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die Weichen umstellen	to flip the switches	Steffen Walter
die Zügel beherzt schießen lassen	give it free rein	Dr. Fred Thomson
dieses Mal gilt's ernst	This time it\'s for real:	...
Dine, Wine und Sein	wine, dine and feel fine	(Non-member)
Doppelschlag	double achievement/dual success/double hit	(Non-member)
Drei Tage kommt sie, drei Tage bleibt sie, drei Tage geht sie	A cold takes three days coming, three days staying and three days to go away	sbraun
dritter Frühling	golden years	Simon Johnson
durchdekliniert	routinely worked through	GeorginaW
Ein Lügengebäude ist wackelig	You can't build on a foundation of lies	Textklick
ein Mosaiksteinchen hervorheben	to highlight one small example	Steffen Walter
ein Stück des Weges gemeinsam gehen	share part of the journey	David Seycek
eine feine Sache	a great feature	(Non-member)
eine Masche abziehen	to put on an act	Armorel Young
eine Masche knüpfen	widen its scope	Simon Johnson
eine zähflüssige Tunke aus Beschwichtigung und Harmonieappellen darüber gießen.	sugar-coat them with a syrupy sauce of conciliatory comments and attempts at appeasement	LegalTrans_
einen Bogen spannen (figurative use)	to form a bridge between; to link together	Rowan Morrell
einen ganz neuen Weg gehen	to take a (completely) new approach	Steffen Walter
einen weissen Fuss machen	to curry favour	(Non-member)
Einer geht noch!	One for the road!	(Non-member)
einer wie aus dem Mond gekommen	as if he had fallen from the moon	Claudia Mark

einfach gut organisiert	organisation made easy	martina1974
einheitliche Verkaufssauce	the "one size fits all" approach	martina1974
Einmal wird alles, Gebirge und Flüsse, Mond und Sterne, zu Holz geworden sein, dann ist es gut	One (some) day the mountains and rivers, the moon and the stars will (all) have turned to wood...	(Non-member)
einmal zuviel ist besser als einmal zuwenig	Better to be safe than sorry	(Non-member)
emotionales Kapital schlagen	benefit emotionally/on an emotional level	(Non-member)
Energieschub	energy boost	martina1974
Erwiderung	response	Courtney Sliwinski
Es geht auch anders	there's a different way / there's another way	(Non-member)
Es gibt nichts Gutes, außer man tut es	Actions speak louder than words	Textklick
es halten mit	is into/is x-friendly/likes	(Non-member)
es war um ihn geschehen	he was swept away	(Non-member)
etw. auf dem Rücken von jmd. austragen	to the detriment of	LegalTrans_
Events, bei denen Landschaften der Verwüstung entstanden und die Hüllen fielen	decadent events/ events at which people shed last inhibitions, creating wastelands	(Non-member)
Fäden laufen zusammen	controls all the activities	...
Für jeden Spaß zu haben	Game for anything	Sven Wagener
fernab von althergebrachten Wegen/Redensart	deviating from well-trodden paths	...
flog in großem Bogen hinunter	tumbled/flying down the stairs (head-first)	Elisabeth Moser
Früher kochte jedes Land sein eignes Süppchen	each country followed its own recipe for doing things	(Non-member)
Ganz in seinem Element	completely / totally in his element	Eszter Bokor
Gedankenstütze	mnemonics(s)/memory jogger/ aide memoire	David Hollywood

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