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Adj. Dial. düster I 1* * *sad; funereal; sepulchral; shadowy; sullen; shady; dusky; drab; somber; macabre; tenebrous; sombre; sepulcher; saturnine; dark; dismal; dim; obscure; gloomy* * *dus|ter ['duːstɐ]adjSee:= dunkel* * *1) (dim; dark: gloomy rooms.) gloomy2) dismally3) (gloomy: dismal news; Don't look so dismal!) dismal4) (dark (and gloomy): Black is a sombre colour.) sombre5) (grave; serious: He was in a sombre mood.) sombre* * *düs·ter[ˈdy:stɐ]1. (finster) dark, gloomyein \düsterer Himmel a gloomy [or an overcast] [or BRIT a heavy] sky\düsteres Wetter dismal [or gloomy] weather2. (bedrückend) gloomy, melancholy\düstere Gestalten melancholy figureseine \düstere Ahnung a foreboding\düstere Prognosen gloomy predictionsein \düsteres Szenario a gloomy scenario3. (schwermütig) black, gloomy, melancholyeine \düstere Miene a gloomy [or melancholy] face\düstere Gedanken black thoughtseine \düstere Stimmung a black [or melancholy] mood* * *1.1) dark; gloomy; dim < light>2.adverbial (fig.) gloomily* * ** * *1.1) dark; gloomy; dim < light>2.adverbial (fig.) gloomily* * *adj.dismal adj.drab adj.dusky adj.gloomy adj.saturnine adj.sepulchral adj.sombre adj. adv.dismally adv.drably adv.duskily adv.funereally adv.saturninely adv. -
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Adj. Dial. düster I 1* * *sad; funereal; sepulchral; shadowy; sullen; shady; dusky; drab; somber; macabre; tenebrous; sombre; sepulcher; saturnine; dark; dismal; dim; obscure; gloomy* * *dus|ter ['duːstɐ]adjSee:= dunkel* * *1) (dim; dark: gloomy rooms.) gloomy2) dismally3) (gloomy: dismal news; Don't look so dismal!) dismal4) (dark (and gloomy): Black is a sombre colour.) sombre5) (grave; serious: He was in a sombre mood.) sombre* * *düs·ter[ˈdy:stɐ]1. (finster) dark, gloomyein \düsterer Himmel a gloomy [or an overcast] [or BRIT a heavy] sky\düsteres Wetter dismal [or gloomy] weather2. (bedrückend) gloomy, melancholy\düstere Gestalten melancholy figureseine \düstere Ahnung a foreboding\düstere Prognosen gloomy predictionsein \düsteres Szenario a gloomy scenario3. (schwermütig) black, gloomy, melancholyeine \düstere Miene a gloomy [or melancholy] face\düstere Gedanken black thoughtseine \düstere Stimmung a black [or melancholy] mood* * *1.1) dark; gloomy; dim < light>2.adverbial (fig.) gloomily* * *A. adj2. (bedrückend) Aussichten: dismal, grim, depressing; Atmosphäre, Prognose, Wetter: gloomy, forbidding; Musik: sombre (US -er);ein düsteres Bild von etwas zeichnen etc fig paint a black picture of sth;die Zukunft in düsteren Farben ausmalen fig paint the future in dark colo(u)rs;es sieht düster aus (für uns) things are looking grim (for us)in düsterer Stimmung in a grim mood;ein düsteres Gesicht machen have a gloomy expression (on one’s face)B. adv:düster dreinblicken look gloomy* * *1.1) dark; gloomy; dim < light>2.adverbial (fig.) gloomily* * *adj.dismal adj.drab adj.dusky adj.gloomy adj.saturnine adj.sepulchral adj.sombre adj. adv.dismally adv.drably adv.duskily adv.funereally adv.saturninely adv. -
3 Pauke
f; -, -n kettledrum, Pl. auch timpani; Pauke spielen play the kettledrums ( oder timpani); mit Pauken und Trompeten durchfallen fig. fail miserably, make a real mess of it umg.; auf die Pauke hauen umg. (feiern) have a real binge; (prahlen) blow one’s horn* * *die Pauketimbal; timpano; kettledrum* * *Pau|ke ['paukə]f -, -njdn mit Páúken und Trompeten empfangen — to roll out the red carpet for sb, to give sb the red-carpet treatment
mit Páúken und Trompeten durchfallen (inf) — to fail miserably or dismally
2) (SCH inf = Schule) swot-shop (Brit dated sl school* * *(a type of drum made of a brass or copper bowl covered with a stretched skin etc.) kettledrum* * *Pau·ke<-, -n>[ˈpaukə]f MUS kettledrum▶ auf die \Pauke hauen (fam: angeben) to blow one's own trumpet fam; (ausgelassen feiern) to paint the town red fam, BRIT a. to go on the razzle fam▶ jdn mit \Pauken und Trompeten begrüßen [o empfangen] to give sb the red-carpet treatment, to roll out the red carpet for sb* * *die; Pauke, Pauken kettledrumdie Pauke schlagen — beat the drum/drums
auf die Pauke hauen — (ugs.) (feiern) paint the town red (fig. coll.); (großtun) blow one's own trumpet
mit Pauken und Trompeten durchfallen — (ugs.) < candidate> fail resoundingly; <broadcast, film, etc.> be a resounding failure
* * *Pauke spielen play the kettledrums ( oder timpani);* * *die; Pauke, Pauken kettledrumdie Pauke schlagen — beat the drum/drums
auf die Pauke hauen — (ugs.) (feiern) paint the town red (fig. coll.); (großtun) blow one's own trumpet
mit Pauken und Trompeten durchfallen — (ugs.) < candidate> fail resoundingly; <broadcast, film, etc.> be a resounding failure
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4 trostlos
Adj. Situation etc.: hopeless, depressing; (jämmerlich) pathetic; Aussichten, Wetter etc.: bleak; (freudlos) cheerless; Person: miserable, stärker: desperate; (untröstlich) unconsolable; ihnen war trostlos zumute they were in despair; eine trostlose Gegend a dreary place; trostlose Verhältnisse miserable circumstances* * *disconsolate; depressing; comfortless; drear; dreary; inconsolable* * *trost|losadjhopeless; Jugend, Verhältnisse miserable, wretched; (= verzweifelt) inconsolable; (= öde, trist) drearytróstlos langweilig — desperately boring
* * *1) (very sad, lonely and unhappy.) desolate2) drearily3) (gloomy: What dreary weather!) dreary* * *trost·los1. (deprimierend) miserable, wretchedbei diesem \trostlosen Regenwetter habe ich zu nichts Lust I don't feel like doing anything in this miserable rainy [or wet] weather2. (öde und hässlich) desolateeine \trostlose Landschaft a bleak landscape* * *1) (ohne Trost) hopeless; without hope postpos.; (verzweifelt) in despair postpos.* * *trostlos adj Situation etc: hopeless, depressing; (jämmerlich) pathetic; Aussichten, Wetter etc: bleak; (freudlos) cheerless; Person: miserable, stärker: desperate; (untröstlich) unconsolable;ihnen war trostlos zumute they were in despair;eine trostlose Gegend a dreary place;trostlose Verhältnisse miserable circumstances* * *1) (ohne Trost) hopeless; without hope postpos.; (verzweifelt) in despair postpos.* * *adj.cheerless adj.comfortless adj.disconsolate adj.dismal adj.dreary adj.inconsolable adj. adv.disconsolately adv.dismally adv.drearily adv.inconsolably adv. -
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Pau·ke <-, -n> [ʼpaukə] fkettledrumWENDUNGEN:jdn mit \Pauken und Trompeten begrüßen [o empfangen] to give sb the red-carpet treatment, to roll out the red carpet for sb;auf die \Pauke hauen (fam: angeben) to blow one's own trumpet ( fam) ( ausgelassen feiern) to paint the town red ( fam), (Brit a.) to go on the razzle ( fam) -
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