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41 spülen
* * *to gargle; to wash; to swill; to rinse; to flush; to douche; to do the dishes; to wash up* * *spu|len ['ʃpuːlən]vtto spool, to reel; (= aufspulen auch) to wind onto a spool or reel or (auf Nähmaschinespule, IND) bobbin* * *1) (to wash (clothes etc) in clean water to remove soap etc: After washing the towels, rinse them (out).) rinse2) (to clean (a cup, one's mouth etc) by filling with clean water etc and then emptying the water out: The dentist asked me to rinse my mouth out.) rinse3) (to (cause to) flow around: Water was swilling around in the bottom of the boat.) swill4) (a rinse: He brushed his teeth and then gave his mouth a swill.) swill5) (to wash dishes etc after a meal: I'll help you wash up; We've washed the plates up.) wash up* * *spu·len[ˈʃpu:lən]I. vtII. vi to wind [on]* * *transitives, intransitives Verb spool; (am Tonbandgerät) wind* * *ich spüle und du trocknest ab I’ll wash and you can dry;die Waschmaschine spült gerade the washing machine is on rinse at the moment;bitte (gut) spülen! beim Zahnarzt: have a (good) rinse, rinse out (well)B. v/t:an Land spülen wash ashore, wash upC. v/i Toilette: flush; mit Kette: auch pull the chain;nicht vergessen zu spülen! don’t forget to flush* * *transitives, intransitives Verb spool; (am Tonbandgerät) wind* * *v.to flush (out) v.to swill v. -
42 Wüste
f; -, -n2. fig. wilderness, wasteland, desert; jemanden in die Wüste schicken umg. give s.o. the boot; Rufer* * *die Wüstewilderness; desert* * *Wüs|te ['vyːstə]f -, -n (GEOG)desert; (= Ödland) waste, wilderness (liter); (fig) waste(land), wilderness, desertdie Wǘste Gobi — the Gobi Desert
jdn in die Wǘste schicken (fig) — to send sb packing (inf)
* * *(an area of barren country, usually hot, dry and sandy, where there is very little rain: Parts of the country are like a desert; ( also adjective) desert plants.) desert* * *Wüs·te<-, -n>[ˈvy:stə]f desert, wasteland figdie \Wüste Gobi the Gobi Desertin eine \Wüste verwandeln (fig) to turn into a wilderness* * *die; Wüste, Wüsten desert; (EisWüste) waste; (fig.) wastelandjemanden in die Wüste schicken — (fig. ugs.) give somebody the push (Brit. coll.)
* * *die Wüste Gobi the Gobi Desert2. fig wilderness, wasteland, desert;* * *die; Wüste, Wüsten desert; (EisWüste) waste; (fig.) wastelandjemanden in die Wüste schicken — (fig. ugs.) give somebody the push (Brit. coll.)
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43 aussaugen
aussaugen
(verarmen) to impoverish;
• Land aussaugen to drain a country of its wealth, to impoverish a people;
• wirtschaftlich aussaugen to rack, to drain s. o. dry. -
44 trockenlegen
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45 verlanden
ver·lan·den *
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