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Abstand
     1. n. distance, interspace, spacing, interval, gap
innerhalb
     1. prep. within, inside (spatial)
           innerhalb der Grenzen - within the borders
           innerhalb des Hauses - inside of the house
     2. prep. within, in the space of (temporal)
           innerhalb eines Tages - within a day
           innerhalb kurzer Zeit - within a short time
     3. adv. (+ von)
     4. adv. within, inside (spatial)
           innerhalb von Paris - within Paris
     5. adv. within, in the space of (temporal)
           innerhalb von zwei Jahren - within two years
dessen
     1. pron. genitive singular of der
     2. pron.          (relative) whose, of which
     3. pron.          (demonstrative) his, its, the latter's
     der
          1. art. the
          2. art. feminine singular of der
          3. art. genitive plural of der
          4. pron. who; that; which
                Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that.
          5. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that
          6. pron. (attributive, stressed) that
                Der Mann war es! - It was that man!
          7. pron. (indicative) him, he
                Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it!
          8. pron. (differential) the one, him
                Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat
          9. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her
man
     1. pron. one, you (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.
     2. pron. they, people (people in general)
           Zumindest sagt man das so... - At least that’s what they say...
     3. pron. someone, somebody (some unspecified person)
     4. pron. they (some unspecified group of people)
     5. 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.
Aufmerksamkeit
     1. n-f. attention, mindfulness, attentiveness
     2. n-f. care, courtesy, regard, thoughtfulness
     3. n-f. gift, (small) present
Erregen
     1. n. gerund of erregen
     2. v. to thrill; arouse; excite; titillate
     3. v. to cause; elicit; evoke; bring forth; stimulate into action
kann
     1. v. first-person singular present of können
     2. v. third-person singular present of können
     können
          1. v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can.
          2. v.          (auxiliary)
                        Kannst du ihm helfen? - Are you able to help him?
                        Ich hätte das machen können. - I could have done that.
                        Das kann sein, kann aber auch nicht sein. - This may be and may also not be.
                        Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist.
          3. v.          to be able to do something implied; can.
                        Nein, ich kann nicht. - No, I can’t.
                        Er hat gekonnt. - He was able to do it.
          4. v.          to know how to do (something); to know; to understand; to be able to do (something); to be capable of; can do (something), to have a specific skill. (w
                        Ich kann Deutsch und Englisch. - I know German and English.
                        Kannst du es? - Can you do it?
                        Das hätte ich nicht gekonnt. - I couldn’t have done that. / I wouldn’t have been capable of that.
          5. v.          to be possible, to make sense
                        Nächstes Jahr is’n Schaltjahr. – Das kann nich’. Letztes Jahr war doch Schaltjahr! - Next year is a leap year. – That’s not possible. Last year w
          6. v.          (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may.
                        Kann ich mitkommen? - May I come along?
                        Er hat nicht ins Kino gehen können. - He was not allowed to go to the cinema.
          7. v.          (auxiliary) to be in the legal situation of being able to realize a legal effect even if it be legally disallowed
                        
Hörweite
     1. n-f. earshot (hearing distance)
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