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660 mußte
     1. v. Superseded spelling of musste
     müssen
          1. v. (auxiliary) to have to (do something); must; to be obliged (to do something); to need (to do something).
          2. v. to have to do something implied; must; to be obliged.
661 unbedingt
     1. adj. absolute
     2. adj. (Austria, Switzerland, law) (prison sentence) unconditional, without probation
           Sie wurde zu zwei Jahren unbedingt verurteilt. - She was sentenced to two years without probation.
     3. adv. absolutely, definitely
           nicht unbedingt - not necessarily, not exactly
662 Gesellschaft
     1. n-f. company (presence of other people in general)
           Ich habe Gesellschaft. - I have company. / I'm not alone.
     2. n-f. company (group of people)
     3. n-f. society, the public (abstract concept of an organised social group or a local population in general)
     4. n-f. society (organised group of people with common interests)
663 Buch
     1. n. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication)
     2. n. (accounting usually in the plural) books (accounting records)
     3. n. (rare) omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
     4. Proper noun. either of two municipalities in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
664 statt
     1. conj. instead of
           Statt mich anzurufen, ging er mit seinen Freunden ins Kino. - Instead of calling me, he went to the movies with his friends.
     2. prep. instead of, in one's stead
665 dran
     1. adv. Alternative form of daran
     2. adv. (in the phrase dran sein) to be in a particular condition
           Sie ist wirklich schlecht dran. - She is really badly off.
     3. adv. (in the phrase an (etwas) dran sein) to be (possibly) true
           „Was hältst Du von den Gerüchten?“ — „Ich denke, an denen ist etwas dran.“ - "What do you make of the rumours?" — "I think there might be something to them.".
666 eigene
     1. adj. form of eigen
667 bisher
     1. adv. so far, until now, as yet
           Wir wissen bisher noch nichts. - As yet, we still don't know anything.
668 gegangen
     1. Participle. past participle of gehen
     gehen
          1. v. to go, to walk
          2. v. to leave
669 bekommt
     1. v. third-person singular present of bekommen
     2. v. second-person plural present of bekommen
     3. v. plural imperative of bekommen
     bekommen
          1. v. to receive; to get (+aux, haben)
          2. v. to catch (+aux, haben)
670 Richtung
     1. n-f. direction
           alle Richtungen - all directions
     2. n-f. route or way
           Aus welcher Richtung? - Which way?
     3. n-f. departure
671 spielt
     1. v. third-person singular present of spielen
     spielen
          1. v. to play (engage in some activity for fun or entertainment)
          2. v. to play, to engage in (a game, a sport, etc.)
672 Rolle
     1. n-f. roll, reel, spool
     2. n-f. roll, tube
     3. n-f. a relatively small wheel on which something is rolled (as on a wheelie bin)
     4. n-f. (drama, cinematography) role, part
     5. n-f. roller, castor, pulley
673 Freundin
     1. n-f. female equivalent of Freund
674 Dinge
     1. n. plural of Ding
     Ding
          1. n. thing
          2. n. (mildly disrespectful) thing; girl; boy (young person)
          3. n. (dated) Thing (historic Germanic council)
675 Sonne  ©
     1. Proper noun. (astronomy) the Sun
           Die Sonne ist eine Lichtquelle. - The Sun is a light source.
     2. n-f. (astronomy) a sun (a star, especially when being the center of a solar system)
     3. n-f. sunshine, sunlight (the light and warmth we receive on Earth from the sun)
           Wir hatten den ganzen Tag Sonne. - We had sunshine all day.
676 glaubt
     1. v. third-person singular present of glauben
     2. v. second-person plural present of glauben
     3. v. plural imperative 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)
677 seien
     1. v. first-person plural subjunctive of sein
     2. v. third-person plural subjunctive of sein
     sein
          1. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
          2. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition)
678 Oma
     1. n. grandma, granny, nan
     2. n. any elderly woman
679 kennt
     1. v. third-person singular present of kennen
     2. v. second-person plural present of kennen
     3. v. plural imperative of kennen
     kennen
          1. v. to know; to be acquainted with; to be familiar with
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