. in favor of, in support of
     prep. by the standards of
     prep. on behalf of
     prep. kind / type of
     prep. (informal) instead of
     prep. (colloquial nonstandard) in order to (with zu and infinitive)
ihn
     pron. personal accusative of er; him, it (masculine, direct object).
     pron. personal dative of sie; them (indirect object).
blieben
     v. first-person plural preterite of bleiben
     v. third-person plural preterite of bleiben
     v. first-person plural subjunctive of bleiben
     v. third-person plural subjunctive of bleiben
     bleiben
          v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to remain (to continue to be)
          v. to keep (on); to continue (see usage notes below)
          v. to stay; to remain in a place
          v. to be; to be stuck; implying tardiness
          v. to be left for someone
          v. to stick with; to stay with
nur
     adv. only, just, merely, simply
     adv. ever; at all
     adv. however, though
     conj. (chiefly colloquial) but
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
Brosamen
     n. plural of Brosame
     Brosame
          n-f. (dated, or regional, southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) crumb
übrig
     adj. (attributive) rest of, remaining
     adj. (predicative) left, left over; spare




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