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1 Abdeckerei
f; -, -en knacker’s yard, Am. rendering works* * *die Abdeckereiknackery* * *Ab|de|cke|rei [apdɛkə'rai]f -, -enslaughterhouse, knacker's yard (Brit inf)* * *Ab·de·cke·rei<-, -en>f rendering works, knacker's [yard] BRIT* * *die; Abdeckerei, Abdeckereien (veralt.) knacker's yard (Brit.)* * ** * *die; Abdeckerei, Abdeckereien (veralt.) knacker's yard (Brit.) -
2 Schindanger
m altm. knacker’s yard* * *Schịnd|an|ger ['ʃɪnt|aŋɐ]m (old)knacker's yard (Brit), slaughterhouse* * *Schindanger m obs knacker’s yard -
3 Schinder
m; -s, -1. slave driver2. altm. flayer, Brit. knacker* * *der Schinderoppressor* * *Schịn|der ['ʃɪndɐ]1. m -s, -, Schin|de|rin[-ərɪn]2. f -, -nen1) (old = Abdeckerei) knacker's yard (Brit), slaughterhouse2) (old = Abdecker) knacker (Brit), butcher3) (fig = Quäler) slave-driver* * *Schin·der(in)<-s, ->1. (Ausbeuter) slave-driver, hard taskmaster* * *1. slave driver2. obs flayer, Br knacker* * *- m.oppressor n. -
4 Anger
* * *der Angermeadow* * *Ạn|ger ['aŋɐ]m -s, - (dial)2) (= Schindanger) knacker's yard (Brit), slaughterhouse* * * -
5 Schinderei
f; -, -en exploitation, slavery; (schwere Arbeit) drudgery; das war eine Schinderei! umg. that was a real grind* * *die Schindereislavery; drudgery* * *Schin|de|rei [ʃɪndə'rai]f -, -en1) (old = Abdeckerei) knacker's yard (Brit), slaughterhouse3) (= Quälerei) maltreatment no pl* * *die1) (to do dull, very hard or humble work.) drudge2) (hard or boring work: It was a real fag to clean the whole house.) fag3) (boring hard work: Learning vocabulary is a bit of a grind.) grind4) (difficult to make any progress with: I found this book very heavy going.) heavy going* * *Schin·de·rei<-, -en>[ʃɪndəˈrai]f grind, hard work [or graft], bloody hard work [or graft] BRITJahre der \Schinderei years of slavery [or hard graft]* * *die; Schinderei, Schindereien1) ill-treatment no pl.; (Ausbeutung) slave-driving no pl.2) (Strapaze, Qual) struggle; (Arbeit) toil* * *das war eine Schinderei! umg that was a real grind* * *die; Schinderei, Schindereien1) ill-treatment no pl.; (Ausbeutung) slave-driving no pl.2) (Strapaze, Qual) struggle; (Arbeit) toil* * *f.drudgery n.oppression n.rough going n. -
6 Abdeckerei
Ab·de·cke·rei <-, -en> fknacker's [yard] ( Brit), rendering works (Am) -
7 Abdeckerei
fknacker's yard -
8 reif zum Verschrotten
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9 schrottreif
1. fit only for a knacker's yard Br.2. only fit for scrap3. ready for the scrap heap
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