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- "love"
- (This root shifted toward the idea of friendship and freedom in several Indo-European languages. In Slavic for example "prija.." is a stem for "friend". Notable English members are "free", "friend" and also... "filibuster". )
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- to track, to seek
- (Notable English members of that root are "to seek", "to ransack" and "sake". In many Germanic languages, it has developed a branch that's about arguing and dispute. That's where the German "Sache" comes from, which originally was "matter of discussion".)
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- 2024
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- cringe number
- (Used to be a code for weed, then a meme and then Elon and his fanboys filled it to the brim with cringe-vibes.)
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- starting when?
- (Asks for the moment that something starts. Can be about the future or about some sort of threshhold.)
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- to say farewell
- (Sounds epic and often used in contexts where someone does internal work, rather than actually saying farewell to someone. Like, sitting and meditating over the loss for example.)
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- to make concessions
- (Though the noun doesn't mean that anymore, the idea of the phrase comes from the notion of crossing things off a list because you can't have them)
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- to be careful, to take care, to pay attention
- (Mostly has an undertone of being careful, so it's as common in the sense of paying attention to mere information. Also spelled "Acht geben" sometimes.)
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- by all appearances
- (a rather likely version of "to seem". More for written German)
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- Congratulations!
- (ONLY for birthday or name day or maybe the new year. NOT for passing an exam or something similar. There needs to be something "starting".)
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- all the rest, the details
- (usually in context of "remaining part of discussion" and sounds a bit formal. Colloquially, you'd say "der Rest")
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- Duuude! Daaang.
- (Pretty common way to express that you're really impressed or shocked. Please don't overuse it, though. That'll be cringe.)
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- ideally, as a favorite
- (ONLY works in combination with a verb... so "am liebsten machen/tun/haben...". It's the most-version of "gern")
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- to turn on
- (Colloquial term, work for car engines, stoves and computers, but NOT for small devices like a phone)
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- to be scolded, to get in trouble
- (Someone letting their anger out at you, usually for a good reason.)
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- right away, on the first attempt
- (When you try something and it succeeds immediately.)
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- for/on the long haul
- (Mainly used for contexts where something would be an issue if it was the permanent solution.)
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- to not understand something (Lit.: "to stand on the hose" - you basically "block" the flow :). For momentary things only.)
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- to kid someone, to take someone for a fool
- (lit.: "take someone on the arms")
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- to work the streets, to be a prostitute
- (Literally. "to go onto the lijne". The reasoning behind the meaning is unclear.)
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