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Gastronomie
     1. n. gastronomy
Inneres
     1. n.          inside, interior
                    das Bundesministerium des Innern — the federal ministry of the interior
     2. n.          bowels, innards
     3. adj. form of inner
von
     1. prep. from
           Ich fahre von Köln nach Hamburg. - I'm travelling from Cologne to Hamburg.
           Ich hab’s von meiner Schwester gehört. - I heard it from my sister.
     2. prep. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below)
           das Auto meines Vaters - - = uxi = uxi, das Auto von meinem Vater, my father’s car / the car of my father
     3. prep. by (with passive voice)
           Das Hotel wird von der Firma bezahlt. - The hotel is paid for by the company.
     4. prep. about, of (a topic)
           Er hat von seiner Jugend erzählt. - He told about his youth.
     5. prep. on, with (a resource)
           Von welchem Geld soll ich als Arbeitsloser in Urlaub fahren? - Being unemployed, on what money should I go on holidays?
           Man kann nicht nur von Luft und Liebe leben. - You can’t live on air and love alone. (proverb)
Eiern
     1. n. dative plural of Ei
     2. v. (colloquial) to wobble (of a wheel)
     Ei
          1. n. egg (all biological senses)
                Willst du dein Ei hart oder weich? - Do you want your egg hard-boiled or soft-boiled?
                Das befruchtete Ei nistet sich in der Gebärmutter ein. - The fertilised egg nidates in the uterus.
          2. n. something egg-shaped
          3. n. (informal usually in the plural) testicle; ball (also figuratively)
                Mal sehen, ob ihr Eier habt! - Let’s see if you guys have balls!
          4. n. (colloquial in the plural) bucks (money)
                Kost’ dreißig Eier, der Spaß. - This thing costs thirty bucks.
          5. n. (colloquial usually vocative mildly pejorative) clown; foolish bloke
                Da steht „ziehen“, du Ei. - The sign says “pull”, you clown.
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
Nahrungsmittel
     1. n-n. item of sustenance; a foodstuff or beverage that is mainly consumed for nourishment
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