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[ʼmeni] pron( a great number) viele;he has loved \many but married none er hat viele geliebt, aber keine geheiratet;too \many zu viele;\many is the... ( hum) viele...;\many is the hour I've spent by the telephone just waiting in case he should call ich habe viele Stunden am Telefon verbracht und auf seinen Anruf gewartet;\many is the man who's come out of her office trembling viele Männer sind zitternd aus ihrem Büro gekommen;as \many genauso viele;ten people died in the tornado in the South and as \many in the flood in the Midwest zehn Menschen starben bei dem Tornado im Süden und genauso viele bei der Flut im Mittleren Westen;as \many again nochmals so viele;there are already twelve bottles of wine, so if I buy as \many again, we'll have enough hier sind bereits zwölf Flaschen Wein, wenn ich nochmals so viele kaufe, haben wir genug;as \many as... so viele wie...;as \many as 6,000 people may have been infected with the disease bereits 6.000 Menschen können mit der Krankheit infiziert sein;as \many as we invited came to the party zu der Party kamen so viele Leute, wie wir eingeladen hatten;\many of sb/ sth viele von jd/etw;the solution to \many of our problems die Lösung zu vielen von unseren Problemen;a good \many of us viele von uns;\many a/an... manch ein...;\many a man has been destroyed by booze viele Menschen gingen am Alkohol zugrunde;\many a time oftPHRASES:there's \many a slip between [or twixt] cup and lip ( cup and lip) zwischen Theorie und Praxis liegen oft Welten;to have one too \many einen sitzen haben n( the majority)although blacks in South Africa were the \many, they were repressed by the whites there zwar waren die Schwarzen in Südafrika in der Mehrheit, doch wurden sie von den Weißen unterdrückt;music for the \many Musik für die breite Masse -
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[səʊk, Am soʊk] nthere's nothing like a good long \soak in the bath ( hum) es geht doch nichts über ein genüssliches langes Bad1) ( immerse)to \soak dry beans/ stains getrocknete Bohnen/Flecken einweichen;to \soak a fruit in brandy eine Frucht in Brandy einlegen2) ( make wet)to \soak sb/ sth jdn/etw durchnässento \soak sb jdn schröpfen ( fam)4) ( study)1) ( immerse) einweichen lassen;to leave sth to \soak [overnight] etw [über Nacht] einweichen [lassen] -
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vi1) ( not attend) wegbleiben;I felt bad enough to \stay off off yesterday ich habe mich so schlecht gefühlt, dass ich gestern zu Hause geblieben bin;to \stay off off school nicht in die Schule gehen, die Schule schwänzen;to \stay off off work nicht zur Arbeit gehen, blaumachen ( fam)he can't \stay off off the booze er kann das Trinken nicht sein lassen;to \stay off off drugs die Finger von Drogen lassen
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booze — [bu:z] n [singular, U] [Date: 1200 1300; : Middle Dutch; Origin: Middle Flemish busen] informal alcoholic drink ▪ a bottle of booze on the booze ▪ He s been on the booze (=drinking too much alcohol) for five days. off the booze ▪ My husband is… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Booze — is an informal term for an alcoholic beverage. However, it can also refer to:;Place *Booze, North Yorkshire, an English hamlet;People *Bea Booze (1920 1975), American jazz singer *Tyrone Booze (born 1959), American boxer *William Samuel Booze… … Wikipedia
Booze — ist der Familienname folgender Personen Bea Booze (1920–1975), US amerikanische Rhythm and Blues und Jazzsängerin Tyrone Booze (* 1959), US amerikanischer Boxer William Samuel Booze (1862–1933), US amerikanischer Politiker Diese Seite ist eine … Deutsch Wikipedia
Booze — Booze, meaning an alcoholic drink, is a barroom term not found in the vocabulary of the genteel. Yet for centuries it enjoyed credentials that made it, in one form or another, a commonplace word in the English language. With time, however, it… … Dictionary of eponyms
booze-up — booze ups N COUNT In Britain, a booze up is a party or other social gathering where people drink a lot of alcohol. [INFORMAL] ...a booze up in the nurses home. Syn: bender … English dictionary
Booze — (b[=oo]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boozed} (b[=oo]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Boozing}.] [D. buizen; akin to G. bausen, and perh. fr. D. buis tube, channel, bus box, jar.] To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple. [Written also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Booze — Booze, n. 1. A carouse; a drinking. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. any alcoholic beverage, especially a strong beverage such as whiskey. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
booze — by 1768, to drink a lot (v.), variant of M.E. bouse (c.1300), from M.Du. busen to drink heavily, related to M.H.G. bus (intrans.) to swell, inflate, of unknown origin. The noun is recorded by 1821, perhaps 1714; reinforced by name of Philadelphia … Etymology dictionary
booze — booze; booze·hound; … English syllables
booze-up — ooze up n. an occasion for heavy drinking. Syn: bust, tear, bender, binge, toot. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
booze-up — n BrE old fashioned informal a party where people drink a lot of alcohol … Dictionary of contemporary English
