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580 darum
     1. adv. around it, around that
           Wir wohnen in dem Haus mit dem weißen Zaun darum. - We live in the house with the white fence around it.
     2. adv. therefore, for that reason
           Ich mag Kinder. Darum bin ich Lehrerin geworden. - I like children. That's why I became a teacher.
     3. adv. because! (non-answer to questions one does not wish to answer)
581 kleiner
     1. adj. comparative of klein
     2. adj. form of klein
582 stellen
     1. v. to put, to place, to position such that it stands upright (compare setzen, legen)
           Stell die Flasche auf den Boden! - Put the bottle on the floor!
     2. v.          (figuratively, abstractly) to pose, to lodge
                   Die Beklagte stellte den Antrag, die Klage abzuweisen. - The defendant lodged the application to reject the claim.
                   Kann ich dir eine Frage stellen? - Can I ask you a question?
583 Polizei
     1. n-f. (law enforcement) police
           Die Polizei erwischte den Taschendieb auf frischer Tat. - The police caught the pickpocket in the act.
584 jedem
     1. pron. dative singular of jeder
585 findet
     1. v. third-person singular present of finden
     2. v. second-person plural present of finden
     3. v. second-person plural subjunctive of finden
     4. v. plural imperative of finden
     finden
          1. v. to find; to discover
          2. v. to think that (something) is (a certain way); to consider (something) to be (a certain way); to find
          3. v. to find one’s way
586 überall
     1. adv. everywhere
           Wir haben überall nach dem Ball gesucht. - We've looked for the ball everywhere.
     2. adv. anywhere (in whatever place)
           Der Ball könnte überall sein. - The ball could be anywhere.
     3. adv. (colloquial regional chiefly northern and central Germany) forms prepositional adverbs of alles
587 Auto
     1. n. car
           Das ist das Auto meines Vaters. - That is my father’s car.
588 unten
     1. adv. below
     2. adv. (colloquial) south
     3. adv. at a later point in a text
589 Papa
     1. n. dad, daddy
590 Recht
     1. n. a right, privilege
           Sie haben nicht das Recht, über irgendetwas belogen zu werden. - You do not have the right to be lied to about anything.
     2. n. a title, claim
     3. n. the law
591 nich
     1. adv. (informal) Alternative form of nicht, from=Northern German
592 könnt
     1. v. second-person plural present of können
     können
          1. v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can.
          2. v.          (auxiliary)
593 alt  ©
     1. adj. old
           Wie alt bist du? - How old are you?
     2. adj. ancient
     3. adj. elderly (inflected in the comparative)
           ältere Menschen - the elderly
594 Ordnung
     1. n-f. arrangement, regulation
     2. n-f. classification, order, array
     3. n-f. tidiness, orderliness
     4. n-f. class, rank, succession, series
     5. n-f. (religion) Ordnung (Amish rules of living)
595 Teil
     1. n. part, piece (of a whole, often in relation to living things or an abstract concept)
           zum großen Teil. - largely.
     2. n. fraction of a whole
     3. n. part, piece (a physical object which is used in a greater one, often in relation to inanimate objects)
     4. n. (colloquial) thing (any object, not limited to those which are part of a greater object)
596 kommst
     1. v. second-person singular present of kommen
     kommen
          1. v. to come; to arrive
          2. v. to come to; to come over (go somewhere so as to join someone else)
597 nahm
     1. v. preterite of nehmen, to take.
     nehmen
          1. v. to take (something into one's possession or on one's body)
          2. v. (ditransitive) to take from
          3. v. to hold (in one's hands), to grasp
598 Tod
     1. n. death
599 gegenüber
     1. prep. opposite
           Die Bank liegt dem Bahnhof gegenüber. - The bank is located across from the railroad station.
     2. prep. to, toward, towards
     3. prep. compared to
     4. prep. vis-à-vis, in dealings with, in dealing with, towards
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