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Laufen
     1. n. (sports) gerund of laufen: "running".
     2. v. to walk; to jog; to run (to move on foot; either at a normal or an increased speed)
           Wir können mit dem Bus fahren oder laufen. - We could take the bus or walk.
           Lasst uns etwas schneller laufen. - Let's move a little faster.
           Joggen bedeutet entspannter, aber auch bewusster zu laufen. - Jogging means to run in a less exhausting but more conscious way.
     3. v. to flow; to leak; to run
     4. v. to be in progress; to run
           Das Projekt läuft erfolgreich. - The project is progressing successfully.
           einwandfrei laufen. - to run smoothly.
     5. v. to happen, to go on, to take place
           Was läuft da zwischen euch? - What's going on between you guys?
     6. v. to run, to execute (a program)
           Das Programm läuft einwandfrei. - The program runs flawlessly.
     7. v. to be in order; to work; to function
           Alles läuft, wie es soll. - Everything works just fine.
     8. v. to pass; to flow
lassen
     1. v. to allow; to permit; to let
           lasset alle Hoffnung fahren - abandon all hope
     2. v. to have someone (do something); to have (something done); to make (something happen); to cause (something to be done)
           Wir haben neue Schränke für die Küche machen lassen. - We had new cabinets made for the kitchen.
           Hast du dir die Haare schneiden lassen? - Did you get your hair cut?
     3. v. to let remain, to leave (in a certain state)
           Mir ist es lieber, meine Haare grau zu lassen. - I prefer to leave my hair grey.
     4. v. to stop (something); to quit; to refrain from; to help doing (something)
     5. v. to cease; to desist
laufen lassen
     1. v. to release (literally: "to let run")
           Im Gegenzug ließ die russische Regierung amerikanische Spione laufen. - In return the Russian government has released American spies.
     2. v. to leave running
           Lass den Motor laufen. - Leave the motor running.
umgangssprachlich
     1. adj. (linguistics) colloquial (informal but within standard language norms)Danko Šipka: Exclusion Labels in Slavic Monolingual Dictionaries: Lexicographic Construal of Non-Standardness. In: Colloquium: New
     2. adj. (linguistics) vernacular, non-standard (non-standard usage)
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.
freigeben
     1. v. to release, to declassify (to put at public disposal)
     2. v. to release, to liberate (to set free from imprisonment)
     3. v. to furlough (to grant a furlough to someone)
     4. v. (computing) to unlock (to enable access to a protected resource)
     5. v. (computing) to activate, to enable (to put a software functionality into operation)
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