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book

Buch

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Englisch > Deutsch
book
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] fest gebundene Papierseiten, das Buch
[1] The book is lying on the table.
Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch.
[1] The girl is reading an exciting book.
Das Mädchen liest ein aufregendes Buch.
3. Verb:
4. [1] (transitiv) reservieren, buchen
5. [2] (intransitiv), (britisch) (mit into) in ein Hotel einchecken
6. [3] (transitiv) verwarnen oder bestrafen
7. [4] (intransitiv) umgangssprachlich: schnell reisen
8. [5] (intransitiv) umgangssprachlich: hart lernen
[1] I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night. I can book tickets for the concert next week.
Ich will ein Hotelzimmer für nächste Nacht buchen. Ich kann Tickets fürs Konzert der nächsten Woche buchen.
[2] I've just booked into the hotel.
Ich habe gerade ins Hotel eingecheckt.
[3] The police booked him for driving too fast.
Die Polizei strafte ihn, da er zu schnell fuhr.
[4] He was really booking, until he passed the speed trap.
Er raste sehr, bis er an der Geschwindigkeitsüberwachung vorbeifuhr.
[5]He went home early to book.
Er ging früh nach Hause um zu lernen.
Englisch > Englisch
book
1. subst. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
She opened the book to page 37 and began to read aloud.
He was frustrated because he couldn't find anything about dinosaurs in the book.
2. subst. A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets.
I have three copies of his first book.
3. subst. (heraldry) A heraldic representation of such an object, used as a charge; as in the arms of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
4. subst. A major division of a long work.
Genesis is the first book of the Bible.
Many readers find the first book of A Tale of Two Cities to be confusing.
5. subst. (gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.
6. subst. A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
a book of stamps
a book of raffle tickets
7. subst. (theatre) The script of a musical.
8. subst. (usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
9. subst. A long document stored (as data) that is or will become a book; an e-book.
10. subst. (legal) A colloquial reference to a book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging t
11. subst. (whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
12. subst. (poker slang) four of a kindWeisenberg, Michael (2000) . MGI/Mike Caro University. (ISBN, 978-1880069523)
13. subst. (sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
14. subst. (sports) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
15. subst. (cartomancy) The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
16. v. To reserve (something) for future use.
I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night
I can book tickets for the concert next week.
17. v. To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
They booked that message from the hill
18. v. (law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
The police booked him for driving too fast.
19. v. (sports) To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
20. v. (intransitive, slang) To travel very fast.
He was really booking, until he passed the speed trap.
21. v. To record bets as bookmaker.
22. v. (transitive, law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.
The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class.
23. v. (intransitive, slang) To leave.
He was here earlier, but he booked.
24. v. (UK dialectal, Northern England) simple past tense of bake
Deutsch > Englisch
Buch
1. subst. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication)
2. subst. (accounting usually in the plural) books (accounting records)
3. subst. (rare) omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
4. Proper noun. either of two municipalities in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany