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nun
     1. adv. now, at this moment
     2. adv. now, then; expressing a logical or temporal consequence
           Wir haben abgewaschen, nun müssen wir noch abtrocknen. - We've washed up, now we must dry the dishes.
           Was bedeuten nun die geschilderten Entwicklungen für unser Land? - Now what do the aforementioned developments mean for our country?
     3. adv. unstressed and expletive, used for minor emphasis
           Was soll das nun heißen? - What's that supposed to mean now?
     4. interj. now, well, so
           Nun, das ist eine schwierige Frage. - Well, that's a tough question.
     5. conj. (tlb, literary or dated colloquial) now that, given that it has occurred that the circumstances do not withstand that …
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
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.
hebt
     1. v. third-person singular present of heben
     2. v. second-person plural present of heben
     3. v. plural imperative of heben
     heben
          1. v. to lift; to raise
          2. v. to heave; to hoist
          3. v. to rise; to lift
nicht
     1. adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb)
           Bitte nicht stören! - Please do not disturb!
           Das ist nicht wahr. - That is not true.
     2. interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not?
           Du bist sicher die Claudia, nicht? - You must be Claudia, aren't you?
ungestraft
     1. adj. scot-free
Dreißig
     1. n-f. thirty (number)
     2. num. (cardinal) thirty
           Er ist noch unter dreißig Jahre alt. - He is still under thirty years old. (From duden). (From duden).
Jahre
     1. en:years
     2. n. plural of Jahr "years"
     Jahr
          1. n. year (solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun)
                Jahr für Jahr - year after year
          2. n. year (time it takes for any astronomical object to directly orbit its star)
          3. n. year (period between set dates that mark a year)
          4. n. year (level or grade in school or college)
Lang
     1. Proper noun. surname, from=nicknames
     2. adj. long; lengthy (in space or time)
     3. adj. (of a person) tall
     4. adj. (with units of time, chiefly Jahre) many (indicating the length of the time in total)
           Er hat lange Jahre damit verbracht, diese Frage zu erörtern. - He spent many years reasoning about this question.
     5. adv. (chiefly colloquial, but also found in formal style) Alternative form of lange
           Der Ausflug hat lang gedauert. - The trip took quite long.
     6. adv. long, sprawled, stretched (physically)
           Er lag lang auf der Erde. - He lay sprawled on the ground.
     7. post. for (temporal)
           Er ist ein Jahr lang um die Welt gereist. - He travelled around the world for one year.
           Ich habe mein ganzes Leben lang die Relativitätstheorie studiert. - I studied relativistic physics my entire life.
     8. post. (chiefly colloquial, but also found in formal style) Alternative form of entlang
           Gehen Sie einfach diese Straße lang! - Just go along this street!
           Wo lang? Hier lang! - Which way? This way!
     9. v. singular imperative of langen
     langen
          1. v. (colloquial southern) to reach for something, to grab
          2. v. (colloquial southern) to pass, to hand something to someone
          3. v. (colloquial southern) to suffice, to be enough
                Mir langt's. - I've had enough
          4. adj. form of lang
das
     1. art. singular of der: the
     2. pron. singular of der
     3. pron.          (relative) who, that, which
                   Ich kenne ein Mädchen, das das kann. - I know a girl who can do that.
                   Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist.
     4. pron.          (demonstrative) this, that, it
                   Das ist mein Haus. - This is my house.
                   er - Er wissen
                   Ich hab das nicht. - I don’t have it. (i.e. the thing mentioned)
     5. pron.          (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb)
                   Das regnet schon wieder. - It’s raining again.
                   Wissen Sie, wie spät das ist? - Do you know what time it is?
     der
          1. art. the
          2. art. feminine singular of der
          3. art. genitive plural of der
          4. pron. who; that; which
                Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that.
          5. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that
          6. pron. (attributive, stressed) that
                Der Mann war es! - It was that man!
          7. pron. (indicative) him, he
                Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it!
          8. pron. (differential) the one, him
                Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat
          9. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her
Rechte
     1. n. right (right side)
     2. n. plural of Rechter
     3. n. nominative singular of Rechter
     4. n. plural of Recht
     5. adj. form of recht
Bein
     1. n. leg of a person, animal, or object
     2. n. (technical, archaic, except in compounds) bone
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