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 | bold {adj} [dated] [so confident as to be impudent or presumptuous] | 1150 dreist [Person, Verhalten, Blick etc.] |  |
 | here {adv} [on doing so, in this connection] | 86 hierbei |  |
 | that {adv} [so] [e.g. that much, that furious] | 71 so [dermaßen] [z. B. so viel, so wütend] |  |
 | heavy {adj} [literally: weighing a kilo or so] | 12 kiloschwer [auch fig.] |  |
 | for. [of a tree; so big that a man cannot put his arms around it with the fingertips just touching each other] {adj} | 11 übergriffig [veraltet] [Baumstamm, den ein Mann nicht umklaftern kann] |  |
 | ornately {adv} [exaggerately so] | 7 überladen |  |
 | [so much colder, that you need an extra jacket] {adj} | einen Kittel kälter [südd.] [regional] [Redewendung] |  |
 | [sth. is so built that it obstructs the view of and/or access to sth.] | etw. ist von etw.Dat. verbaut [Aussicht, Zugang] |  |
 | [we/they/you] will [must] [if they will drive so fast ...] | [wir/sie/Sie] müssen/wollen unbedingt [wenn sie unbedingt so schnell fahren müssen ...] |  |
 | mid {adv} [coll.] [so-so] | okay [ugs.] [mittelmäßig] |  |
 | thin {adv} [in a thin manner, so as to produce something thin] | dünn [auf dünne Weise, in dünner Weise] |  |
 | trickingly {adv} [so as to cheat or deceive] | tricksend [ugs.] |  |
| Verbs |
 | [to make sth. worse with so-called improvements] | 62 etw. verschlimmbessern [ugs.] |  |
 | cloth. textil. to gather [to pull (fabric) along a line of stitching so as to draw into puckers] | 33 einreihen |  |
 | gastr. to dress sth. [prepare meat, chicken, fish, etc. so it can be eaten] | 16 etw.Akk. herrichten |  |
 | math. to circumscribe sth. [to construct one regular geometrical figure around another so as to touch as many points as possible] | 9 etw.Akk. umbeschreiben |  |
 | math. to inscribe sth. [to draw a regular figure within another so as to touch in as many places as possible] | 8 etw.Akk. einbeschreiben [einen Kreis bzw. Vieleck so in ein Vieleck bzw. Kreis zeichnen, dass die Ecken den Kreis berühren] |  |
 | to ship sb. [esp. teenage sl.; originally gamer sl.] [going back to "relationship"] [e.g. "I ship them so much." (I wish they were together.)] | 5 [sich wünschen, zwei Personen wären ein Paar] |  |
 | [to get a paunch from eating so much] | sichDat. einen Bauch anessen |  |
 | [to scream so loudly that it can be heard all down the street] | häuserweit schreien |  |
 | oenol. spec. [to treat a wine barrel, e.g. with steam vapour, so that the wine does not become spoiled] | etw.Akk. weingrün machen [Behandlungsvorgang bei Weinfässern, um unwillkommenen Geschmacksbeeinflussungen vorzubeugen] |  |
 | educ. jobs to retrain [learn new skills so as to be able to do a different job] | sich umschulen lassen |  |
| Nouns |
 | mus. [abbreviation for so-called "Ernste Musik" (mostly classical music) in Germany] | E-Musik {f} [kurz für: sogenannte "Ernste Musik" im deutschsprachigen Raum] |  |
 | mus. [abbreviation for so-called "Unterhaltungsmusik" in Germany] | U-Musik {f} [kurz für: sogenannte "Unterhaltungsmusik" in Deutschland] |  |
 | [cohabitation of widow with a man so that she keeps pension rights] | Onkelehe {f} |  |
 | geogr. hist. [Czechoslovakia and later the so-called Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia] | Tschechei {f} [ugs.] [bes. pej.] [1933 - 1945] |  |
 | relig. apocalyptic [not generally recognized as a noun by dictionaries, but often used so] | Apokalyptik {f} |  |
| 2 Words: Others |
 | Afraid so. [coll.] [I'm afraid so.] | Ich fürchte ja. |  |
 | soi-disant {adj} [so-called] | sogenannt <sog., sogen.> |  |
 | straight-up {adj} [Am.] [coll.] [truly so called] | wahrhaft [der wahren Bedeutung der angewandten Bezeichnung entsprechend] |  |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
 | law travel birth tourism [also: birth-tourism] [travelling to another country so that the child becomes a lawful citizen of that country] | Geburtstourismus {m} [Reise in ein anderes Land, damit das Kind die dortige Staatsangehörigkeit erhält] |  |
 | dismal science [economics] [so called by Thomas Carlyle] | trübsinnige Wissenschaft {f} [hum.] [Ökonomie] |  |
 | hist. mercy death [so-called] | Gnadentod {m} [NS-Terminologie] |  |
| 3 Words: Others |
 | as of today {adv} [so far] | Stand heute [Jargon] |  |
 | as of today {adv} [so far] | nach heutigem Stand |  |
 | as of today {adv} [so far] | mit Stand von heute |  |
 | God bless you. [thank you ever so much] | Vergelts Gott! [veraltend] [regional] |  |
 | idiom if you like [so to speak] | wenn man so will |  |
 | if you will [if you want to be so kind] [idiom] | wenn du so gut sein willst [Redewendung] |  |
 | There you are! [I told you so] | Da haben wir's! |  |
 | There you are. [I told you so.] | Hab ichs nicht gesagt? [ugs.] |  |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
 | to get round to sth. [to sth. postponed so far] | zu etw.Dat. kommen [zu etw. bisher Aufgeschobenen] |  |
 | to go and do sth. [to be so thoughtless or silly as to do sth.] | so gedankenlos / unklug sein, etw. zu tun |  |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
 | cloth. quick-fuck pants {pl} [coll.] [vulg.] [pants that are easy to doff so they are suitable for sexual intercourse quickly] | Schnellfickerhose {f} [ugs.] [vulg.] |  |
 | law single heir law [inheritance of an agricultural property to a single heir so that it remains closed] | Anerbenrecht {n} |  |
| 4 Words: Others |
 | so and so many [coll.] | soundso viele [ugs.] |  |
 | so far, so good | bisher nicht schlecht |  |
 | So far, so good. | Bis dahin alles wunderbar. |  |
 | So far, so good. | So weit, so gut. |  |
 | so much so that | und zwar so sehr, dass [und zwar dermaßen] |  |
 | so much so that ... | so sehr, dass ... |  |
| 4 Words: Verbs |
 | to come clean (with it) [idiom] [tell the truth about sth. kept hidden so far] | Farbe bekennen [Redewendung] [deutlich die Wahrheit sagen] |  |
 | idiom to eat off the mantel [Am.] [coll.] [rare] [to have been punished so hard that one can't even sit] | [so streng bestraft worden sein, dass man nicht mehr sitzen kann] |  |
| 5+ Words: Others |
 | and so on and so forth {adv} | etc. pp. |  |
 | and so on and so forth {adv} | und so weiter und so fort [ugs.] |  |
 | Did / Have you shit the bed? [vulg.] [Why have you turned up for work so early?] | Bist Du aus dem Bett gefallen? |  |
 | Did / Have you shit the bed? [vulg.] [Why have you turned up for work so early?] | Hast Du 'ne feuchte Wohnung? |  |
 | I've been saying that for weeks / years. [I told you so] | Mein Reden. [ugs.] [Das sage ich doch schon seit Wochen / Jahren] |  |
 | quote Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. [Winston Churchill] | Niemals in der Geschichte der menschlichen Konflikte haben so Viele so Wenigen so viel zu verdanken gehabt. |  |
 | so far as he is entitled to do so | soweit er dazu berechtigt ist |  |
 | What crawled up your ass (and died)? [coarse] [coll.] [idiom] [What made you so annoyed?] | Welche Laus ist dir denn über die Leber gelaufen / gekrochen? [ugs.] [Redewendung] |  |
 | What crawled up your ass (and died)? [coarse] [Why are you smelling so bad?] | Du stinkst, als ob du einen toten Vogel in der Tasche hättest. [ugs.] [selten] |  |
| 5+ Words: Verbs |
 | to be so bold as to do sth. [formal] [so impudent] | sichAkk. erdreisten, etw. zu tun [geh.] |  |
 | to make a stretcher case out of sb. [esp. Br.] [beat a person so hard that medical treatment is necessary] | jdn. krankenhausreif schlagen |  |
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