 | English  | German |  |
 | biol. zool. ahermatypic {adj} [of a coral: that does not build coral reefs] | nicht riffbildend [Koralle] |  |
 | sb. skimps sth. [does sth. carelessly] | jd. erledigt etw.Akk. nachlässig |  |
Verbs |
 | [to marry sb. knowing he / she does not have long to live] | auf Abbruch heiraten [ugs.] [hum.] |  |
 | oenol. spec. [to treat a wine barrel, e.g. with steam vapour, so that the wine does not become spoiled] | etw.Akk. weingrün machen [Behandlungsvorgang bei Weinfässern, um unwillkommenen Geschmacksbeeinflussungen vorzubeugen] |  |
 | to run [street, border, etc.] [e.g. Where does ... run? / There runs ...] | langgehen [ugs.] [verlaufen] [Straße, Grenze etc.] [z. B. Wo geht ... lang? / Da geht ... lang.] |  |
Nouns |
 | law Does {pl} [also: DOES] [esp. Am.] [e.g. Does 1-100; fictitious defendants (placeholder name)] | 16 [bes. US-amerik. Platzhaltername für fiktive oder nicht identifizierte Personen] |  |
 | slavey [female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work] [dated] [coll.] [Br.] | 8 Dienstmädchen {n} [veraltend] [Mädchen für alles] |  |
 | hist. jobs [manual laborer who does not belong to a guild] | Bönhase {m} [nordd.] [ugs.] [auch: Böhnhase, Beenhase, usw.] |  |
 | gastr. [popular rhyme in German; literally: noshing [Br.] / chowing [Am.] like (one does / did) at Mum's / Mom's] | Futtern {n} wie bei Muttern |  |
 | [sb. who does military service] | Zivildienstverweigerer {m} [ugs., hum., auch pej.] |  |
 | dhobi [Ind.] [a man who does washing] | Wäscher {m} |  |
 | goodie [Br.] [coll.] [someone who never does anything wrong] | guter Mensch {m} [Gutmensch] |  |
 | math. passant [a line that does not intersect the circle] | Passante {f} [eines Kreises] |  |
2 Words |
 | sb. is stuck [coll.] [does not understand] | es hakt bei jdm. [ugs.] [jd. versteht nicht] |  |
 | to hold water [fig.] [often used negatively, e.g. "This argument does not hold water."] | Stich halten [fig.] [stichhaltig sein] [meist negativ gebraucht, z. B.: "hält nicht Stich"] |  |
 | oenol. cleanskin (wine) [Aus.] [wine whose label does not indicate the name of the winery or the winemaker] | [(billiger) Wein ohne Angabe des Abfüllers auf dem Etikett] |  |
 | idiom law fishing expedition [an investigation that does not stick to a stated objective] | Ermittlung {f} ins Blaue hinein |  |
 | psych. spec. understanding psychology [psychology that does not explain but understands] | verstehende Psychologie {f} |  |
3 Words |
 | That is included. [e.g. answering "Does that cost extra?"] | Das gehört dazu. [z. B. auf die Frage „Kostet das extra?“] |  |
4 Words |
 | sb. has no trouble doing sth. [does it easily] | jdm. geht etw. leicht von der Hand. |  |
 | sth., the ... of which [is / does] | etw., dessen / deren ... [ist / tut] |  |
5+ Words |
 | law A person who [does this] is guilty of an offence. | Wer [dies tut], macht sich strafbar. |  |
 | law A person who ... [does this] will be liable to prosecution. | Wer ... [dies tut], kann strafrechtlich verfolgt werden. |  |
 | proverb What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over. | Was ich nicht weiß, macht mich nicht heiß. |  |
 | to curl up into a ball [as a distressed child does] | sichAkk. zusammenkauern |  |