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to contravene a law
contravention
gegen ein gesetz verstossen
to bend the law/rules
ein gesetz beugen
a law-abiding person
always obeys the law
to ambush
auflauern
wage a war
einen krieg führen
wage-related
lohnabhängig
to siege
belagern
truce
waffenruhe
a fleet
kriegsflotte
so to speak
sozusagen adberb
so much so
in jedem fall, sogar
so bei it
sei es drum
superimposed, superpose
übereinander liegend
by the same token, token
ebenso, merkmal
instigate
anzetteln, anregen
a trap
eine Falle
to resent somebody
verübeln
despised his tecnique
verachten
engrossed in thoughts
in gedanken vertieft
white-knuckle ride
abenteuerlich, ängsterregende Fahrt
white-collar workers
office workers
to clamp down on illegal immigrations
power to prevent
to veto a plan
to forbid a plan
to object to --> plus noun/ to -ing form
cast-iron, phoney alibi
stichfestes, erfundenes alibi
to show no remorse whatsoever
keine schuld fühlen
to be acquitted of the crime
unschuldig gesprochen
he repented
regretted
the president issued a posthumous pardon
nach einem unschuldigen tod, mord
agree to a ceasfire
feuerpause
fishing for complements
a back-handed/double-edged compliment ---> to compliment ON
to extol thze virtues of
hoch loben die Werte (formal)
she is the toast of Hollywood
admired
to laud, laudatory comments
loben formal
Plattery will get you nowhere.
insincere praise
a wager
a bet
through rose-tinted spectacles in the past
rosa Brille
her complaints tally with
match/agree with
a theory expounded by
developped, proved
