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Ich
     1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego
     2. n. self, me, him, etc.
           das wahre Ich - the real me
     3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)
Lese
     1. n-f. (viniculture) harvest, picking
     2. v. first-person singular present of lesen
     3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of lesen
     4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of lesen
     lesen
          1. v. to read (look at and understand symbols, words, or data)
          2. v. to select and gather or harvest (things like grapes)
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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?
Frage
     1. n-f. question (interrogative sentence or phrase) + an (object) = for
           Eine Frage an euch. - A question for you.
     2. n-f. question, issue (subject or topic for consideration or investigation)
     3. n-f. question, doubt (challenge about the truth or accuracy of a matter)
     4. v. first-person singular present of fragen
     5. v. first-person singular subjunctive of fragen
     6. v. third-person singular subjunctive of fragen
     7. v. singular imperative of fragen
     fragen
          1. v. to ask (someone something)
                Darf ich dich etwas fragen? - May I ask you something?
          2. v. to ask for, to ask after
          3. v. to wonder (literally, to ask (oneself))
                Ich frage mich, wer mir helfen kann. - I wonder who can help me.
meinen
     1. v. to opine, to think; to believe; to suppose
           Ich meine, das war letztes oder vorletztes Jahr. - I think it was last year or the year before.
     2. v. to say; to utter; (not used with nouns; not used in the imperative and rarely in the infinitive)
           Entschuldige, was meintest du gerade? - Sorry, what did you just say?
     3. v. to mean; to be convinced or sincere about something
           Das sagt er nicht nur, das meint er auch. - He doesn’t just say it, he means it.
     4. v. to mean; to have in mind; to convey
           Was meintest du damit? - What did you mean by that?
           Meinst du das rote oder das gelbe Haus? - Do you mean the red or the yellow house?
     5. v. (now rare) to mean; to signify
           Was meint dieses Wort? - What does this word mean?
     6. det. (possessive) masculine accusative singular of mein
     7. det. (possessive) dative plural of mein
Arzt
     1. n. doctor, physician (male or of unspecified gender) (without necessarily having a postgraduate degree)
oder
     1. conj. or
           Danach alles gestr. oder noch 1–2 Wörter? - Is everything after that crossed out or are there one or two more words?
     2. part. (tag question) right?; is it?; is it not?
           Es ist kalt heute, oder? - It’s cold today, isn’t it?
           Das war keine so gute Idee, oder? - That wasn’t such a good idea, was it?
           Du kommst aus Deutschland, oder? - You’re from Germany, aren’t you?
Apotheker
     1. n-m. pharmacist, druggist, (dispensing) chemist (Brit.), apothecary (archaic) (male or of unspecified gender)
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