Dictionary English German: [could]

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English German
sb. coulda [coll.] [could have]jd. hätt können [ugs.] [hätte können]
Verbs
to tank sth. [coll.] [do less well than one could have done]
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etw.Akk. vergeigen [ugs.] [verbocken, verpatzen]
Nouns
econ. EU Grexit [portmanteau combining the words Greece and exit, referring to the possibility that Greece could leave the Eurozone]
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Grexit {m} [Kunstwort aus Greece und exit; möglicher Austritt Griechenlands aus der Euro-Zone]
[space between two double beds; humorous suggestion that a 3rd person could sleep there]
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Besucherritze {f} [ugs.] [hum.]
2 Words
coulda been [coll.] [could have been]hätte sein können
3 Words
I'm not psychic! [coll.] [There's no normal way I could have known that]Ich bin doch kein Wahrsager! [ugs.] [Idiom] [Das weiß ich doch nicht!]
to do one's business [primarily "to defecate" but could include "to urinate"] [euphemism]sein Geschäft erledigen [ugs.] [seine Notdurft verrichten]
4 Words
Would that she could ... [literary: If only she could ...]Könnte sie doch nur ...
5+ Words
Do you have the time? [idiom] [Could you tell me what time it is?]Können Sie mir die Uhrzeit sagen?
Where else could X be? [if you wonder what other place X could be]Wo könnte X sonst sein? ["sonst" betont]
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