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1 Seil
n; -(e)s, -e rope; MOT. (Schleppseil) towrope; (Tau) cable; (Hochseil) tightrope; am Seil gehen Bergsteiger: be roped together; auf dem Seil gehen / balancieren walk / balance on the tightrope; auf dem Seil tanzen fig. be walking a tightrope; in den Seilen hängen Boxer, auch fig.: be on the ropes* * *das Seilcord; tightrope; rope* * *[zail]nt -(e)s, -erope; (= Kabel) cable; (= Hochseil) tightrope, high wireauf dem Séíl tanzen (fig) — to be walking a tightrope
* * *((a) thick cord, made by twisting together lengths of hemp, nylon etc: He tied it with a (piece of) rope; a skipping rope.) rope* * *<-[e]s, -e>[zail]nt1. (dünnes Tau) rope2. (Drahtseil) cableauf dem \Seil tanzen to dance on the high wire* * *das; Seils, Seile rope; (DrahtSeil) cable* * *am Seil gehen Bergsteiger: be roped together;auf dem Seil gehen/balancieren walk/balance on the tightrope;auf dem Seil tanzen fig be walking a tightrope;* * *das; Seils, Seile rope; (DrahtSeil) cable* * *-e n.rope n.steel cable n.tightrope (for high wire artists) n. -
2 Gratwanderung
f1. ridge walk* * *Grat|wan|de|rungf (lit)ridge walk; (fig) balancing act, tightrope walk* * *Grat·wan·de·rungf tightrope walk fig, balancing act* * *die ridge walk; (fig.) balancing act* * *1. ridge walk2. fig tightrope walk;sich auf einer Gratwanderung befinden be walking a tightrope* * *die ridge walk; (fig.) balancing act* * *f.tightrope walk n. -
3 Seiltanz
* * *Seil|tanzmtightrope or high-wire act* * *Seil·tanzm (akrobatischer Akt) tightrope act* * * -
4 Seiltanzen
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