 | English | German | |
 | to reveal sb./sth. as sb./sth. | jdn./etw. als jdn./etw. enttarnen | |
| Partial Matches |
| to take a swing at sb./sth. [try to hit sb./sth.] [also to swing at sb./sth.] | versuchen, auf jdn./etw. einzuschlagen | |
| to take a swing at sb./sth. [try to hit sb./sth.] [also to swing at sb./sth.] | versuchen, jdn./etw. zu schlagen | |
| to act as sb./sth. [act in the role of sb./sth.] | als jd./etw. handeln | |
| sb./sth. passeth sth. [archaic] [fig.] [sb./sth. leaves sth. behind] | jd./etw. lässt etw.Akk. hinter sich [fig.] [jd./etw. überwindet etw.] | |
| to pick sb./sth. [choose or select sb./ sth.; designate sb.] | jdn./etw. ausersehen [geh.] | |
| to accord (sb./sth.) sth. [also: accord sth. to sb./sth.] | (jdm./etw.) etw.Akk. gewähren [z. B. einer Person oder Institution] | |
| to consume sb./sth. [sth. consumes sb./sth., e.g. grief, fire] | jdn./etw. verzehren [geh.] [etw. verzehrt jdn./etw., z. B. Kummer, Feuer] | |
| to carry sb./sth. [to sb./sth.] | jdn./etw. [zu jdm./etw.] hintragen | |
| sb. roughhouses sb./sth. [engages in violence against sb./sth.] | jd. misshandelt jdn./etw. | |
| to batter sb./sth. [beat sb./sth.] | jdn./etw. verprügeln | |
| to hand sb. sth. [pass sth. to sb.] | jdm. etw.Akk. reichen [oft geh.] [geben, hinhalten] | |
| to recall sb./sth. [remember sb./sth.] | sich an jdn./etw. erinnern | |
| to wallop sb./sth. [beat sb./sth.] | jdn./etw. verhauen [ugs.] [schlagen] | |
| to ascribe sth. to sb./sth. [regard a quality as belonging to sb./sth.] | jdm./etw. etw.Akk. beimessen [zuschreiben] | |
| sb./sth. crieth [archaic] [sb./sth. cries] | jd./etw. schreit | |
| to concern sb./sth. [to be about sb./sth.] | sich um jdn./etw. handeln | |
| relig. to Hinduize sb./sth. [also: to hinduize sb./sth.] | jdn./etw. hinduisieren | |
| to name sb./sth. [for, after sb./sth.] | jdn./etw. benennen [nach jdm./etw.] | |
| mil. pol. to pacify sb./sth. [bring peace to sb./sth.] | jdn./etw. befrieden | |
| to spare sb. sth. [leave sth. for sb.] | jdm. etw. übrig lassen | |
| econ. transp. to bring sth. toward sb. [to deliver sth. to sb.] | jdm. etw.Akk. antransportieren [anliefern] | |
| to move sb./sth. away [from sb./sth.] | jdn./etw. [von jdm./etw.] wegsetzen | |
| to put sb. through sth. [subject sb. to sth.] | jdn. etw. durchmachen lassen [ugs.] [etw. Schweres, Schwieriges] | |
| to show sb./sth. off [to display sb./sth.] | jdn./etw. zur Schau stellen [jdn./etw. (stolz) herzeigen] [ugs.] | |
| following sb./sth. {adv} [in imitation of sb./sth.] | in Anlehnung an jdn./etw. [jdm./etw. folgend] | |
| to confound sb./sth. [confuse sb., mix sth. up] | jdn./etw. durcheinanderbringen [jdn. verwirren, etw. in Unordung bringen] | |
| to stone sb./sth. [throw stones at sb./sth.] | jdn./etw. mit Steinen bewerfen | |
| to vet sb./sth. [investigate sb. / check sth. thoroughly] | jdn./etw. auf Herz und Nieren prüfen [ugs.] [Redewendung] | |
| law to adjudge sth. to sb. [award sth. judicially to sb.] | jdm. etw. richterlich zuerkennen | |
| to ease sb. past sth. [fig.] [to spare sb. sth.] | jdm. etw.Akk. ersparen | |
| to gravitate toward sb./sth. [to move toward sb./sth.] | sichAkk. zu jdm./etw. hinbewegen [zu jdm./etw. hinneigen] | |
| to hand sth. to sb. [also: hand sb.sth.] | jdm. etw. reichen | |
| to have caught sb./sth. [to have captured sb./sth.] | jdn./etw.Akk. haben [jdn./etw. gefangen haben] | |
| to make sb. do sth. [compel sb. to do sth.] | jdn. zwingen, etw. zu tun | |
| to make sb. see sth. [to make sb. understand sth.] | jdm. etw.Akk. einsichtig machen [geh.] [selten] | |
| to tax sb. with sth. [accuse sb. of sth.] | jdm. etw. vorwerfen [beschuldigen, bezichtigen] | |
| to point sth. out to sb. [to tell sb. sth.] | jdn. auf etw. hinweisen | |
| to train sth. on sb./sth. [aim or direct e.g. a gun on sb./sth.] | mit etw.Dat. auf jdn./etw. zielen [z. B. mit einer Waffe] | |
| to bind sb./sth. [make sb. or sth. stick together] | jdn./etw. zusammenhalten | |
| to dig sb./sth. [coll.] [to be fond of sb./sth.] | auf jdn./etw. abfahren [ugs.] | |
| to ease sb. past sth. [fig.] [to help sb. forget sth.] | jdn. etw.Akk. vergessen lassen | |
| to hang around sb./sth. [be phsyically attached to sb./sth.] | jdn./etw. umhängen [hängend umgeben] [selten] | |
| to hold for sb./sth. [to be true for sb./sth.] | für jdn./etw. gelten [zutreffen] | |
| to hose down sb./sth. [also: to hose sb./sth. down] | jdn./etw. (mit dem Schlauch / Wasserschlauch) abspritzen | |
| to invite sb. to do sth. [request sb. to do sth.] | jdn. um etw.Akk. bitten | |
| to invite sb. to do sth. [request sb. to do sth.] | jdn. um etw.Akk. ersuchen [geh.] | |
| to be given over to sb./sth. [dedicated to sb./sth.] | jdm./etw. gewidmet sein [sich (thematisch) befassen mit jdm./etw.] | |
| to keep sth. alive [sb.'s memory of sb./sth.] | etw.Akk. wachhalten [die Erinnerung an jdn./etw.] | |
| to discountenance sb./sth. [look with disfavor / disapproval on sb./sth.] | jdn./etw. missbilligen [ablehnendes Urteil deutlich zum Ausdruck bringen] | |
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