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it is not much to boast of

  • 1 boast

    1. intransitive verb
    prahlen (of, about mit)
    2. transitive verb
    prahlen mit; (possess) sich rühmen (+ Gen.)
    3. noun
    1) Prahlerei, die
    2) (cause of pride) Stolz, der
    * * *
    [bəust] 1. verb
    (to talk with too much pride: He was always boasting about how clever his son was.) prahlen
    2. noun
    (the words used in talking proudly about something: His boast is that he has never yet lost a match.) die Prahlerei
    - academic.ru/7838/boastful">boastful
    - boastfully
    - boastfulness
    - boasting
    * * *
    [bəʊst, AM boʊst]
    I. vi ( pej) prahlen pej, angeben pej fam
    ▪ to \boast about [or of] sth mit etw dat angeben, sich akk mit etw dat brüsten geh
    ▪ to \boast that... damit angeben, dass...
    II. vt
    ▪ to \boast sth
    1. (say boastfully) etw prahlerisch verkünden
    2. (possess) sich akk einer S. gen rühmen
    III. n ( pej) großspurige Behauptung pej
    to be an empty \boast reine Angeberei sein fam
    it is sb's proud \boast that... jd tut sich dat viel darauf zugute, dass... geh
    * * *
    [bəʊst]
    1. n
    2) (= source of pride) Stolz m

    it is their boast that... — sie rühmen sich, dass...

    2. vi
    prahlen (about, of mit to sb jdm gegenüber)

    without boasting, without wishing to boast — ohne zu prahlen

    3. vt
    1) (= possess) sich rühmen (+gen) (geh)
    2) (= say boastfully) prahlen
    * * *
    boast1 [bəʊst]
    A s
    1. Prahlerei f (auch Äußerung etc)
    2. Stolz m (Gegenstand oder Grund des Stolzes):
    he was the boast of his age er war der Stolz seiner Zeit;
    it is her boast that … sie ist stolz darauf, dass …
    B v/i prahlen (about, of mit):
    it is not much to boast of damit ist es nicht weit her
    C v/t
    1. mit etwas prahlen:
    boast that … damit prahlen, dass …
    2. sich des Besitzes einer Sache rühmen (können), aufzuweisen haben, sein Eigen nennen
    boast2 [bəʊst] v/t
    1. Steine roh behauen
    2. Bildhauerei: aus dem Groben arbeiten
    * * *
    1. intransitive verb
    prahlen (of, about mit)
    2. transitive verb
    prahlen mit; (possess) sich rühmen (+ Gen.)
    3. noun
    1) Prahlerei, die
    2) (cause of pride) Stolz, der
    * * *
    (of) v.
    renommieren (mit) v. (of, about) v.
    prahlen (mit) v. v.
    angeben (mit) v.
    aufweisen (Erfolge etc.) v.

    English-german dictionary > boast

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