Dictionary English German: [hopes]

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English German
dashed {adj} {past-p} [hopes]
104
enttäuscht [Hoffnungen]
sb. abandoned [plans, hopes]jd. gab auf
sb. abandons [plans, hopes]jd. gibt auf
Verbs
to relinquish sth. [hopes, plans, etc.]
3593
etw.Akk. aufgeben [Hoffnungen, Pläne etc.]
to dash [ruin, esp. hopes]
1356
zunichtemachen
to realize sth. [hopes, dreams etc.]
207
etw. verwirklichen
to defeat sth. [hopes, plans, etc.]
101
etw.Akk. zunichtemachen [Hoffnungen, Pläne etc.]
to darken [future, hopes]
38
trüben
to falsify sth. [fail to fulfil (expectations, hopes, etc.)]
32
etw.Akk. enttäuschen [Erwartungen, Hoffnungen]
to ruin sth. [hopes, chances, opportunities, prospects]etw.Akk. zunichte machen
Nouns
comm. holdout [person who delays signing a contract in hopes of gaining more favorable terms]
41
[Person, die in der Hoffnung auf bessere Konditionen eine Vertragsunterzeichnung hinausschiebt]
[person on whom hopes are pinned]
18
Hoffnungsträger {m}
2 Words
until sb. abandons [plans, hopes]bis jd. aufgibt
when sb. abandoned [plans, hopes]als jd. aufgab
to be shattered [hopes etc.]zunichte werden [geh.]
to cling to sth. [fig.] [remain persistently or stubbornly faithful to (convictions, hopes, etc.)]sichAkk. an etw.Akk. klammern [fig.] [an Überzeugungen, Hoffnungen etc.]
to fade away [fig.] [hopes etc.]zerrinnen [fig.] [geh.]
to fade away [sight, memory, hopes]schwinden
4 Words
to go up in smoke [idiom] [plans, hopes: come to nothing]sich in Wohlgefallen auflösen [ugs.] [Redewendung]
5+ Words
to kick the can down the road [Am.] [coll.] [idiom] [delay a decision in hopes that the problem or issue will go away]ein / das Problem aussitzen wollen [ugs.]
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