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da
     1. adv. (local) there; here
           Wir fahren nach Hamburg. Meine Frau hat eine Freundin, die da wohnt. - We’re going to Hamburg. My wife has a friend who lives there.
           Die Gäste sind noch nicht da. - The guests aren’t here yet.
     2. adv. (temporal) then; so; at that moment
           Ich war gerade eingeschlafen, und da kam ein Anruf. - I had just fallen asleep, and that’s when someone called.
           Er hat immer weiter auf mich eingeschrien. Da bin ich einfach gegangen. - He just kept on shouting at me. So I just left.
     3. adv. (colloquial) (replaces any takes a reflexive pronoun adverb when the context is clear)
           Ich wollte eigentlich Linsensuppe machen, aber da (= dafür, dazu) hatte ich das Rezept nicht.
             I was actually going to make lentil soup, but I didn’t have the recipe for it.
           Wir haben jetzt ein Angebot gekriegt, aber da (= darüber) müssen wir noch diskutieren.
             We’ve now received an offer, but we’ll still need to have discussion about that.
     4. conj. since; as; because; given that
           Da die Stelle mit häufigen Auslandskontakten verbunden ist, sind gute Fremdsprachenkenntnisse unerlässlich. - Since the position involves frequent international contacts, good foreign-language
     5. conj. (literary, dated) when
           Am Tag, da die Wahrheit offenbar wird, ist es zur Umkehr zu spät. - On the day when the Truth will become manifest, it will be too late for penitence.
sind
     1. v. first-person plural present of sein
           Wir sind hier drüben. - We are over here.
     2. v. third-person plural present of sein
           Da sind sie. - There they are.
     3. v. second-person plural present of sein
           Wo sind Sie? - Where are you? (polite form)
     sein
          1. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
                Das ist schön. - That is beautiful.
                Das ist ein Auto. - That is a car.
          2. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition)
                Usage: In this sense sein is always conjugated in the third person singular and takes a Dative noun. The impersonal subject es may be present, but is often taken as implied. For example: "Mir i
                Ist dir kalt? - Are you cold?
                Mir ist schlecht. - I'm sick.
                Dem Mann ist schwindelig. - The man feels dizzy.
                Den Kindern ist langweilig. - The children are bored.
          3. v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for
                Usage: As in the previous sense sein takes a Dative noun and is always conjugated according to the impersonal subject es, although it is usually omitted.
                Uns ist nach einem Film zumute. - We feel like watching a movie.
                Mir ist nicht danach. - I don't feel like it.
          4. v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs
                Er ist alt geworden. - He has become old.
          5. v. to exist; there to be; to be alive
                Was nicht ist, kann noch werden. (a common proverb) - That which does not exist now, may come into existence.
                Wenn ich nicht mehr bin, erbst du das Haus. - When I am no more, you'll inherit the house.
          6. v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.)
                Du bist. - It’s your turn.
                Du bist nach mir. - Your turn is after mine.
          7. v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag
                Du bist! - You're it!
                Ich bin nicht mehr. - I'm not it anymore.
          8. det. his
                Daniel schickt seiner Schwester eine SMS. - Daniel is sending a text to his sister.
                Der Kater spielt oft mit seinen Spielsachen. - The cat often plays with his toys.
          9. det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun)
                der Mond und sein Licht - the moon and its light
                das Schaf und seine Lämmer - the sheep and its lambs
          10. det.          (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so.
                        Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro. - That one costs around two hundred euros.
          11. det. one's
                Man muss seinem Herzen folgen. - One must follow one’s heart.
wir
     1. pron. we
Ja
     1. n. a yes
     2. adv. yes; yea, yeah, aye
           Willst du das? Ja. - Do you want that? Yes.
           Aber ja! - Yes, of course!
     3. adv. (intensifier) obviously; certainly; of course; really; just; as you know; as is generally known (indicates and emphasises that one is expressing a known fact)
           Es kann ja nicht immer so bleiben. - It obviously cannot always remain so.
           Der Peter war ja gestern krank. - Peter was sick yesterday, as you know.
     4. interj. yes
im
     1. contraction. contraction of in dem ; in the
     in
          1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building)
                Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house.
                Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator.
                Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school.
                Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop.
                Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night.
          2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to)
                in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense
          3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time)
                Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen.
                im Alter - in old age
                im Mittelalter - during the middle ages
                in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s
          4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of))
                Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house.
                Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland.
                Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age.
          5. adj. in, popular (in fashion)
     dem
          1. art. dative singular of der: the
          2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which
Wald
     1. n. forest; woods; woodland
noch
     1. adv. still, yet (up to and including a given time)
           Du magst mich noch. - You still like me.
           Ich bin noch nicht fertig. - I’m not ready yet.
     2. adv. yet, eventually (at an unknown time in the future)
           Er wird noch kommen. - He will come eventually.
           Das brauche ich später noch. - I'll need that sometime.
     3. adv. additionally, in addition, besides, else; (more often expressed in English with) another, more
           Da ist noch einer. - There’s another one.
           Da sind noch welche. - There are some more.
           Ich habe noch Schokolade im Auto. - I have some more chocolate in the car.
           Weißt du noch was? - Can you think of anything else?
     4. adv. (only) just; barely (by a small margin)
           Ich habe es gerade noch geschafft. - I made it just in time.
     5. adv. (with comparative) even
           Deins ist noch schöner! - Yours is even prettier!
     6. conj. (following a negation, especially weder) nor; function word introducing each except the first term or series, indicating none of them is true
           Ich mag weder ihn noch dich. - I like neither him nor you.
           Er versteht es nicht noch wird er es jemals verstehen. - He doesn’t understand it, nor will he ever understand it.
sicherer
     1. adj. form of sicher
     sicher
          1. adj. safe, secure (not dangerous or in danger)
          2. adj. (often with reflexive dative, with optional genitive object) sure, certain (convinced)
                Ich bin (mir) sicher, dass es heute regnen wird. - I am sure that it will rain today.
                Sie ist sich des Sieges sicher. - She is certain of victory.
          3. adv. safely
          4. adv. surely, certainly
          5. v. first-person singular present of sichern
          6. v. singular imperative of sichern
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