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1 cringe
intransitive verbzusammenzucken; [Hund:] sich ducken, kuschencringe away or back [from somebody/something] — [vor jemandem/etwas] zurückschrecken
it makes me cringe — (in disgust) da wird mir schlecht
* * *[krin‹](to shrink back in fear, terror etc: The dog cringed when his cruel master raised his hand to strike him.) sich ducken* * *[krɪnʤ]vishe \cringed away from the blow sie duckte sich, um dem Schlag auszuweichento \cringe back in terror ängstlich zusammenzuckenwe all \cringed with embarrassment das war uns allen furchtbar peinlich* * *[krIndZ]vito cringe before sb — vor jdm zurückweichen or -schrecken
he cringed at the thought — er or ihn schauderte bei dem Gedanken
he cringed when she mispronounced his name — er zuckte zusammen, als sie seinen Namen falsch aussprach
to go cringing to sb —
a cringing person cringing behaviour — ein Kriecher m kriecherisches Benehmen
* * *cringe [krındʒ]A v/i1. sich (besonders furchtsam oder unterwürfig) ducken:a) zusammenzucken (bei),b) zurückschrecken (vor dat)before, to vor dat)B sa) kriecherische Höflichkeitb) kriecherische Verbeugung* * *intransitive verbzusammenzucken; [Hund:] sich ducken, kuschencringe away or back [from somebody/something] — [vor jemandem/etwas] zurückschrecken
it makes me cringe — (in disgust) da wird mir schlecht
* * *v.kriechen v.(§ p.,pp.: kroch, ist gekrochen) -
2 cultural
adjectivekulturell [Entwicklung, Ereignis, Interessen, Beziehungen]cultural revolution/anthropology — Kulturrevolution/-anthropologie, die
* * *adjective Kultur...* * *cul·tur·al[ˈkʌltʃərəl]adj kulturell\cultural stereotype Klischee nt\cultural anthropology Kulturanthropologie f\cultural attaché Kulturattaché m\cultural backwater [or desert] Kulturwüste fthis town's a bit of a \cultural desert! in dieser Stadt ist kulturell überhaupt nichts los!\cultural exchange Kulturaustausch m\cultural interest Interesse nt für Kunst und Kultur\cultural revolution Kulturrevolution f* * *['kʌltSərəl]adjKultur-; resemblances, events kulturellcultural differences — kulturelle Unterschiede pl, Kulturunterschiede pl
what sort of cultural activities are there? — was wird kulturell geboten?
could you not do something a little more cultural with your spare time? — könntest du deine Freizeit nicht etwas kultivierter gestalten or verbringen?
culture channel (TV, Rad) — Kulturkanal m
(world) cultural heritage — (Welt)kulturerbe nt
* * *cultural [ˈkʌltʃərəl; ˈkʌltʃrəl] adj1. a) kulturell (Aktivitäten)b) Kultur…:cultural agreement (attaché, exchange, heritage oder inheritance, life, pessimism, revolution, scene, etc);Cultural Heritage of the World Weltkulturerbe n;2. gezüchtet, Kultur…:cultural variety Kulturvarietät f* * *adjectivekulturell [Entwicklung, Ereignis, Interessen, Beziehungen]cultural revolution/anthropology — Kulturrevolution/-anthropologie, die
* * *adj.kulturell adj.
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