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41 quaint
[kweɪnt] adj1) ( charming) reizend, entzückend, wunderschön; landscape, village idyllisch, malerisch, pittoresk ( geh) cottage, pub urig;2) (a. pej: strangely old-fashioned) customs, way of speaking altmodisch [o altertümlich] [anmutend] (a. pej) expression, name altmodisch [o altertümlich] [klingend] (a. pej)\quaint old woman schrullige [o wunderliche] Alte; customs, ideas, sight eigenartig, eigentümlich, sonderbar, seltsam, kurios ( oft pej) -
42 rampant
1) ( unrestrained) ungezügelt;\rampant inflation galoppierende Inflation;\rampant nationalism/ racism zügelloser Nationalismus/Rassismus;to encounter \rampant prejudice sich akk mit zahllosen [o unzähligen] Vorurteilen konfrontiert sehen2) ( spreading)to be \rampant grassieren, um sich akk greifena lion \rampant ein [drohend] aufgerichteter Löwe -
43 setback
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44 taste
[teɪst] nshe still had the \taste of onions in her mouth sie hatte immer noch den Zwiebelgeschmack im Mund;sense of \taste Geschmackssinn m;to leave a bad \taste in the mouth ( fig) einen üblen Nachgeschmack hinterlassenjust a \taste of cake for me, please für mich bitte nur ein kleines Stückchen Kuchen3) (liking, fondness) Vorliebe f;I've never understood Liz's \taste in men ich habe Liz' Geschmack, was Männer anbelangt, nie verstanden;these olives are an acquired \taste diese Oliven sind gewöhnungsbedürftig;to be a question of \taste Geschmackssache sein;to have different \tastes verschiedene Geschmäcker haben;to have an expensive \taste einen teuren Geschmack haben;to acquire a \taste for sth an etw dat Geschmack finden;to get a \taste for sth Gefallen an etw dat finden;to lose the \taste for sth den Gefallen an etw dat verlierenjokes about death are rather in poor \taste Witze über den Tod sind ziemlich geschmacklos;to be a matter of [personal] \taste Geschmackssache sein;bad \taste schlechter Geschmack;to be in excellent \taste von exzellentem Geschmack zeugen;to be in terrible \taste äußerst geschmacklos sein;to have [good] \taste [einen guten] Geschmack haben5) no plto give sb a \taste of the whip jdn die Peitsche spüren lassen;1) ( perceive flavour)to \taste sth etw schmecken;I can't \taste anything ich schmecke gar nichts2) ( experience briefly)to \taste sth luxury, success [einmal] etw erleben vi schmecken;to \taste of sth nach etw dat schmecken;to \taste like sth wie etw schmecken
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