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1 their
attributive possessive pronoun2) (coll.): (his or her)who has forgotten their ticket? — wer hat seine Karte vergessen?
* * *[ðeə]2) (used instead of his, his or her etc where a person of unknown sex or people of both sexes are referred to: Everyone should buy his own ticket.) sein, ihr•- theirs* * *[ðeəʳ, ðər, AM ðer, ðɚ]adj poss1. (of them) ihr(e)the children brushed \their teeth die Kinder putzten sich die Zähneshe took \their picture sie fotografierte sie2. (his or her)has everybody got \their passport? hat jeder seinen Paß dabei?* * *[ðɛə(r)]poss adj1) ihr2) (inf: belonging to him or her) seine(r, s)See:→ also my* * *1. ihr, ihre:their books ihre Bücher* * *attributive possessive pronoun2) (coll.): (his or her)* * *adj.ihr adj. -
2 their
1) ( of them) ihr(e);the children brushed \their teeth die Kinder putzten sich die Zähne;she took \their picture sie fotografierte sie2) ( his or her)has everybody got \their passport? hat jeder seinen Pass dabei? -
3 their
[ðɛə(r)] UK / USadjihr, (unidentified person) sein -
4 their
[ðɛə(r)] UK / USadjihr, (unidentified person) sein -
5 Their Royal Highnesses
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6 their midst
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7 their eyes met
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8 their morale is steadily slipping
English-German idiom dictionary > their morale is steadily slipping
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9 their business is carried on in a satisfactory manner
• ist zufriedenstellendEnglish-German correspondence dictionary > their business is carried on in a satisfactory manner
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10 their business is making no progress
• sie machen keine FortschritteEnglish-German correspondence dictionary > their business is making no progress
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11 their position is considered doubtful
• ihre Position gilt als zweifelhaftEnglish-German correspondence dictionary > their position is considered doubtful
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12 their position is considered strong
• ihre Position gilt als starkEnglish-German correspondence dictionary > their position is considered strong
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13 their position is considered weak
• ihre Position gilt als schwachEnglish-German correspondence dictionary > their position is considered weak
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14 their position is somewhat precarious
• ihre Situation ist etwas heikelEnglish-German correspondence dictionary > their position is somewhat precarious
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15 their stability is very questionable
• ihre Stabilität ist sehr fraglichEnglish-German correspondence dictionary > their stability is very questionable
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16 obstruct the police in the performance of their duty
obstruct v the police in the performance of their duty die Polizei an der Ausübung ihrer Pflichten hindernEnglish-german law dictionary > obstruct the police in the performance of their duty
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17 acting in their above-stated capacity
gener. handelnd wie angegebenУниверсальный русско-немецкий словарь > acting in their above-stated capacity
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18 They were on their way home.
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19 be in its / their infancy
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20 it in no way detracted from the value his success, their good mood
es beeinträchtigte keineswegs den Wert (seinen Erfolg, ihre gute Laune)English-German idiom dictionary > it in no way detracted from the value his success, their good mood
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their — [ ðer ] determiner *** Their is used as a possessive determiner (followed by a noun), being a possessive form of they. 1. ) belonging to or relating to a particular group of people or things that have already been mentioned or when it is obvious… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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their — their·selves; their; … English syllables
their — c.1200, from O.N. þierra, gen. of þeir they (see THEY (Cf. they)). Replaced O.E. hiera. Use with singular objects, scorned by grammarians, is attested from c.1300. Theirs (c.1300) is a double possessive. Alternative form theirn (1836) is attested … Etymology dictionary
their */*/*/ — UK [ðeə(r)] / US [ðer] determiner Summary: Their is used as a possessive determiner (followed by a noun), being a possessive form of they. Get it right: their: Don t confuse their (the possessive form of they ) and there (a pronoun and adverb).… … English dictionary
their — [[t]ðeə(r)[/t]] ♦ (Their is the third person plural possessive determiner.) 1) DET POSS You use their to indicate that something belongs or relates to the group of people, animals, or things that you are talking about. Janis and Kurt have… … English dictionary
their — /dhair/; unstressed /dheuhr/, pron. 1. a form of the possessive case of they used as an attributive adjective, before a noun: their home; their rights as citizens; their departure for Rome. 2. (used after an indefinite singular antecedent in… … Universalium
their — possessive determiner 1》 belonging to or associated with the people or things previously mentioned or easily identified. 2》 belonging to or associated with a person of unspecified sex (used in place of either ‘his’ or ‘his or her’). 3》 (Their)… … English new terms dictionary