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Bus/Financial - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | | English term or phrase: shaft | the shaft
unfair treatment
After years of loyal service, his boss gave him the shaft by firing him just before he would have qualified for a pension.
Fällt euch eine Übersetzung für einen Wörterbucheintrag ein? |
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hier sinngemäss
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Note added at 6 days (2009-06-15 07:35:22 GMT) Post-grading
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Danke, Alexandra |
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| Grading comment Danke!
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| Jun 8, 2009 - Changes made by Steffen Walter: | | Field | Other => Bus/Financial | | Jun 8, 2009 - Changes made by Steffen Walter: | | Field (specific) | Linguistics => Idioms / Maxims / Sayings |
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