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Sie bangte um sein Leben.

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Sie
     pron. you (polite; singular and plural)
     pron. she
     pron. it (when the object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine die)
     pron. he (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a male person, is feminine die)
     pron. they; them
     es
          pron. Nominative and accusative neuter third-person singular personal pronoun
          pron. (Impersonal pronoun used to refer to statements, activities, the environment etc., or as a placeholder/dummy pronoun) — it
          art. (regional, colloquial) alt form-lite, das
bangte
     v. first-person singular preterite of bangen
     v. third-person singular preterite of bangen
     v. first-person singular subjunctive of bangen
     v. third-person singular subjunctive of bangen
     bangen
          v. to feel dread or fear, especially for someone else without being able to do something about it.
um
     prep. about
     prep. around
     prep. at, by (qual, when relating to time)
     prep. by (qual, percentage difference)
     prep. (Austria) for qual, amount of money
     conj. in order to, so as to
     adj. (predicative, not attributive) up, in the sense of finished
     adv. around, about
     adv. turned over, changed, from one state to another
sein
     v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
     v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition)
     v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for
     v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs
     v. to exist; there to be; to be alive
     v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.)
     v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag
     det. his
     det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun)
     det.          (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so.
     det. one's
Leben
     n-n. (gerund of leben): living
     n-n. life; being alive
     n-n.          (biology) a state in which organic entities such as animals, plants and bacteria have properties like metabolism, adaption and replication
     n-n.          (biology) the entirety of those who are in this state
     n-n.          the time period in which one is in this state; the time between birth and death
     n-n.          (religion, philosophy) a state of being in touch or in line with certain metaphysical forces and principles by which biological life is governed
     n-n. life; way of life (a particular manner of behaving and passing one’s time, whether real or ideal, and whether self-chosen or not)
     n-n. biography; life; life story (an account of a person’s life, whether real or virtual)
     n-n. (usually) existence; life (a position one has created for oneself, often manifested in success, prosperity, and standing)
     n-n. (usually) life; precious or beloved thing that someone considers fundamental to their existence
     n-n. (video games) a measure of successful play
     n-n.          life; numbers of times a game can be played
     n-n.          health; hit points
     n-n. (youth slang) used as the object of certain verbs, often ones that are per se intransitive, for emphasis




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