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1. adjectivemake something plain [to somebody] — [jemandem] etwas klarmachen
make it plain that... — klarstellen, dass...
the reason is plain [to see] — der Grund liegt auf der Hand; see also academic.ru/24358/English">English 2. 1); pikestaff
2) (frank, straightforward) ehrlich; offen; schlicht [Wahrheit]be plain with somebody — mit jemandem od. jemandem gegenüber offen sein
be [all] plain sailing — (fig.) [ganz] einfach sein
3) (unsophisticated) einfach; schlicht [Kleidung, Frisur]; klar [Wasser]; einfach, bescheiden [Lebensstil]; (not lined) unliniert [Papier]; (not patterned) [Stoff] ohne Muster4) (unattractive) wenig attraktiv [Mädchen]5) (sheer) rein2. adverb1) (clearly) deutlich2) (simply) einfach3. noun1) Ebene, die2) (Knitting) rechte Masche* * *[plein] 1. adjective1) (simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration: plain living; good, plain food.) einfach2) (easy to understand; clear: His words were quite plain.) klar3) (absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful: I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.) ehrlich4) (obvious: It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.) klar5) (not pretty: a rather plain girl.) unscheinbar2. noun1) (a large flat level piece of land: the plains of central Canada.) das Flachland2) (a kind of knitting stitch.) der Flachstich•- plainly- plainness
- plain chocolate
- plain clothes
- plain sailing
- plain-spoken
- in plain English* * *[pleɪn]I. adj\plain food einfaches Essenmy father says he likes good \plain food mein Vater sagt, er isst gerne einfache Hausmannskost\plain omelette Omelette nature f\plain yoghurt Naturjoghurt m o nt2. (uncomplicated) einfach\plain folks [or people] einfache Leute\plain and simple ganz einfach3. (clear) klar, offensichtlichher meaning was \plain es war klar, was sie meinteit's \plain that they... sie wollen ganz offensichtlich, dass...the sign was \plain enough — we just didn't see it das Schild war klar und deutlich — wir haben es nur einfach übersehento be perfectly \plain ganz offensichtlich seinthe reason is perfectly \plain der Grund liegt auf der Handto make sth \plain etw klarstellenhave I made myself \plain to you? habe ich mich klar ausgedrückt?▪ to be \plain with sb jdm gegenüber [ganz] offen seinit was \plain torture es war die reinste Torturthe \plain truth is that... die traurige Wahrheit ist, dass...5. (unattractive) unscheinbar, unansehnlich\plain Jane Mauerblümchen nt6.▶ to be as \plain as the nose on one's face [or BRIT also as a pikestaff] ganz offensichtlich [o ÖSTERR fam a. sonnenklar] sein, klar wie Kloßbrühe sein BRD famII. adv1. (simply) ohne großen Aufwandthe fish had been grilled and served \plain der Fisch war gegrillt und kam ohne weitere Zutaten auf den Tisch\plain awful einfach furchtbarIII. nthe Great P\plains die Great Plains (in den USA)2. (in knitting) rechte Masche* * *[pleɪn]1. adj (+er)1) klar; (= obvious) offensichtlich, klar; tracks, differences deutlichit is plain to see that... — es ist offensichtlich, dass...
I'd like to make it quite plain that... — ich möchte gern klarstellen, dass...
to make one's view plain — seine Meinung klar zum Ausdruck bringen
to be plain with sb —
in plain language or English — unmissverständlich, auf gut Deutsch
in plain language or English, the answer is no — um es klar or auf gut Deutsch zu sagen: die Antwort ist nein
it won't all be plain sailing — es wird gar nicht so einfach sein
from now on it'll be plain sailing — von jetzt an geht es ganz einfach
3) (= simple, with nothing added) einfach; dress, design, living schlicht, einfach; cooking, food (gut)bürgerlich; cook einfach, gutbürgerlich; water klar; paper unliniert; envelope einfach; colour einheitlich; cigarette filterlos, ohne Filterunder plain cover — in neutraler Verpackung
5) (= not beautiful) person, appearance, face unattraktiv2. adv1) (inf: simply, completely) (ganz) einfachplain stupid/wrong — einfach dumm/falsch
2)3. nthe plains — das Flachland, die Ebene; (in North America) die Prärie
* * *plain1 [pleın]A adj (adv plainly)1. einfach, gewöhnlich, schlicht:in plain clothes in Zivil;plain cooking gutbürgerliche Küche;plain fare Hausmannskost f;plain living schlichte oder einfache Lebensweise;plain paper unlin(i)iertes Papier;plain postcard gewöhnliche Postkarte;plain scale natürlicher Maßstab;2. schlicht, schmucklos, kahl (Zimmer etc), ungemustert, einfarbig (Stoff), unkoloriert (Fotos etc), glatt (Spitzen etc):plain knitting Rechts-, Glattstrickerei f;plain sewing Weißnäherei f3. unscheinbar, farb-, reizlos, wenig anziehend:4. klar (u. deutlich), unmissverständlich, offen:in plain terms rundheraus (gesagt);the plain truth die nackte Wahrheit5. klar, offensichtlich, offenbar, -kundig, deutlich, leicht verständlich:a) ohne Umschweife, klipp und klar,b) Telegrafie etc im Klartext, offen, unverschlüsselt;make sth plain etwas klarstellen;a) jemandem etwas klarmachen,b) jemandem etwas klar zu verstehen geben;6. unverdünnt, pur (alkoholisches Getränk)7. ausgesprochen, rein, bar (Unsinn etc):plain folly heller Wahnsinn8. offen (u. ehrlich):plain dealing Redlichkeit f;be plain with sb jemandem gegenüber offen sein9. a) mittelmäßig, unbedeutend, Durchschnitts…plain country flaches Land;plain bearing Gleitlager n;plain fit Schlichtpassung f;plain roll Glattwalze fB adv umg völlig:he’s just plain stupid er ist ganz einfach dummC s1. Ebene f, Flachland nplain2 [pleın] v/i obs oder poet (weh)klagen* * *1. adjectivemake something plain [to somebody] — [jemandem] etwas klarmachen
make it plain that... — klarstellen, dass...
2) (frank, straightforward) ehrlich; offen; schlicht [Wahrheit]be plain with somebody — mit jemandem od. jemandem gegenüber offen sein
be [all] plain sailing — (fig.) [ganz] einfach sein
3) (unsophisticated) einfach; schlicht [Kleidung, Frisur]; klar [Wasser]; einfach, bescheiden [Lebensstil]; (not lined) unliniert [Papier]; (not patterned) [Stoff] ohne Muster4) (unattractive) wenig attraktiv [Mädchen]5) (sheer) rein2. adverb1) (clearly) deutlich2) (simply) einfach3. noun1) Ebene, die2) (Knitting) rechte Masche* * *adj.ehrlich adj.einfach adj.einfarbig adj.flach adj.leicht verständlich adj.vollständig adj. n.Ebene -n f.
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