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malaria exacts a heavy \toll of illness and death in this region Malaria fordert viele Krankheits- und Todesfälle in dieser Region;casualty \toll Opferzahl f;PHRASES: -
2 toll
I noun2) (damage etc. incurred) Aufwand, derII 1. transitive verbläuten; [Turmuhr:] schlagen [Stunde]2. intransitive verb* * *I [təul] verb II [təul] noun1) (a tax charged for crossing a bridge, driving on certain roads etc: All cars pay a toll of $1; ( also adjective) a toll bridge.) die Maut; Maut-...2) (an amount of loss or damage suffered, eg as a result of disaster: Every year there is a heavy toll of human lives on the roads.) der Blutzoll•- academic.ru/113173/toll-free_number">toll-free number* * *toll1[təʊl, AM toʊl]nmalaria exacts a heavy \toll of illness and death in this region Malaria fordert viele Krankheits- und Todesfälle in dieser Regioncasualty \toll Opferzahl fto take its [or a] \toll [on sb/sth] seinen/ihren Tribut [von jdm/etw] forderntoll2[təʊl, AM toʊl]I. vtto \toll a bell eine Glocke läutento \toll midnight/the hour bell Mitternacht einläuten/die Stunde läuten▶ to \toll the knell das Ende bedeuten* * *I [təʊl]1. viläuten2. vtbell läuten3. nLäuten nt; (= single stroke) Glockenschlag m IIntoll charge — Maut f, Mautgebühr f
2)(= deaths, loss etc)
the toll on the roads — die Zahl der Verkehrsopferthe toll of the floods continues to rise (in terms of people) — die Zahl der Opfer der Flutkatastrophe steigt ständig weiter; (in terms of property) das Ausmaß der Flutschäden wird immer größer
the earthquake took a heavy toll of human life —
the toll of the war — der Blutzoll des Krieges
* * *toll1 [təʊl] s1. HIST Zoll(gebühr) m(f), besonders Wege-, Brückenzoll m2. Straßenbenutzungsgebühr f, Maut f3. Standgeld n (auf einem Markt etc)4. US Hafengebühr f5. Br HIST Recht des Lehnsherrn, Abgaben zu erheben6. TEL US Gebühr f für ein Ferngesprächthe toll of the road die (Zahl der) Verkehrsopfer;take a toll of 100 lives 100 Todesopfer fordern (Katastrophe etc);take its toll of fig jemanden arg mitnehmen, seinen Tribut von jemandem od einer Sache fordern, jemandes Kräfte, Vorräte etc stark beanspruchen oder strapazieren, nicht spurlos vorübergehen an (dat)toll2 [təʊl]A v/t1. eine (besonders Toten)Glocke läuten, erschallen lassen2. die Stunde schlagen3. (durch Glockengeläut) verkünden, die Totenglocke für jemanden läutenB v/i1. läuten, schallen2. schlagen (Glocke, Uhr)C s1. (feierliches) Geläut2. Glockenschlag m* * *I noun2) (damage etc. incurred) Aufwand, derII 1. transitive verbtake or exact a /its toll of something — einen Tribut an etwas (Dat.) fordern (fig.)
läuten; [Turmuhr:] schlagen [Stunde]2. intransitive verb* * *n.Gebühr -en f. -
3 death knell
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4 death knell
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