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solange
     1. adv. meanwhile
     2. conj. as long as, while
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.
Obst
     1. n. fruit (food)
           Heute esse ich nur Obst. - Today I only eat fruit.
     2. n. cocaine
     3. v. second-person present of obsen
     4. v. third-person singular present of obsen
     5. v. plural imperative of obsen
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.
pflücken
     1. v. to pick (fruit, flowers, cotton, etc.)
Muß
     1. n. Superseded spelling of used=pre-1996
     2. v. Superseded spelling of used=pre-1996
     müssen
          1. v. (auxiliary) to have to (do something); must; to be obliged (to do something); to need (to do something).
                Wir müssen es machen. - We must do it.
                Wir müssen es nicht machen. - We need not do it. / We do not need to do it.
                Ich musste es machen. - I had to do it.
          2. v. to have to do something implied; must; to be obliged.
                Ja, ich muss. - Yes, I must.
                Ja, ich habe gemusst. - Yes, I had to.
          3. v. (colloquial euphemism) to need to go to the bathroom.
solange
     1. adv. meanwhile
     2. conj. as long as, while
kann
     1. v. first-person singular present of können
     2. v. third-person singular present of können
     können
          1. v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can.
          2. v.          (auxiliary)
                        Kannst du ihm helfen? - Are you able to help him?
                        Ich hätte das machen können. - I could have done that.
                        Das kann sein, kann aber auch nicht sein. - This may be and may also not be.
                        Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist.
          3. v.          to be able to do something implied; can.
                        Nein, ich kann nicht. - No, I can’t.
                        Er hat gekonnt. - He was able to do it.
          4. v.          to know how to do (something); to know; to understand; to be able to do (something); to be capable of; can do (something), to have a specific skill. (w
                        Ich kann Deutsch und Englisch. - I know German and English.
                        Kannst du es? - Can you do it?
                        Das hätte ich nicht gekonnt. - I couldn’t have done that. / I wouldn’t have been capable of that.
          5. v.          to be possible, to make sense
                        Nächstes Jahr is’n Schaltjahr. – Das kann nich’. Letztes Jahr war doch Schaltjahr! - Next year is a leap year. – That’s not possible. Last year w
          6. v.          (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may.
                        Kann ich mitkommen? - May I come along?
                        Er hat nicht ins Kino gehen können. - He was not allowed to go to the cinema.
          7. v.          (auxiliary) to be in the legal situation of being able to realize a legal effect even if it be legally disallowed
                        
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.
mir
     1. pron. personal dative of ich: me, to me:
           Er gab es mir. - He gave it to me.
     2. pron. (dialectal, or colloquial) Alternative form of wir, t=we
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?
imponieren
     1. v. to impress
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