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Montage
     1. n-f. installation, mounting, construction
           Die Montage der Anlage dauert mehrere Monate. - The installation of the machinery will take several months.
     2. n-f. (informal) time working away from home at a construction site
           Mein Vater ist oft monatelang nicht zu Hause, weil er auf Montage fährt.
     3. n-f. (arts) montage
     4. n. plural of Montag
wie
     1. adv. how
           Wie groß bist du? - How tall are you?
           Ich weiß nicht, wie die Katze hereingekommen ist. - I don't know how the cat got in.
           Wie wunderbar! - How wonderful!
     2. conj. like
           Freunde sind wie Sterne in der Nacht. - Friends are like stars in the night.
     3. conj. as
           Wie ihr wisst, bin ich in Dortmund aufgewachsen. - As you know, I grew up in Dortmund.
           Ich bin so schnell wie du. - I’m as fast as you are.
     4. conj. (colloquial nonstandard) than
           Der Junge ist größer wie sein Vater. - The boy is taller than his father.
     5. conj. (chiefly colloquial) when referring to the past
           Ich hab ihn gesehen, wie ich in Köln war. - I saw him when I was in Cologne.
           Wie ich zur Tür herauskomme, steht da mein alter Schulfreund. - When I came out the door, my old school-day friend was standing in front of me.
diesen
     1. pron. masculine accusative singular of dieser; "this"
           Ich will diesen Apfel - I want this apple.
     2. pron. dative plural of dieser; "these"
           Ich half diesen Tieren - I helped these animals.
     dieser
          1. pron. this one, this
          2. pron. that one, that
sollte
     1. v. first-person singular preterite of sollen
     2. v. third-person singular preterite of sollen
     3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of sollen
     4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of sollen
     sollen
          1. v. (auxiliary) should; to be obligated (to do something); ought; shall
                Ich soll das machen. - I should do that.
                Ich sollte das nicht tun. - I should not do it.
          2. v. (auxiliary) to be recommended (to do something); to be asked (to do something)
          3. v. (auxiliary) to be intended (to do something); to be meant (to be something)
          4. v. (auxiliary) to be said (to do something); reportedly; they say that; I hear that; so they say; rumor has it; supposedly.
                Es soll da viele Leute geben. - They say that there are many people there.
          5. v. (auxiliary) would; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates something that would happen in the past but after the time frame of the main clause
          6. v. (auxiliary) should; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates a hypothetical and unlikely condition for the main clause
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.
grundsätzlich
     1. adj. based on principle
     2. adj. fundamental, elementary, principial
     3. adv. in principle, as a rule (but with exceptions)
     4. adv. absolutely, categorically (without exception)
Aus
     1. n. (sports) an out; the end of play for an individual or a team
     2. n. (sports) the out of bounds area
     3. n. end
     4. adv. out
     5. adv. (with sein) over; finished; done; up
           Das Spiel ist aus! - The game is up!
     6. adj. (of a device) off
     7. prep. out of; from (from the inside of something)
           Hol das Besteck aus der Schublade! - Get the cutlery from the drawer!
     8. prep. from (a place; see usage notes below)
           Er kommt aus dem selben Dorf wie ich. - He’s from the same village as I am.
     9. prep. of; made of; out of
           ein Haus aus Eis - a house made of ice
     10. prep. for; out of (because of a feeling or inner quality)
           etwas aus Freundschaft tun - to do something out of friendship (i.e. a sense of friendship)
           etwas aus Feigheit unterlassen - to neglect something out of cowardice
dem
     1. art. dative singular of der: the
     2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which
Kalender
     1. n-m. calendar (means for determining dates, including documents containing date and other time information)
     2. n-m. agenda, scheduler, planner (notebook used to organize and maintain plans or lists of appointments, events, etc.)
     3. n-m. omasum (third part of the stomach of a ruminant)
Streichen
     1. n. gerund of streichen
     2. n. dative plural of Streich
     3. v. to stroke
     4. v. to cancel; to discard; to delete; to strike out; to cross out
     5. v. to spread; to rub; to apply
     6. v. to paint
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