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übrigens
     1. adv. (informal) by the way
sollten
     1. v. first-person plural preterite of sollen
     2. v. third-person plural preterite of sollen
     3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of sollen
     4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of sollen
     sollen
          1. v. (auxiliary) should; to be obligated (to do something); ought; shall
                Ich soll das machen. - I should do that.
                Ich sollte das nicht tun. - I should not do it.
          2. v. (auxiliary) to be recommended (to do something); to be asked (to do something)
          3. v. (auxiliary) to be intended (to do something); to be meant (to be something)
          4. v. (auxiliary) to be said (to do something); reportedly; they say that; I hear that; so they say; rumor has it; supposedly.
                Es soll da viele Leute geben. - They say that there are many people there.
          5. v. (auxiliary) would; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates something that would happen in the past but after the time frame of the main clause
          6. v. (auxiliary) should; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates a hypothetical and unlikely condition for the main clause
Sie
     1. pron. you (polite; singular and plural)
           Was möchten Sie, Frau Wagner? - What would you like to have, Mrs. Wagner?
     2. pron. she
           Ist sie noch krank? - Is she still sick?
           Das ist meine Katze. Sie heißt Lili. - This is my cat. Her name is Lili.
           Ich suche Vanessa. Hast du sie gesehen? - I'm looking for Vanessa. Have you seen her?
     3. pron. it (when the object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine die)
           Scheint die Sonne noch? Nein, sie ist schon untergegangen. - Is the Sun still shining? No, it has already gone down.
           Ich suche meine Brieftasche. Hast du sie gesehen? - I'm looking for my wallet. Have you seen it?
     4. pron. he (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a male person, is feminine die)
           Die Geisel Richard Meier versuchte, sich zu befreien, aber sie schaffte es nicht. - The hostage Richard Meier tried to break free, but he didn’t succeed.
           Die Wache Michael Müller beschädigte ihr Gewehr, wofür ihr Vorgesetzter sie bestrafte. - The guardsman Michael Müller damaged his rifle, and his supervisor punished him for that.
     5. pron. they; them
Mal
     1. n. time (as in the first time; many times)
     2. n. occasion, case, occurrence
     3. n. a mark on the body, e.g. a scar, mole, etc.
     4. n. (chiefly in compounds) mark, sign in the landscape, e.g. a milestone
     5. n. (ball games) base
     6. adv. times (indicating multiplication of two numbers)
           sechs mal sieben ist zweiundvierzig - six times seven is forty-two
     7. adv. (informal) Alternative form of einmal, , sometime, ever, once, may serve to introduce a new information.
           Wenn du in Köln bist, musst du mal bei deiner Tante anrufen. - When you’re in Cologne, you must call your aunt sometime.
           Ich geh mal zum Kaffeestand. - I’m off to the coffee stall.
     8. adv. (informal) Softening a sentence, thus making a request or command more polite. By extension, indicating a command or request.
           Haben Sie mal Feuer? - Do you have a lighter please?
           Haste Feuer? - D'ya have fire?
           Du musst mal deine Tante anrufen. - You have to call your aunt.
     9. v. singular imperative of malen
     10. v. colloquial of
     malen
          1. v. to paint (do paintwork)
          2. v. to paint (create a painting)
          3. v. (loosely) to draw, depict (with a pencil, computer program, etc.)
die
     1. art. feminine singular of der
           die Frau - the woman
     2. art. plural of der
           die Männer - the men
     3. pron. feminine singular of der
     4. pron. plural of der
     5. pron.          (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose
                   Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that.
     6. pron.          (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them
                   die da - that one/she/they there
     der
          1. art. the
          2. art. feminine singular of der
          3. art. genitive plural of der
          4. pron. who; that; which
                Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that.
          5. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that
          6. pron. (attributive, stressed) that
                Der Mann war es! - It was that man!
          7. pron. (indicative) him, he
                Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it!
          8. pron. (differential) the one, him
                Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat
          9. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her
Rasierklinge
     1. n-f. razor blade
Wechseln
     1. n. gerund of wechseln
     2. n. dative plural of Wechsel
     3. v. to change, to exchange
     4. v. to switch
     5. v. to swap
     6. v. to vary
     7. v. to shift
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