obwaltend
English translation: prevailing
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| 08:09 Aug 17, 2006 |
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|  Selected response from: Сергей Лузан Russian Federation Local time: 12:28 | ||||
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| 4 +2 | prevailing |
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| 3 +1 | existing |
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| 3 | pertaining |
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| 2 | inherent |
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| obwaltende pertaining Explanation: or "that pertains here" |
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5 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| obwaltende existing Explanation: obwaltend = existing. However, in this context you could also just say "here" as in "the ambiguity here" |
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inherent Explanation: I can't really tell without more context, but it seems as if there is ambiguity in the expression of love, probably because the forms are the same for both genders. This would mean there is an "inherent ambiguity" in the expression of love. The inherent ambiguity in... or just: This ambiguity in |
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38 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2| obwaltende prevailing Explanation: prevailing ambiguity Re.: Collins German Dictionary, ISBN 0-00-470406-1 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 42 mins (2006-08-17 08:52:06 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- [PDF] Bluff your way in the Second Law of ThermodynamicsFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML druckt sich eine allgemein in der Natur obwaltende Ten- ... express a generally prevailing tendency in Nature towards changes in a definite sense. ... theorie.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~kinzel/statphys/uffink.pdf -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 43 mins (2006-08-17 08:52:53 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q= "obwalt... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2006-08-17 11:16:08 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Thank you, grand merci & besten dank, blavatsky! :) Reference: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=+%22prev... |
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