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300 kaum  ©
     1. adv. barely, hardly
           Ich kann das kaum lesen. - I can barely read this.
           Die Handschrift ist kaum lesbar. - The handwriting is barely legible.
     2. adv. (with zu infinitive) difficult to, nearly impossible to
           Das ist kaum zu glauben. - That's difficult to believe.
301 Stadt
     1. n. city (large settlement)
     2. n. town (settlement larger than a village)
     3. n. (metonymy) city center (central business area of a city)
     4. n. (metonymy) city, town, town council, city council (governing body of people elected to oversee management of a municipality)
302 ersten
     1. num. genitive singular of erste
     2. num. singular of erste
     3. num. masculine accusative singular of erste
     4. num. dative plural of erste
     5. num. plural of erste
     erste
          1. adj. (ordinal) first
303 glaube  ©
     1. v. first-person singular present of glauben
     2. v. singular imperative of glauben
     3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of glauben
     4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of glauben
     glauben
          1. v. to believe something (consider true)
          2. v. to believe in (think something exists, or have confidence in someone’s ability)
304 deshalb
     1. adv. therefore; for that (reason), because of that
305 jemand  ©
     1. pron. (indefinite) someone, somebody
306 guten
     1. adj. form of gut
307 bald
     1. adv. soon, near in time
           Bald ist der Urlaub vorbei. - The vacation will soon be over.
     2. adv. almost
           Mit bald 80 Jahren ist mein Vater noch auf Apfelbäume geklettert. - At almost 80 years, my father still used to climb on apple trees.
     3. adv. (repeated) Indicates a quick succession of events.
308 kleinen
     1. adj. form of klein
     klein
          1. adj. small, little, tiny, wee, small-scale
          2. adj. little, young (in age)
          3. adj. insignificant
309 bleiben
     1. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to remain (to continue to be)
           Er blieb sein ganzes Leben ein glühender Anhänger der Monarchie. - He remained a devoted supporter of the monarchy for all his life.
     2. v. to keep (on); to continue (see usage notes below)
           Ich bleibe noch ein bisschen liegen. - I'll keep lying here for a bit.
     3. v. to stay; to remain in a place
310 heißt
     1. v. second-person singular present of heißen
     2. v. third-person singular present of heißen
     3. v. second-person plural present of heißen
     4. v. plural imperative of heißen
     heißen
          1. v. (copulative) to have a name; to be named; to be called; but implying that one “owns” this name, not necessarily that one goes by it
          2. v. to mean, to signify; to have a meaning
311 daran
     1. on,about it,themadv. on it, on that
     2. adv. at it, at that
     3. adv. thereto
312 Mädchen
     1. n-n. girl
     2. n-n. maiden
313 finden  ©
     1. v. to find; to discover
           Ich habe deine Schlüssel gefunden. - I found your keys.
     2. v. to think that (something) is (a certain way); to consider (something) to be (a certain way); to find
           Findest du mich interessant? - Do you find me interesting?
     3. v. to find one’s way
314 wegen  ©
     1. prep. for, because of
           Wegen des schlechten Wetters werden wir zu Hause bleiben. - Because of the bad weather, we will stay at home.
315 Tisch
     1. n. table (a piece of furniture with a relatively deep surface at roughly waist or knee level); (specific uses include:)
     2. n.          dining table, dinner table
                   Kommt, der Tisch ist gedeckt! - Come, the table is set!
     3. n.          desk (table used for writing)
                   Legen amerikanische Chefs wirklich die Füße auf den Tisch? - Do American bosses really put their feet on the desk?
316 tut  ©
     1. v. third-person singular present of tun
           Es tut mir leid. - I am sorry.
     2. v. second-person plural present of tun
     3. v. plural imperative of tun
     tun
          1. v. To do (to perform or execute an action).
317 ganzen
     1. adj. form of ganz
     ganz
          1. adj. entire, whole, complete
          2. adj. (informal) all (with definite article or determiner)
          3. adj. (colloquial) whole, intact
318 kurz  ©
     1. adj. short, brief
     2. adj. concise
     3. adv. briefly, in short
319 Jahr  ©
     1. n. year (solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun)
           Jahr für Jahr - year after year
     2. n. year (time it takes for any astronomical object to directly orbit its star)
     3. n. year (period between set dates that mark a year)
     4. n. year (level or grade in school or college)
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