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1 doing
1. present participle ofacademic.ru/21522/do">do I2. noun1) vbl. n. of do I2) no pl. Tun, dasbe [of] somebody's doing — jemandes Werk sein
it was not [of] or none of his doing — er hatte nichts damit zu tun
that takes a lot of/some doing — da gehört sehr viel/schon etwas dazu
3) in pl.somebody's doings — (actions) jemandes Tun und Treiben
the doings — (coll.) die Dinger (ugs.); (thing with unknown name) das Dings (ugs.)
* * *do·ing[ˈdu:ɪŋ]nto be sb's \doing jds Werk seinthat's all your \doing daran bist allein du schuldto take some [or a lot of] \doing ganz schön anstrengend sein famthere have been a great many \doings and goings-on lately in letzter Zeit hat sich einiges getan3. (droppings)dogs' \doing Hundehäufchen nt* * *['duːɪŋ]n1) Tun ntthat takes some doing — da gehört (schon) etwas dazu
2) pl (inf) Handlungen pl, Taten pl* * *doing [ˈduːıŋ] s1. Tun n, Tat f:a) Sie haben es getan, das war Ihr Werk, das geht auf Ihr Konto,b) es war Ihre Schuld ( that dass);this will want some doing das will erst getan sein2. pla) Handlungen pl, Taten pl, Tätigkeit f:tell me about your doings in London erzähl mir, was du in London gemacht hastb) Begebenheiten pl, Vorfälle plc) Treiben n, Betragen n:fine doings these! iron das sind mir schöne Geschichten!* * *1. present participle ofdo I2. noun1) vbl. n. of do I2) no pl. Tun, dasbe [of] somebody's doing — jemandes Werk sein
it was not [of] or none of his doing — er hatte nichts damit zu tun
that takes a lot of/some doing — da gehört sehr viel/schon etwas dazu
3) in pl.somebody's doings — (actions) jemandes Tun und Treiben
the doings — (coll.) die Dinger (ugs.); (thing with unknown name) das Dings (ugs.)
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2 doing things for the sake of doing things
(a. blinder Aktionismus)English-German idiom dictionary > doing things for the sake of doing things
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3 the business is not worth doing
• das Geschäft lohnt sich nichtEnglish-German correspondence dictionary > the business is not worth doing
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4 the business is worth doing
• das Geschäft lohnt sichEnglish-German correspondence dictionary > the business is worth doing
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5 on the contrary
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6 get into / out of the way of (doing) something
English-german dictionary > get into / out of the way of (doing) something
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7 get into / out of the way of (doing) something
English-german dictionary > get into / out of the way of (doing) something
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8 what are you etc doing with
2) (what action are you etc taking about: What are they doing with the children during the day if they're both working?) Was machst du mit -
9 be in the middle of (doing) something
English-german dictionary > be in the middle of (doing) something
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10 be in the middle of (doing) something
English-german dictionary > be in the middle of (doing) something
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11 nothing doing!
(an expression used to show a strong or emphatic refusal: `Would you like to go to the meeting instead of me?' `Nothing doing!') nichts zu machen -
12 for the best
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13 give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
(to assume that someone is telling the truth because one cannot be sure that he is not doing so.) im Zweifel für jemanden entscheidenEnglish-german dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
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14 give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
(to assume that someone is telling the truth because one cannot be sure that he is not doing so.) im Zweifel für jemanden entscheidenEnglish-german dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
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15 in the act (of)
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16 in the act (of)
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17 out of the habit of
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18 upset the apple cart
(to bring into disorder: The football team were doing very well when their best player upset the apple cart by breaking his leg.) alles über den Haufen werfen -
19 too many etc irons in the fire
(to be involved in, or doing, several etc things at the same time.) einige, zu viele etc. Eisen im Feuer haben -
20 take the plunge
* * *expr.es wagen ausdr.
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