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Reparatur
     1. n-f. repair, mending
und
     1. conj. (co-ordinating) and
           Kaffee und Kuchen - coffee and cake
           Ich kam, sah und siegte. - I came, saw, and conquered.
     2. conj. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them
           Er und Abwaschen? Vielleicht einmal im Jahr! - Him doing the dishes? Maybe once per year!
     3. interj. so?, now?, and?
           Und? Wie ist es gelaufen? - So? How did it go?
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nach
     1. prep. after, past (later in time)
           Viertel nach sechs (a quarter past six)
           nach einer Woche (after a week)
     2. prep. after, behind (in sequence)
           B kommt nach A. (B comes after A.)
     3. prep. to, towards (with geographical names; see usage notes below)
           die Flucht nach Ägypten (the flight into Egypt)
     4. prep. according to; guided by
     5. prep. by the authority of; following
           die Analyse nach Marx (the analysis following Marx)
     6. prep. (with verbs of sensual perception) like (see usage notes below)
           Das riecht nach Knoblauch. - This smells like garlic.
     7. prep. for (qual, indicating desire for an object)
           nach etwas greifen - to reach for something
           nach etwas streben - to strive for/after something
           nach etwas suchen - to search for something
     8. post. according to
           meiner Meinung nach - in my opinion
           meinem Urteil nach - in my judgement
     9. adv. (in compound verbs) after, behind, later, next to
           Meine Uhr geht nach. - My watch is slow.
dem
     1. art. dative singular of der: the
     2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which
Erdbeben
     1. n-n. earthquake
zogen
     1. v. first-person plural preterite of ziehen
     2. v. third-person plural preterite of ziehen
sich
     1. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object).
     2. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object).
länger
     1. adj. comparative of lang
Als
     1. n. creek, drainage channel
     2. conj. (subordinating, referring to time of occurrence) at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as
           Als er ankam, öffnete sie die Tür. - When he arrived, she opened the door.
           Als wir jung waren, spielten wir im Wald. - We played in the forest when we were young.
     3. conj. (used with a comparison or as an exception) than
           Zwei ist größer als eins. - Two is greater than one.
           Die Kopie sieht anders aus als das Original. - The copy looks different than the original.
           Er sagt nichts anderes als die Wahrheit. - He tells nothing other than the truth.
     4. conj. as; like; in the function of; in the form of
           Als Polizist muss ich es tun. - As a policeman, I must do it.
           Wir sind Feinde, aber im Moment müssen wir uns als Freunde verhalten. - We are enemies, but for now we must act like friends.
           Sie verkleidete sich als Krankenschwester, um das Krankenhaus zu betreten. - She disguised herself as a nurse to enter the hospital.
     5. conj. as if
     6. conj. (after negative pronoun) but, other than
eine
     1. num. feminine singular of ein
     2. art. feminine singular of ein: a, an
     3. pron. feminine singular of einer
     4. pron. masculine nominative singular of einer
     5. pron. singular of einer
ganze
     1. adj. form of ganz
     ganz
          1. adj. entire, whole, complete
                Er hat ein ganzes Hähnchen gegessen. - He ate a whole chicken.
          2. adj. (informal) all (with definite article or determiner)
                Ich hab meine ganzen Freunde eingeladen. - I’ve invited all my friends.
          3. adj. (colloquial) whole, intact
                Ist die Tasse noch ganz? - Is the cup still whole?
          4. adj. (in certain combinations) true; real
                uxi, ein ganzer Kerl, a true man
          5. adj. (mathematics) integer (of a number)
          6. adv. quite, rather
          7. adv. very
          8. adv. wholly, entirely, all
Woche
     1. n-f. week (period of seven days counting from Monday to Sunday, or from Sunday to Saturday)
           ab nächster Woche - from next week on
           vor Wochen - weeks ago
           jede zweite Woche - every other week
           Woche für Woche - week after week
     2. n-f. week (any period of seven consecutive days)
           schon seit einer Woche - for a week already
     3. n-f. week; weekdays (those days of a given week on which most people work)
           unter der Woche - during the week
Hin
     1. n. (historical, former Egyptian or Hebrew unit of measure) hin
     2. adv. ng, Used to denote direction away from the speaker.
     3. adj. (colloquial) haven taken its course, situated, left
           Ich werde nachsehen, wo die Pakete hin sind. - I'll check where the packages went.
     4. adj. (colloquial) on the fritz, bruck, out of order
     5. adj. (colloquial) exhausted, depleted
     6. adj. (colloquial) captivated, fully on wass
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