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Tu nicht so, als wüsstest du nichts!

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tu
     v. singular imperative of tun
     tun
          v. To do (to perform or execute an action).
          v. (with dative) To do something (positive or negative) to someone.
          v. To make a difference; to be different.
          v. (somewhat informal, with “so” or “als ob”) To fake; to feign; to pretend.
          v. (chiefly colloquial) To put, to place, to add.
          v. (chiefly colloquial, with “es”) To work, to function.
          v. (chiefly colloquial, but acceptable in writing) Used with thepreceding infinitive of another verb to emphasise this verb
          v. (colloquial non-standard) (Used with thefollowing infinitive of another verb, often to emphasise the statement)
          v. (colloquial non-standard) (Used in the past subjunctive with the infinitive of another verb to form the conditional tense (instead of standard würde))
nicht
     adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb)
     interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not?
so
     adv. so, such, that
     adv. as (followed by an adjective or adverb plus wie in a statement of equality)
     adv. thus, like this/that, in this/that way, in this/that manner
     adv. then (in that case)
     adv. (colloquial) expletive; sometimes intensifying, sometimes with no noticeable meaning
     conj. (coordinating) thus, so, pursuant to the aforementioned premises
     conj. (subordinating, chiefly archaic, sometimes legal and regional) an, if
     part. (colloquial) (quotative particle, somewhat similar to be like but also combinable with other verbs)
     pron. (obsolete, relative) that, which, who
     interj. (tlb, colloquial) (a discourse marker in the beginning of a sentence indicating a topic having been dealt with and another being tackled)
als
     conj. (subordinating, referring to time of occurrence) at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as
     conj. (used with a comparison or as an exception) than
     conj. as; like; in the function of; in the form of
     conj. as if
     conj. (after negative pronoun) but, other than
wüsstest
     v. second-person singular subjunctive of wissen
     wissen
          v. to know; to be aware of (a fact)
          v. to remember (with noch)
du
     pron. you (thou, singular familiar)
nichts
     pron. nothing




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