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81take — v 1. acquire, secure, get, obtain, gain, procure, come by, Sl. cop; catch, seize, capture; hold, grasp, grip, clasp, embrace; garner, harvest, gather, glean; reach, attain, achieve, win; receive, accept, react or respond to; have, possess,… …
82CALMEYER, HANS-GEORG° — (1903–1972), German official in World War II and Righteous Among the Nations. Born in Osnabrueck, Germany, Calmeyer was a lawyer by profession. During World War II he headed a section in the Interior Department of the German occupation… …
83dupe — vb Dupe, gull, befool, trick, hoax, hoodwink, bamboozle mean to delude a person by underhand means or for one s own ends. Dupe suggests unwariness or unsuspiciousness on the part of the person or persons deluded and the acceptance of what is… …
84bluff — I adj 1. frank, open, honest, candid, plain spoken, outspoken; direct, plain, straightforward, downright; crude, rough, unvarnished, burly, blustering. 2. steep, sheer, abrupt, sudden, precipitous; perpendicular, vertical; acclivitous, ascending …
85hoax — n 1. trick, ruse, jest, joke, practical joke, Inf. spoof, Sl. goof. 2. deception, fraud, sham, mock, fake, imitation, imposture, humbug, Inf. phony; cheat, swindle, Inf. flam, Inf. rip off; Sl. scam, Sl. gyp. v 3. trick, fool, deceive, delude,… …
86swindle — v 1. cheat, defraud, fleece, rook, Sl. clip, gull, Archaic. chouse; overcharge, Sl. soak, Inf. gyp, Sl. take [s.o.] to the cleaners, Sl. chisel, Sl. gaff, pluck, mulct; victimize, exploit, play on or upon, take advantage of, Inf. diddle, Inf. do …
87nick — n 1. notch, groove, hole, gouge; cut, incision, slit, split, score, gash, slash; indentation, indent, dent, dint, hollow, depression; scrape, scratch, scarification, chip, flaw, defect, mark, spot, blemish, defacement. 2. in the nick of time just …
88Liste der Top-30-Schellackplatten von Benny Goodman — Hinweise zur Nutzung der Liste Diese Liste enthält Titel und Komponist(en) der Stücke, Aufnahmedatum, Datum des Eintritts in die Charts, höchste Position und Verweildauer in den Charts. Die Voreinstellung erfolgt nach dem Eintrittsdatum in die… …
89betray — v 1. inform against, Sl. blow the whistle on, Sl. rat on; knife or stab in the back, Sl. do [s.o.] dirt; play Judas, give the Judas kiss to, Inf. sell out, deliver up, Inf. sell [s.o.] down the river; Inf. double cross, Sl. two time; break faith… …
90snow — n 1. snowfall, blanket of snow; blizzard, snowstorm, snow squall; flurry, snow flurries. 2.Slang.a. cocaine, Sl. coke, Sl. C, Sl. blow, Brit. Sl. charlie.b. heroin, Sl. H, Sl. horse, Sl. smack, Sl. scag, Sl. junk. v 3.Slang.a. amaze, astonish,… …