German: abfindenEnglish translation: come to terms with / accept / learn to live with 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | German term or phrase: | abfinden | | English translation: | come to terms with / accept / learn to live with | | Entered by: | Translations4IT |
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Other | | German term or phrase: abfinden | Context: Mit seiner Forderung, die Menschen in Deutschland
müssten sich mit unterschiedlichen Lebensverhältnissen abfinden.
Question: What does abfinden mean here? "Satisfy"?
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| | | come to terms with / accept / learn to live with | Explanation:
2. unr. refl. V. sich abfinden: resign oneself; sich abfinden mit come to terms with; learn to live with <noise, heat>; sich damit abfinden, dass ... come to terms with the fact that ...
Duden-Oxford - Großwörterbuch Englisch. 2. Aufl. Mannheim 1999. [CD-ROM]. |
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| come to terms with / accept / learn to live with
Explanation:
2. unr. refl. V. sich abfinden: resign oneself; sich abfinden mit come to terms with; learn to live with <noise, heat>; sich damit abfinden, dass ... come to terms with the fact that ...
Duden-Oxford - Großwörterbuch Englisch. 2. Aufl. Mannheim 1999. [CD-ROM].
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