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1 desperately
adverb1) verzweifeltbe desperately ill or sick — todkrank sein
2) (appallingly, shockingly, extremely) schrecklich (ugs.)* * *adverb verzweifelt* * *des·per·ate·ly[ˈdespərətli]1. (in a desperate manner) verzweifeltI'm not \desperately keen on watching football ich bin nicht sonderlich scharf auf Fußball slthey \desperately wanted a child sie wollten unbedingt ein Kind habento be \desperately ill todkrank sein* * *['despərItlI]adv1) (= frantically) fight, look for, hope, try verzweifeltto be desperately in need of sb/sth —
he desperately wanted to become a film maker — er wollte unbedingt Filmemacher werden
desperately ill —
his son was desperately ill with cancer — sein Sohn war schwer krebskrank
to be desperately worried ( about sth) — sich (dat) (über etw acc ) schreckliche Sorgen machen
I'm not desperately keen on... — ich bin nicht besonders scharf auf (acc)...
to try desperately hard to do sth — verzweifelt versuchen, etw zu tun
to be desperately in love (with sb) — unsterblich (in jdn) verliebt sein
* * *adverb1) verzweifeltbe desperately ill or sick — todkrank sein
2) (appallingly, shockingly, extremely) schrecklich (ugs.)* * *adv.verzweifelt adv. -
2 forlornly
adverb verzweifelt, verlassen* * *for·lornly[fəˈlɔ:nli, AM fɔ:rˈlɔ:rn-]1. (sadly) unglücklich2. (unsuccessfully) vergeblich* * *[fə'lɔːnlɪ]adv1) stand, wait einsam und verlassen; stare verloren* * *adv.verlassen adv. -
3 frantically
adverb wahnsinnig* * *fran·ti·cal·ly[ˈfræntɪkəli, AM -t̬-]2. (desperately) verzweifeltto be \frantically busy im Stress seinto work \frantically hektisch arbeiten* * *['frntIkəlI]adv1) (= desperately) try, search verzweifelt2) (= hectically) work, run around hektisch; wave, scribble, scramble, run wie wildshe is frantically busy — sie hat wahnsinnig viel zu tun (inf)
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4 Scrabble
Scrab·ble®1. Scrab·ble® [ʼskræbl̩] nno pl Scrabble® nt;a game of \Scrabble eine Runde [o Partie] Scrabble2. scrab·ble [ʼskræbl̩] vi1) ( grope) [herum]wühlen;to \Scrabble through sth in etw dat herumwühlen;2) ( claw for grip)to \Scrabble for sth nach etw dat greifen;he hung from the rock ledge, desperately scrabbling with his toes for a foothold er hing am Felsvorsprung und suchte verzweifelt mit seinen Füßen nach Halt4) (scramble, crawl quickly)to \Scrabble across sth über etw akk krabbeln;to \Scrabble along sth etw entlangkrabbeln;to \Scrabble up sth etw hochklettern; insects etw hochkrabbeln5) ( try to get) -
5 Scrabble®
Scrab·ble®1. Scrab·ble® [ʼskræbl̩] nno pl Scrabble® nt;a game of \Scrabble® eine Runde [o Partie] Scrabble2. scrab·ble [ʼskræbl̩] vi1) ( grope) [herum]wühlen;to \Scrabble® through sth in etw dat herumwühlen;2) ( claw for grip)to \Scrabble® for sth nach etw dat greifen;he hung from the rock ledge, desperately scrabbling with his toes for a foothold er hing am Felsvorsprung und suchte verzweifelt mit seinen Füßen nach Halt4) (scramble, crawl quickly)to \Scrabble® across sth über etw akk krabbeln;to \Scrabble® along sth etw entlangkrabbeln;to \Scrabble® up sth etw hochklettern; insects etw hochkrabbeln5) ( try to get) -
6 scrabble
Scrab·ble®1. Scrab·ble® [ʼskræbl̩] nno pl Scrabble® nt;a game of \scrabble eine Runde [o Partie] Scrabble2. scrab·ble [ʼskræbl̩] vi1) ( grope) [herum]wühlen;to \scrabble through sth in etw dat herumwühlen;2) ( claw for grip)to \scrabble for sth nach etw dat greifen;he hung from the rock ledge, desperately scrabbling with his toes for a foothold er hing am Felsvorsprung und suchte verzweifelt mit seinen Füßen nach Halt4) (scramble, crawl quickly)to \scrabble across sth über etw akk krabbeln;to \scrabble along sth etw entlangkrabbeln;to \scrabble up sth etw hochklettern; insects etw hochkrabbeln5) ( try to get)
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