vorquetschen
English translation: only compress slightly when the drill hits them
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| 01:42 Sep 17, 2001 |
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|  Selected response from: Alison Schwitzgebel France Local time: 19:30 | ||||||
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| 4 | pre-compressed |
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| 4 | pre-grinding |
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| 4 | only compress slightly when the drill hits them |
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| 4 -1 | pre-crush |
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8 mins confidence: 
pre-compressed Explanation: Quetschen in this sense is a compression, as far as I understand, therefore I think you could use this term own experience |
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24 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1pre-crush Explanation: Quetschen: squeeze (moisture) Crush (material) Check with link below. HTH Reference: http://eurodic.ip.lu |
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1 hr confidence:
pre-grinding Explanation: to grind zerkleiner, zerstoßen, zermahlen. Just occured to me. Maybe thatßs the word you are looking for. Tough stuff, HTH Maya |
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1 hr confidence:
only compress slightly when the drill hits them Explanation: Okay, "hit" might not be the right word, but I think that this is what they mean here. I don't think that you are going to get around this German term with one neat adjective in English. |
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