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kannst
     1. v. second-person singular present of können
     können
          1. v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can.
          2. v.          (auxiliary)
                        Kannst du ihm helfen? - Are you able to help him?
                        Ich hätte das machen können. - I could have done that.
                        Das kann sein, kann aber auch nicht sein. - This may be and may also not be.
                        Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist.
          3. v.          to be able to do something implied; can.
                        Nein, ich kann nicht. - No, I can’t.
                        Er hat gekonnt. - He was able to do it.
          4. v.          to know how to do (something); to know; to understand; to be able to do (something); to be capable of; can do (something), to have a specific skill. (w
                        Ich kann Deutsch und Englisch. - I know German and English.
                        Kannst du es? - Can you do it?
                        Das hätte ich nicht gekonnt. - I couldn’t have done that. / I wouldn’t have been capable of that.
          5. v.          to be possible, to make sense
                        Nächstes Jahr is’n Schaltjahr. – Das kann nich’. Letztes Jahr war doch Schaltjahr! - Next year is a leap year. – That’s not possible. Last year w
          6. v.          (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may.
                        Kann ich mitkommen? - May I come along?
                        Er hat nicht ins Kino gehen können. - He was not allowed to go to the cinema.
          7. v.          (auxiliary) to be in the legal situation of being able to realize a legal effect even if it be legally disallowed
                        
Du
     1. pron. alternative case form of du you (singular) (especially when used as a direct address in letters)
     2. n. (literally) the thou, the you (singular)
           jemandem das Du anbieten - to offer somebody the thou
     3. pron. you (thou, singular familiar)
den
     1. art. masculine accusative singular of der
     2. art. dative plural of der
     3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der
Rechten
     1. n. dative plural of Recht
     2. v. (formal) to argue
     3. v. first-person plural preterite of rechen
     4. v. third-person plural preterite of rechen
     5. v. first-person plural subjunctive of rechen
     6. v. third-person plural subjunctive of rechen
     7. adj. form of recht
Arm
     1. n. (anatomy) an arm
     2. n. (figurative) anything that resembles an arm
     3. n.          (textiles, technical use, or informal) a sleeve
                   mit langem Arm - long-sleeved (technical)
                   sich die Arme hochkrempeln - to roll up one's sleeves (informal)
     4. n.          a long protusion on a device or machine, e.g. a lever
     5. n.          a branch, a section of a structure
     6. n.          (geography) an arm of a creek or a river
     7. n.          influence, might
     8. adj. poor (having little money)
     9. adj. poor (to be pitied)
           arm dran sein - to have bad luck
           lieber arm dran als Arm ab - better to have bad luck than to lose an arm (the play on words is lost in translation)
     10. adj. low (having a small amount)
meiner
     1. pron. mine (substantival possessive)
     2. pron. genitive of ich
     3. det. feminine singular of mein
     4. det. genitive plural of mein
Jacke
     1. n-f. jacket
wieder
     1. adv. Indicates that the action taking place has happened before. again
           Siehst du, jetzt hast du’s schon wieder gesagt! - See, now you’ve said it again!
     2. adv. Indicates that the action will return something to its original state or position. back
           Schalte das Licht wieder aus. - Turn the light back off.
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