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1 exaggerate
transitive verb* * *[iɡ'zæ‹əreit]1) (to make (something) appear to be, or describe it as, greater etc than it really is: You seem to be exaggerating his faults; That dress exaggerates her thinness.) übertreiben, hervorheben2) (to go beyond the truth in describing something etc: You can't trust her. She always exaggerates.) übertreiben•- academic.ru/25417/exaggeration">exaggeration* * *ex·ag·ger·ate[ɪgˈzæʤəreɪt, AM -ʤər-]I. vt▪ to \exaggerate sth etw übertreibento \exaggerate a situation eine Situation übertrieben darstellenII. vi übertreibenlet's not \exaggerate! bloß nicht übertreiben!* * *[Ig'zdZəreɪt]1. vt1) (= overstate) übertreibenhe exaggerated what really happened — er hat das, was wirklich geschehen war, übertrieben dargestellt
he tends to exaggerate his own importance — er neigt dazu, sich wichtigzutun
2. viübertreiben* * *exaggerate [ıɡˈzædʒəreıt]A v/t1. übertreiben, übertrieben darstellen2. überbetonenB v/i übertreiben:one can say without exaggerating that … man kann ohne Übertreibung sagen, dass …* * *transitive verbyou are exaggerating his importance — du machst ihn wichtiger, als er ist
* * *v.aufbauschen v.übertreiben v. -
2 exaggeration
nounÜbertreibung, dieit is a wild/is no exaggeration to say that... — es ist stark/nicht übertrieben, wenn man sagt, dass...
* * *1) (the act of exaggerating.) die Übertreibung2) (an exaggerated description, term etc: To say she is beautiful is an exaggeration, but she does have nice eyes.) die Übertreibung* * *ex·ag·gera·tion[ɪgˌzæʤərˈeɪʃən]n Übertreibung fit's not an \exaggeration to say that... es ist nicht übertrieben, wenn man behauptet, dass...it's a bit of an \exaggeration to say that she's beautiful sie als schön zu bezeichnen wäre wohl ein bisschen übertriebento have a tendency to \exaggeration zu Übertreibungen neigen* * *[Ig"zdZə'reISən]nÜbertreibung fa bit of an exaggeration — eine leichte Übertreibung, leicht übertrieben
* * *1. Übertreibung f:I can say without exaggeration that …2. Überbetonung f* * *nounÜbertreibung, dieit is a wild/is no exaggeration to say that... — es ist stark/nicht übertrieben, wenn man sagt, dass...
* * *n.Übertreibung f.
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