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im
     1. contraction. contraction of in dem ; in the
Orient
     1. n. Orient
nutzt
     1. v. second-person singular present of nutzen
     2. v. third-person singular present of nutzen
     3. v. second-person plural present of nutzen
     4. v. plural imperative of nutzen
     nutzen
          1. v. to make use of; to deploy; to exploit; to harness; to take (the opportunity of)
                Du solltest deine Talente nutzen. - You should make use of your talents.
                Wenn sich ihnen so eine Gelegenheit bietet, dann nutzen sie die. - When such an opportunity offers itself to them, they’ll take it.
          2. v. to be useful, to be of use, to do good
                Er hört mit der Diät auf, weil sie nichts nutzt. - He's stopping the diet because it is no use.
                Was nutzt es schon, sich anzustrengen? - What is the use of making an effort anyway?
          3. v. to benefit someone, to help, to do good to
                Er hat sich überall angebiedert, aber das hat ihm auch nicht genutzt. - He curried favour with everybody, but that didn’t help him either.
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.
Schläuche
     1. n. plural of Schlauch
     Schlauch
          1. n. hose, tube (flexible pipe)
          2. n. waterskin, wineskin (flexible container for liquids)
          3. n. (colloquial) a long and narrow room or flat
          4. n. (colloquial Austria) potbelly, paunch (protruding belly)
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
Behältnis
     1. n-n. container, vessel, vat
für
     1. prep. for
           Das Geschenk ist für dich. - The present is for you.
     2. prep. in favor of, in support of
           Ich bin für die erste Option. - I'm in favor of the first option.
     3. prep. by the standards of
           Für einen Ausländer sprichst du sehr gut Deutsch. - For a foreigner, you speak German very well.
     4. prep. on behalf of
           Mein Anwalt wird das für mich beantworten. - My lawyer will answer to that on my behalf.
     5. prep. kind / type of
           Was für ein Kuchen ist das? - What kind of cake is this?
     6. prep. (informal) instead of
           Für die Hose hab ich jetzt den Rock genommen. - Instead of the trousers which I chose not to buy, I took the skirt.
     7. prep. (colloquial nonstandard) in order to (with zu and infinitive)
           Der Papa holt das Werkzeug, für die Waschmaschine zu reparieren. - Daddy is getting his tools in order to repair the washing machine.
Wasser
     1. n. water (H₂O)
     2. n. alcoholic beverage, similar to brandy, made from fermented fruit
     3. n. (colloquial) (clipping of Mineralwasser/Tafelwasser)
     4. v. first-person singular present of wassern
     5. v. singular imperative of wassern
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?
Wein
     1. n. wine
     2. v. singular imperative of weinen
     3. v. colloquial of
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