Verbs | |||||||
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| to let | let, let | | lassen | ließ, gelassen | | ||||||
| to leave sth. | left, left | | etw.acc. lassen | ließ, gelassen | | ||||||
| to drop sth. | dropped, dropped | | etw.acc. fallenlassen or: fallen lassen | ließ fallen, fallengelassen | | ||||||
| to have sth. done | etw.acc. tun lassen | ||||||
| to get divorced | sichacc. scheiden lassen | ||||||
| to hurrah so. | hurrahed, hurrahed | | jmdn. hochleben lassen | ||||||
| to forebode | foreboded, foreboded | | ahnen lassen | ||||||
| to foreshadow | foreshadowed, foreshadowed | | ahnen lassen | ||||||
| to pass water - polite for: urinate | Wasser lassen - urinieren | ||||||
| to leave blank | freilassen or: frei lassen | ließ frei, freigelassen | | ||||||
| to leave open | freilassen or: frei lassen | ließ frei, freigelassen | | ||||||
| to manumit | manumitted, manumitted | | freilassen or: frei lassen | ließ frei, freigelassen | | ||||||
| to spare | spared, spared | | freilassen or: frei lassen | ließ frei, freigelassen | | ||||||
| to let drop | abfallen lassen | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| to give sth. a miss | etw.acc. sausen lassen | ||||||
| to blow sth. off - not attend | etw.acc. sausen lassen | ||||||
| to keep so. in suspense | jmdn. zappeln lassen [coll.] [fig.] | ||||||
| to blow off [coll.] (Brit.) - break wind | einen fahren lassen | ||||||
| to keep so. in suspense | jmdn. schmorenlassen or: schmoren lassen [coll.] [fig.] | ||||||
| to keep so. on tenterhooks | jmdn. zappeln lassen [coll.] | ||||||
| to leave so. high and dry [fig.] | jmdn. im Stich lassen [fig.] | ||||||
| to leave so. in the lurch | jmdn. im Stich lassen [fig.] | ||||||
| Let's drop the subject. | Lassen wir das Thema fallen. | ||||||
| to leave nothing undone | nichts unversucht lassen | ||||||
| to move heaven and earth | nichts unversucht lassen | ||||||
| to let one's imagination run wild | seiner Fantasie (or: Phantasie) freien Lauf lassen | ||||||
| to let one's mind wander | seinen Gedanken freien Lauf lassen | ||||||
| to allow full bent | freien Lauf lassen | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| Drop me at the corner. | Lassen Sie mich an der Ecke aussteigen. | ||||||
| Let us drop the subject. | Lassen wir das Thema. | ||||||
| You've got to hand it to him. | Man muss es ihm lassen. | ||||||
| Our prices leave hardly any margin. | Unsere Preise lassen so gut wie keine Spanne. | ||||||
| don't bother pulling out your wallet! | du kannst deinen Geldbeutel stecken lassen! | ||||||
| I can't help doing it. | Ich kann es nicht lassen. | ||||||
| Would you kindly let us know ...? | Würden Sie uns bitte wissen lassen ...? | ||||||
| I've been very self-indulgent lately. | Ich habe mich in der letzten Zeit sehr gehen lassen. | ||||||
| You've got to hand it to him. | Das muss man ihm lassen. | ||||||
| Our prices leave hardly any margin. | Unsere Preise lassen nur eine kleine Spanne. | ||||||
| Our prices leave us with a narrow margin. | Unsere Preise lassen nur eine kleine Spanne. | ||||||
| Alice wants a divorce. | Alice will sich scheiden lassen. | ||||||
| Alice wants to get a divorce. | Alice will sich scheiden lassen. | ||||||
| Alice wants to get divorced. | Alice will sich scheiden lassen. | ||||||
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Orthographically similar words | |
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| assent, lessen | Blasen, blasen, Fassen, fassen, glasen, hassen, Klasse, klasse, Lasern, lausen, leasen, passen |
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| abvermieten, belassen | |
