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Sonderteil-Touren

English translation: go to such tricky/extraordinary/dubious lengths


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German term or phrase:Sonderteil-Touren
English translation:go to such tricky/extraordinary/dubious lengths
Entered by: Jeff Whittaker
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German term or phrase: Sonderteil-Touren
"...Wie kann jemand der so viel besitz, solche Sonderteil-Touren "fahren"?..."
Jeff Whittaker
United States
Local time: 07:39
go to such tricky/extraordinary/dubious lengths
Explanation:
How about working with "lengths"? Would that work?
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seehand
Germany
Local time: 13:39
Grading comment
Thank You! Sounds great!

For my own education, do you happen to know the etymology of this phrase? Woher kommt er?
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2 +1go to such tricky/extraordinary/dubious lengthsseehand
1Why is your bank so stingy?
andres-larsen


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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
Why is your bank so stingy?


Explanation:
Why is your bank so stingy?

source:

BNP Paribas - Decent place to work, super stingy in compensation ...
26 Aug 2009 ... ***The bank is so stingy*** that the more money you make, the more angry you become b/c you have no ... We can't seem to find the city you want. ...
www.glassdoor.com/.../Employee-Review-BNP-Paribas-RVW275778... -

andres-larsen
Venezuela
Local time: 08:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
go to such tricky/extraordinary/dubious lengths


Explanation:
How about working with "lengths"? Would that work?

seehand
Germany
Local time: 13:39
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank You! Sounds great!

For my own education, do you happen to know the etymology of this phrase? Woher kommt er?

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agree  mill: extraordinary lengths
32 mins
  -> Thanks, Mill
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