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straw
1. Stroh
2. Strohhalm, Trinkhalm
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straw
1. subst. A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
2. subst. Such dried stalks considered collectively.
3. subst. A drinking straw.
4. subst. A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
(color panel, F2D594)
5. subst. (figurative) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
6. adj. Made of straw.
straw hat
7. adj. Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
8. adj. (figurative) Imaginary, but presented as real.
A straw enemy built up in the media to seem like a real threat, which then collapses like a balloon.
9. v. To lay straw around plants to protect them from frost.
10. v. (obsolete, slang) To sell straws on the streets in order to cover the giving to the purchaser of things usually banned, such as pornography.
Deutsch > Englisch
Strohhalm
1. subst. straw (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
2. subst. drinking straw

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If you telephone her again, that'll be the last straw!      Wenn du sie wieder anrufst, dann schlägt's dem Fass den Boden aus! You can see this easily if you put a straw into a glass of water.      Sie können es leicht erkennen, wenn Sie einen Strohhalm in ein Glas Wasser stellen.

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