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41 late
[leɪt] adj1) ( behind time) [zu] spät, verspätet;my bus/train was \late mein Bus/Zug hatte Verspätung;sorry I'm \late tut mir leid, dass ich zu spät komme;a \late arrival verspätete Ankunft;to be \late for sth zu etw dat zu spät kommen2) ( in the day) spät;it's getting \late es wird spät;is it too \late to phone Jean? kann man Jean um diese Uhrzeit noch anrufen?;a \late breakfast/ lunch ein spätes Frühstück/Mittagessen;in the \late morning/ afternoon am späten Vormittag/Nachmittag;to keep \late hours lange offen haltenshe made some \late changes to the team sie veränderte das Team noch nachträglich;the \late nineteenth century das ausgehende [o späte] 19. Jahrhundert;\late October Ende Oktober;a \late work by Brahms ein spätes Stück von Brahms;to be in one's \late twenties/ thirties Ende zwanzig/dreißig sein5) ( recent) jüngste(r, s);the \late developments die jüngsten Entwicklungen;the \late news die neuesten Nachrichten adv1) ( after usual time) spät;the train arrived \late der Zug hatte Verspätung;sorry, I'm running a bit \late today tut mir leid, ich bin heute etwas spät dran;the rescuers arrived too \late to save him die Helfer kamen zu spät, um ihn zu retten\late in the day/ at night am Spätnachmittag/späten Abend;\late in life in fortgeschrittenem Alter;he got his driver's licence \late in life er machte erst sehr spät den Führerschein;to stay up \late lange aufbleiben;to work \late Überstunden machen3) ( recently)as \late as noch;they were using horses on this farm as \late as the 1980s auf dieser Farm arbeiteten sie bis in die achtziger Jahre mit Pferden;of \late in letzter Zeit\late of bis vor kurzem;Dr. Averly, \late of Newcastle General Hospital,... Herr Dr. Averly, der vor kurzem noch am Allgemeinen Krankenhaus von Newcastle tätig war,...PHRASES: -
42 trot
[trɒt, Am trɑ:t] nto go at a \trot horse trabenthe team warmed up for the match with a \trot around the pitch die Mannschaft wärmte sich mit einem Lauf um das Spielfeld aufPHRASES:she worked 30 hours on the \trot sie arbeitete 30 Stunden in einer Tour durch;2) ( ride) im Trab reiten3) ( run) laufen;the athlete \trotted slowly around the track der Athlet lief langsam um die Bahnto \trot a horse> ein Pferd traben lassen
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