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| trestle | |
| 1. subst. A horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs, such as sawhorses. |  |
| 2. subst. A folding or fixed set of legs used to support a tabletop or planks. | |
| 3. subst. A framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge. | |
| 4. subst. A trestle bridge. | |
| Deutsch > Englisch | |
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| Bock | |
| 1. subst. buck, ram; the male of certain animals, especially goat, sheep, and roedeer | |
| (hyponyms, Ziegenbock / Geißbock, Schafbock, Rehbock) | |
| 2. subst. (also sturer Bock) a stubborn person | |
| 3. subst. (also geiler Bock) a man who is lecherous or sexually active | |
| geil wie ein Bock - horny as a buck | |
| 4. subst. (informal) a blunder, mistake | |
| 5. subst. (vehicles) a seat for a coachman | |
| 6. subst. (gymnastics) an apparatus for performing jumps, similar to a vaulting horse but shorter. | |
| 7. subst. bock beer | |
| 8. subst. (Rotwelsch) hunger | |
| 9. subst. (colloquial) desire, interest to do something; (construed with haben, kriegen, or machen + auf) | |
| Hast du Bock? - Do you feel like it? | |
| Ich kriege langsam Bock auf Tanzen. - I’m starting to feel like dancing. | |
| Das macht Bock auf mehr. - This makes you want more. | |
| 10. subst. (colloquial) fun, pleasure; (construed with machen without auf) | |
| Macht’s Bock? - Is it fun? | |
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