Prepositions / Pronouns | |||||||
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| their pron. | ihr | ihre | ihr | ||||||
Nouns | |||||||
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| quality of their assets | Qualität ihrer Vermögenswerte | ||||||
| women in their forties pl. | die Vierzigerinnen pl. | ||||||
| person in their twenties | der Twen pl.: die Twens | ||||||
| potatoes in their jacket pl. | die Pellkartoffeln pl. | ||||||
| automotive manufacturers and their subcontractors [AUTOM.] | die Automobil- und Zulieferindustrie | ||||||
| person setting up their own business | der Existenzgründer pl.: die Existenzgründer | ||||||
| potatoes boiled in their jacket pl. | die Pellkartoffeln pl. | ||||||
| particleboards in their raw state [CONSTR.] | unbehandelte Spanplatten | ||||||
| classes of business having problems with their balance of payments [INSUR.] | notleidende (or: Not leidende) Versicherungszweige | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| so. is sick (to their stomach) (Amer.) | jmdm. ist (es) schlecht | ||||||
| to perform their respective duties | ihren jeweiligen Verpflichtungen nachkommen | ||||||
| to keep so. in their place | jmdn. kleinhalten | ||||||
| to keep so. on their toes | jmdn. auf (or: in) Trab halten | ||||||
| to speed so. on their way | jmdn. verabschieden | verabschiedete, verabschiedet | | ||||||
| so. has to rack their brain about sth. | etw.nom. bereitet jmdm. Kopfzerbrechen | ||||||
| so. has to rack their brain about sth. | etw.nom. macht jmdm. Kopfzerbrechen | ||||||
| to pay so. out in their own coin | es jmdm. mit gleicher Münze heimzahlen | ||||||
| to put so. out of their misery | jmdn. aus seiner Qual erlösen | ||||||
| to put so. out of their misery | jmdn. von seinem Leid erlösen | ||||||
| to take so. at their word | jmdn. beim Wort nehmen | ||||||
| to give so. a run for their money | jmdm. nichts schenken | ||||||
| to put so. on their guard | jmdn. warnen | warnte, gewarnt | | ||||||
| to stop so. in their tracks | jmdn. aufhalten | hielt auf, aufgehalten | | ||||||
Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| for their part | ihrerseits adv. | ||||||
| for their sake | um derentwillen (or: deretwillen) | ||||||
| on their part | ihrerseits adv. | ||||||
| in all their official functions [LAW] | bei allen Amtshandlungen | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| Each to their own. | Jedem das Seine (or: seine). | ||||||
| by the sweat of their brows | im Schweiße ihres Angesichts | ||||||
| Each to their own | Jedem das Seine. | ||||||
| to keep so. on their toes | jmdn. auf Zack halten | ||||||
| to begrudge so. the shirt on their back | jmdm. nicht das Weiße im Auge gönnen | ||||||
| to give so. their marching orders | jmdm. den Laufpass geben | ||||||
| to give so. their head | jmdn. gewähren lassen | ||||||
| to give so. their head | jmdn. machen lassen | ||||||
| to throw so. off their guard | jmdn. überrumpeln | überrumpelte, überrumpelt | | ||||||
| Each to their own. | Jedem Tierchen sein Pläsierchen. [coll.] | ||||||
| so. is shaking in their boots [coll.] infinitive: shake in one's boots | jmdm. geht der Hintern auf Grundeis [coll.] | ||||||
| so. is shaking in their boots [coll.] infinitive: shake in one's boots | jmdm. schlottern die Knie [coll.] | ||||||
| to let so. stew in their own grease [fig.] | jmdn. im eigenen Fett schmorenlassen (or: schmoren lassen) [fig.] | ||||||
| to let so. stew in their own grease [fig.] | jmdn. im eigenen Saft schmorenlassen (or: schmoren lassen) [fig.] | ||||||
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Orthographically similar words | |
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| ether, heir, other, theirs, there, There, therm, Third, third, thirl | Ether, Thein, Theiß, Äther |
Grammar |
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| „they’re“, „their“ und „there“ Weil sie gleich ausgesprochen werden, werden they’re,their und there gelegentlichdurcheinandergebracht. Dabei haben alle drei Wörter ganzunterschiedliche Bedeutungen: • they’re ist… |
| Knifflige Einzelfälle Die Gefahr der falschen Verwendung besteht insbesondere beiit’s – its, you’re – your,who’s – whose undthey’re – their – there |
| Unterordnende Konjunktionen Unterordnende Konjunktionen leiten einen Nebensatz ein, der ohne den Hauptsatz unvollständig wäre. |
| Der Gebrauch des Adverbs im gesprochenen Englisch Drive slow / slowly here - there’s a radar trap coming up. |
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