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man
1. pron. one; you; they; people (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular)
Man kann nicht immer kriegen, was man will.
You can’t always get what you want.
Manchmal muss man Kompromisse machen.
Sometimes one must compromise.
Zumindest sagt man das so...
At least that’s what they say...
2. adv. (colloquial, regional, northern Germany) just; only
Komm man hier rüber! - Just come over here!
Das sind man dreißig Stück oder so. - These are only thirty or so.
	man sah ihm an
	man stöhnte im Haus!
beginnt
1. v. third-person singular present of beginnen
2. v. second-person plural present of beginnen
3. v. imperative plural of beginnen
beginnen
1. v. (intransitive) to begin; to commence; to be started
Der Vortrag hat begonnen. — “The lecture has begun.”
2. v. (chiefly literary transitive or with mit) to start something; to begin something
Er hat den Vortrag begonnen. — “He has started the lecture.”
Er hat mit dem Vortrag begonnen. — “He has started the lecture.”
mit
1. prep. with (expressing attendance, company)
Ich spiele mit meinen Freunden. - I'm playing with my friends.
2. prep. with, by (instrumental)
Ich schreibe mit einem Bleistift. - I'm writing with a pencil.
Ich fahre mit dem Bus. - I'm going by bus.
3. adv. indicates participation in an action or belonging to a category
Schwarze Sklaven haben die Vereinigten Staaten mit aufgebaut. - Black slaves helped to build up the United States.
Hier gibt es mit das beste Essen in der Stadt. - Here they have some of the best food in town.
Ich war mit der erste, der hier war. - I was one of the very first who arrived.
4. adv. (somewhat, informal) with something
Ich brauch nicht unbedingt Majonäse zu den Fritten, aber mit sind sie natürlich besser. - I don't necessarily need mayonnaise with the chips /fries, but they taste better with it, of course.
	so? mit dem da
	etwas Pech und Draht mit
der
1. art. the; definite article for several declensions:
2. art. Nominative singular masculine
3. art. Genitive singular feminine
4. art. Dative singular feminine
5. art. Genitive plural for all genders.
6. pron. who; that; which
Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that.
7. pron. (attributive, stressed) that
Der Mann war es! - It was that man!
8. pron. (indicative) him, he
Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it!
9. pron. (differential) the one, him
Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat
	das ist der Knabe
	an der Wand entlang
Brustfesselung
die
1. art. The; declined form of der
die Frau — “the woman”
die Männer — “the men”
2. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) That; which; who; whom; whose.
Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. — “I know a woman who can do that.”
3. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) This one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them
die da — “that one (or she or they) there”
	rief die eine Stimme
	die übrigen Geschenke
der
1. art. the; definite article for several declensions:
2. art. Nominative singular masculine
3. art. Genitive singular feminine
4. art. Dative singular feminine
5. art. Genitive plural for all genders.
6. pron. who; that; which
Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that.
7. pron. (attributive, stressed) that
Der Mann war es! - It was that man!
8. pron. (indicative) him, he
Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it!
9. pron. (differential) the one, him
Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat
Ihre
1. pron. inflected form of Ihr
Ist das Ihre Katze, Frau Schulz? - Is that your cat, Mrs. Schulz?
Sind diese Bücher Ihre, Herr Meyer? - Are these books yours, Mr. Meyer?
2. pron. (possessive) their (belonging to them)
3. pron. (possessive) her (belonging to her)
beiden
1. det. dative plural of beide
2. det. of beide
	die beiden anderen warteten
	näherte er sich den beiden anderen
beide
1. det. both
2. det. (the) two
3. pron. both
4. pron. (the) two
äpfel
Fest
1. n-n. celebration, festival, party
2. adj. firm; compact; hard
3. adj. firm; fixed; rigid
4. adj. firm; steadfast
einschnürt
und
1. conj. (co-ordinating) and
Kaffee und Kuchen - coffee and cake
Ich kam, sah und siegte. - I came, saw, and conquered.
2. interj. so?, now?
Und? Wie ist es gelaufen? - So? How did it go?
	und sagte ihm
	war es kalt und groß
nur
1. adv. only, just, merely, simply
Nur reife Kirschen dürfen auf den Kuchen.
Only ripe cherries may go on the cake.
Du musst nur die Werte eingeben und den Rest macht der Computer.
You just have to enter the values and the computer will do the rest.
2. adv. ever; at all
Ich helfe dir, wo ich nur kann.
I’ll help you wherever I can.
3. adv. however, though
Wir könnten es versuchen. Nur wären die Risiken sehr hoch.
We could try. The risks would be very high, however.
4. conj. (chiefly colloquial) but
Ich wär auf jeden Fall dabei, nur ich hab echt keine Zeit.
I’d definitely come along, but I really don’t have the time.
	seht nur
	nur um ihn zu streicheln
die
1. art. The; declined form of der
die Frau — “the woman”
die Männer — “the men”
2. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) That; which; who; whom; whose.
Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. — “I know a woman who can do that.”
3. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) This one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them
die da — “that one (or she or they) there”
	die dritte aber
	nahm die Zeitung
der
1. art. the; definite article for several declensions:
2. art. Nominative singular masculine
3. art. Genitive singular feminine
4. art. Dative singular feminine
5. art. Genitive plural for all genders.
6. pron. who; that; which
Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that.
7. pron. (attributive, stressed) that
Der Mann war es! - It was that man!
8. pron. (indicative) him, he
Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it!
9. pron. (differential) the one, him
Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat
Hälfte
1. n-f. half; fifty percent of something
2. n-f. half, share; any of two correlating pieces, whatever the size
Ich will die größere Hälfte! - I want the bigger half!
Ihrer
1. pron. (personal) genitive of Sie (addressing politely or formally one person).
2. pron. (personal) genitive of sie (third-person singular and third-person plural).
3. pron. (possessive) feminine dative and genitive singular of ihr, (to) her (+ feminine noun) (indirect object).
4. pron. (possessive) feminine genitive plural of ihr.
Rundungen
freiließ
1. v. first-person singular past tense subordinate clause of freilassen
2. v. third-person singular past tense subordinate clause of freilassen

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