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in Angriff nehmen |
v. to tackle |
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Analysis |
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in |
prep. (in + dative) in; within; at; contained by |
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Es ist im Haus. - It is in the house. |
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prep. (in + dative) pertaining to |
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prep. (in + accusative) into |
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Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house. |
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Angriff |
n-m. attack, raid |
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v. first-person singular past tense subordinate clause of angreifen |
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v. third-person singular past tense subordinate clause of angreifen |
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nehmen |
v. to take |
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jemandem etwas nehmen — “to take something from someone” |
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einen Anfang nehmen — “to begin” (Literally, “to take a beginning”) |
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ein Haus in Pacht nehmen — “to lease a house” (Literally, “to take a house in lease”) |
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das Wort nehmen — “to begin to speak” (Literally, “to take a word”) |
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