by transcript | by glosses | by right neighbours | by left neighbours
1244796 | 31-45m
There would be no writing; nobody would have invented it.
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THERE-IS3* NOT-YET2* TO-INVENT1 EMPTY1^*
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gibt {es} nicht noch nicht [MG]
1427158-… | 18-30m
So if I hadn’t had a relationship, no girlfriend, I would have finished school with my A-levels.
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UNWED1 THROUGH1B* I1 EMPTY1^* I1 WAS1 MY1
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M
[MG] durch [MG] war
1413451-… | 18-30m
It was easy to learn ASL in Essen. Yet, you couldn't do so in East Germany.
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WEIRD-STRANGE1^* EAST1B NONE7B EMPTY1^*
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[MG] ost [MG]
1428907-… | 18-30f
We checked the teletext and it was true: She was dead.
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EMPTY1^ QUESTION-MARK2 RIGHT-OR-AGREED1A* DEATH2
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videotext stimmt
1431896 | 46-60m
I didn’t learn that in school. We only rarely used sentences with a lot of words in them.
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EMPTY1^ BACK-THEN1 EMPTY1^ TO-SAY2B*
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M
1250059 | 18-30m
Rarely, fair or right decisions were made.
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EMPTY1^ RIGHT-OR-CORRECT2* $GEST-OFF1^ EXAMPLE1*
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nicht richtig beispiel»
1413485 | 18-30m
But in Germany we don't have a king.
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HERE1 GERMAN1 EMPTY1^
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aber deutsch
1431896 | 46-60m
I didn’t learn that in school. We only rarely used sentences with a lot of words in them.
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EMPTY1^ BACK-THEN1 EMPTY1^ TO-SAY2B* RARELY2 PERSON1*
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$GEST-OFF1^*
M
selten
1179389 | 18-30m
They lack order.
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ORDER1A EMPTY1^
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ALSO1A*
M
auch ordentlich
1291892 | 31-45m
There were none below; they were all floating on the water surface like ships.
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$INDEX1 DOWN1 WATER1 EMPTY1^ ONLY2A HIGH1^* QUOTATION-MARKS2
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unten wasser nur oben
2935384-… | 31-45m
I’m telling you, I feel like it would be much harder if there weren’t any deaf people.
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TO-LET-KNOW1A* IF-OR-WHEN1A* DEAF1A EMPTY1^ $GEST^ I1* FEELING2A*
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sage wenn gehörlos [MG] [MG] vom {ge}fühl schwierig»
1178147 | 46-60f
The youth camp didn't exist before.
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$GEST-OFF1^ YOUNG1* CAMPING1 EMPTY1^
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M
jugendcamp
1176846 | 61+f
I couldn't see anything smoldering.
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NONE9 TO-SEE1 $GEST-OFF1^ EMPTY1^
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[MG] [MG]
1245356 | 61+m
You tell something, which is nice. It was always a warm atmosphere when the deaf people were together.
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DEAF1A* WARM1A* HEART1B^* EMPTY1^ WARM1A* TOGETHER6*
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$INDEX1*
M
[MG] warm warm
1179390-… | 18-30m
There are such acts in other countries, but not so in Germany. There is no such thing here.
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NOTHING1B $GEST-OFF1^ EMPTY1^
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GERMAN1*
M
deutschland nichts
1247205 | 31-45f
In the past, I have experienced some hit-and-run offenses, and nobody ever got in touch with me, not one person.
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ON-PERSON1* FLIGHT1A TO-LET-KNOW2 EMPTY1^
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M
auf flucht bescheid
1183203 | 61+f
I find it quite interesting that only positive aspects are being presented, but anything negative is not mentioned. It gets swept under the carpet.
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BUT1* NEGATIVE1* TO-SAY1* EMPTY1^ UNDER1C* $GEST-OFF1^
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M
aber nega{tiv} sa{gen} [MG] unter
1182801 | 31-45f
We didn't have anything like that.
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EMPTY1^
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M
1289793 | 18-30f
There’s barely anything.
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EMPTY1^
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HARDLY1
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kaum [MG]
1244978 | 46-60m
I didn’t know about deaf clubs at the time. No deaf person had told me about it.
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NOT1 DEAF1A* EMPTY1^
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TO-LET-KNOW1A*
M
[MG] [MG]
1183703 | 61+m
I visited Poland before the Berlin Wall was built.
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GATE2A^* WALL3* EMPTY1^* THROUGH1A*
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PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1* I2 TO-PLACE1*
M
[MG]
Mouth: [MG]
Translational equivalents: nothing; no; not; none; no one; without; nothing at all
by transcript | by glosses | by right neighbours | by left neighbours
1428821-… | 31-45m
So I check whether there are any visible bubbles.
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I2 $PROD NONE9* ROUND6A* AIR1* ROUND6A*
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M
blase luftblase
1428225 | 46-60f
I don't even notice it.
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$GEST-NM-SHAKE-HEAD1^ I1 NONE9*
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M
aber [MG] [MG]
1249131-… | 61+f
So we didn’t have a full meal as you do today.
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FULL1* TO-STAND1 TO-EAT-OR-FOOD2* NONE9*
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M
vollständig essen [MG]
1178939 | 18-30f
It’s at hearing schools, completely normal ones, with not a single deaf student.
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USUAL1* NONE7A DEAF1A* NONE9*
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M
norm{al} [MG] [MG]
1428225 | 46-60f
I started school late, before that there was just no offer for me.
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SCHOOL1A* PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1* $GEST-OFF1^ NONE9*
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M
schule aber früher [MG] [MG]
1414503 | 61+f
I’ve never even gone to the police. I’ve not had any trouble thus far.
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$GEST-OFF1^* NONE6* TO-COMPLAIN2* NONE9*
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M
gehen kein beschweren [MG]
1290581 | 31-45m
They always talked about the winners and they didn’t say anything about that here.
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TO-WIN1* LIKE4A^* NONE7A* NONE9* TO-EXPLAIN1* NOTHING1A ZERO2B*
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M
gewinn [MG] info ni{chts} [MG]
1427114-… | 18-30m
During the time before I finished school, it was just us students; there were no teachers.
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I2 TOGETHER1A* TEACHER2* NONE9*
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M
lehrer [MG]
1427114-… | 18-30m
She ran in, couldn’t find the door and said, “Shit.”
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NONE9 DOOR1A* KEY1 SHIT1A*
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M
[MG] tür scheiße
2935384-… | 61+m
That doesn’t even exist in the countryside.
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NONE9 $GEST-OFF1^
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M
auf dem land
1184367 | 61+f
Nothing.
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NONE9 $GEST-OFF1^
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M
[MG]
1431896 | 46-60m
If there aren’t any, we miss out on everything and the communication goes awry.
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NONE9 TO-MISS-STH1B* ASKEW1*
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M
[MG]
1183203 | 61+f
Nothing.
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NONE9
L
M
[MG]
1212176 | 46-60f
Nothing at all? That's bad.
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NONE7A* NONE9 NOT1 $GEST-OFF1^
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M
[MG]
1247394 | 61+f
He looks at them as they walk by, but they do not seem to have anything in their pockets.
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$INDEX1 NONE9 $PROD
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M
[MG] [MG] [MG]
1429709-… | 46-60f
There was nothing in English or German, just those incomprehensible characters.
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$NUM-ONE-TO-TEN1A:1 NONE9 ENGLAND3 AND2B BIT2A
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M
[MG] englisch und
1204691 | 61+f
That didn’t exist in the west.
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NONE9
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WEST1C
M
west [MG]
1209495-… | 18-30f
There was nothing like that.
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I1 NONE9 $GEST-OFF1^
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M
[MG]
1291636 | 61+m
There was alarm. Oh God, you were overtired and you were lucky that there was no bomb impact here.”
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NOT1 $PROD NOT1 NONE9 $GEST-OFF1^
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nichts [MG] ni{cht} [MG]
1292545 | 31-45f
But I hadn't prepared for it at all, and I couldn't think of any song impromptu.
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TO-INVENT1 SONG1 I1* NONE9
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M
[MG] lied [MG]
1212218 | 46-60f
If you don’t do it, you can’t fly.
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IF-OR-WHEN1A I2 NONE9 I2* AIRPLANE2B* NOT3B
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M
wenn [MG]
1428821-… | 31-45m
I then do the same thing again. If I can’t find any other hole, it’s just the one.
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I1* $PROD NONE9 $NUM-ONE-TO-TEN1A:1d HOLE2A* $INDEX1
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M
[MG] ein loch [MG]
1431690 | 31-45m
I looked closely at the walls but couldn't detect anything.
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I2 TO-LOOK-AT3* NONE9 GONE-VANISHED1
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M
[MG]
1414563 | 31-45m
But there was no printer, so I had to write down and draw the alphabet on a piece of paper, all by hand.
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TO-PRINT1 SIGN-OR-DRAWING2^* NONE9 TO-BELONG1^* PAPER1* SHEET-OF-PAPER1
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M
drucker papier
1246329 | 61+m
There were no cars back then.
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CAR1* BACK-THEN1* NONE9 BACK-THEN1* NO3B^
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M
auto damals [MG] [MG]
1178347 | 31-45m
She didn't help me in particular but she helped so many other people in the world.
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TO-HELP1* I2 NONE9 $INDEX1* VERY6* MUCH1B
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M
helfen [MG] aber [MG] viel
1247394 | 61+f
He wonders where the basket’s gone.
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$INDEX1 WHERE1A* BASKET4A* NONE9 $GEST-OFF1^*
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M
wo korb [MG]
1430592 | 61+f
But we didn’t have a flashing doorbell.
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BUT1* PAST1^* FLASH1^* NONE9
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M
aber [MG]
1176846 | 61+f
I couldn't see anything smoldering.
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$ORAL^ $INDEX1* FLASH1^* NONE9 TO-SEE1 $GEST-OFF1^ EMPTY1^
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M
aber was [MG] [MG]
1183203 | 61+f
Even when taking them off, I never heard a thing.
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THEN7 HEADPHONES1 $PROD NONE9
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M
dann [MG]
1248505 | 31-45f
And of course, I was right, nobody lived there!
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RIGHT-OR-AGREED1B* $GEST^* TO-LIVE1C NONE9 $GEST-OFF1^
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M
stimmt leben [MG]
1204691 | 61+f
Now, after the fall of the wall, it doesn’t exist anymore, there’s no bonus being paid.
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NOW1* FALL-OF-THE-BERLIN-WALL1* NONE4* NONE9 $INDEX1 $PROD $GEST-OFF1^
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M
jetzt mauer [MG] [MG] [MG]
1204691 | 61+f
Now it’s different, the boys don’t work in handicraft anymore.
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NOW1 TO-CHANGE1A YOUNG2C* NONE9 $PROD
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M
jetzt um jung [MG] handwerker
1246329 | 61+m
We didn't have a phone back then.
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BACK-THEN1* PHONE2 $PROD NONE9
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M
damals telefon [MG]
1429310 | 31-45f
The whole team cried. We did not win a medal.
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TO-CRY3 $GEST-OFF1^ MEDAL1B NONE9
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M
[MG] [MG] [MG]
1183203 | 61+f
I don’t have any family members with CIs.
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FAMILY1 DEAF1A* CI2 NONE9
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M
familie implantat [MG]
1414563 | 31-45m
He was on our side, because he saw that deaf people were suffering a lot. He didn’t believe I was a spy.
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TO-SUFFER1A YOU1 SPY1* NONE9 RIGHT-OR-AGREED1^ $GEST-OFF1^ $GEST-DECLINE1^
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M
leid du spion [MG]
1428821-… | 31-45m
So I check whether there are any visible bubbles.
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ROUND6A* AIR1* ROUND6A* NONE9
L
M
blase luftblase
1291572 | 46-60f
That's not possible because there are so many old people and not enough young people in the club.
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MUCH1C* MASS-OF-PEOPLE-ACTIVE1^* OFFSPRING1 NONE9 CLUB-OR-SOCIETY2A $INDEX1
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M
viel nachwuchs [MG] verein
1292545 | 31-45f
I am neither for nor against the church. I don't care about it, since it doesn't support me.
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FOR1* AGAINST1 I1* NONE9 REASON4B ALSO3A CHURCH2A
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M
für gegen [MG] grund auch kirche
1205821 | 31-45f
Ah, I see. Right. I don't have any relatives there.
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RIGHT-OR-AGREED1A I1 NONE3 NONE9 MEMBER1^
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M
stimmt ich kein [MG] verwandte
1177860 | 61+m
She can collect money from everyone and get a driver’s licence, because she doesn’t have one yet.
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SELF1A* NONE2 DRIVING-LICENCE1 NONE9
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M
kein führerschein
1414563 | 31-45m
He stated that I was not politically active or spoke badly about the GDR.
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OVER-OR-ABOUT1 GDR4 DISCRIMINATION2* NONE9 $GEST-OFF1^
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M
über d-d-r [MG]
1584198 | 31-45m
After that she had to go back to work, though, and went through one ABM [job creation plan] after the other, but didn’t get a real job.
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FINISHED-EMPTY3* SOLID1 TO-WORK1* NONE9
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SHIT2
M
[MG] fest arbeit klappt nicht scheiße
1184089 | 61+m
I don't know exactly what was manipulated, but all the evidence was destroyed afterwards.
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TO-MAKE1* $GEST^ IN-ORDER-THAT2 NONE9 NO3B^*
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M
macht [MG] damit [MG] weg
1290126 | 31-45m
Actually, the separation and the border weren’t really necessary.
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BORDER1C NOT3B NONE9
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TO-DETACH1
M
grenze nicht
1245390 | 61+m
There is no book you could show it with.
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HENCE1* NONE9 $GEST-OFF1^
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$PROD TO-SAY1*
M
[MG] [MG]
Mouth: leer
Translational equivalents: to empty; empty
by transcript | by glosses | by right neighbours | by left neighbours
1177860 | 61+m
It will be used up.
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TO-TIDY1* EMPTY1* OFF-OR-TO-REMOVE-STH1A
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M
[MG] [MG] weg
1582399-… | 61+f
There was absolutely no one left.
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ALL1A EMPTY1*
L
M
alle [MG]
1290581 | 31-45m
I forgot, doesn’t matter now.
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TO-FORGET1* EMPTY1* WHATEVER3
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M
vergessen auch egal
1245356 | 61+m
When the hearing people had left, and only one daughter was staying, she was left stranded and eventually started signing with us.
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BUT1* ALONE1B* HEARING1A* EMPTY1* DAUGHTER1* BOTH2A*
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ALONE1B
M
[MG] [MG] alleine tochter
1181159 | 18-30m
Most of my classmates would sign and speak a little when he wasn’t there.
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$INDEX1 MOST1A* NOT-PRESENT1 EMPTY1* ONLY2A CLASS5* CLASS1*
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M
meist nicht da nur kla{sse}
1413925 | 46-60f
The next morning I was completely oblivious.
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EARLY-MORNING1 I2 HEAD1A* EMPTY1* $GEST^
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M
morgen früh [MG]
1291243 | 31-45f
If I don’t let them know and then don’t show up, people will wonder about where I am and why my workspace is empty.
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WHERE1A* TO-WORK1* PLACE9 EMPTY1* RIGHT-OR-AGREED1A*
L
M
wo arbeitsplatz stimmt nicht
1427114-… | 18-30m
Another time we were putting our feet up on the table. Nobody cared because there were no teachers.
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LOOSE1* THIS-AND-THAT3^* TEACHER2* EMPTY1* $GEST-OFF1^*
L
M
locker lehrer [MG]
1204691 | 61+f
Without sports, it’s not nice.
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EMPTY1 NOT3A $GEST-NM-SHAKE-HEAD1^
L
M
[MG] sport nicht schön
1204691 | 61+f
Without sports, it’s not nice.
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EMPTY1 SPORTS3A NOT3A* $GEST-NM-SHAKE-HEAD1^
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M
[MG] sport nicht schön
1244796 | 31-45m
And now: nothing.
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NOW3 EMPTY1
L
M
jetzt
1181602 | 18-30m
It wasn’t like that for me, I stood there by myself and didn’t know anyone.
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I2* EMPTY1 I2 NEW1A* TO-COME3*
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M
neu
1179868 | 46-60m
The whole place would be abandoned; no cars on the streets; quiet.
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PLANE3A^* CAR1* EMPTY1 PLANE1^* $INDEX1 $GEST-OFF1^
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M
[MG] auto [MG] [MG]
1291243 | 31-45f
Oh, I thought you waited until everyone has left and then take the picture.
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I1 TO-THINK1B EMPTY1 TO-REMOVE1A* PHOTO1* FLASH1
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M
dachte [MG] [MG] [MG]
1177860 | 61+m
And all the office’s employees have to be let go?
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ALSO3A TO-WORK1* EMPTY1 OFFICE2 $GEST-OFF1^
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M
auch arbeit [MG] büro
1177860 | 61+m
But the building has to be empty, and when the company has left it can be rented out.
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$INDEX1 MUST1 EMPTY1 COMPANY1A* TO-HIRE1A* TO-BUY1A
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M
muss leer firma
1177860 | 61+m
It has to be empty.
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MUST1 $GEST-OFF1^ EMPTY1 $$EXTRA-LING-ACT^
L
M
muss leer
1246344 | 61+m
And radio was not available, either.
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$LIST1:2of2d RADIO1B* EVERYTHING1A EMPTY1
L
M
und radio alles
1430396 | 46-60f
Nobody had told me, I had no idea. So of course I was a bit sad.
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I2 NONE7A* TO-LET-KNOW1A* EMPTY1 I1 BREAK-DOWN1A^* $GEST-OFF1^
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M
[MG] nichts darum [MG]
1204877 | 46-60m
But there was no interpreter. That’s how it was.
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PLUS1* INTERPRETER1* TO-HIRE1A EMPTY1 THATS-ALL1A
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M
plus dolmetscher [MG]
1433655 | 46-60m
I couldn’t develop my skills in German, really.
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GERMAN1* TO-BUILD-UP2 $GEST-OFF1^ EMPTY1 THIS-AND-THAT2^
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M
deutsch aufbauen [MG] [MG]
1177860 | 61+m
Once everything is empty, they will let the building to another company.
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$INDEX1 $INDEX1 $PROD EMPTY1 MOVEMENT-OBJECT2^* COMPANY1A
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$INDEX1
M
aber büro leer andere firma
1211082-… | 46-60f
As soon as I’m out of ideas I can copy some ideas from them.
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ALWAYS5A I1 IDEA2B EMPTY1 $INDEX1* COPY1A*
L
M
immer [MG] [MG] ab ab
1212176 | 46-60m
We never used the word 'Poland'.
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I1 WORD2 $ORAL^ EMPTY1
L
M
wort polen
1291636 | 61+m
Everyone had to leave until the basement was empty.
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$GEST-OFF1^ TO-GET1B^* $GEST-OFF1^ EMPTY1 TO-LET1*
L
M
egal [MG] [MG] [MG]
1413703 | 46-60m
Yes, all the money was gone.
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WHERE1A TO-TAKE-AWAY2* $GEST-OFF1^ EMPTY1 GONE-VANISHED1 $GEST-OFF1^
L
M
wo [MG]
1246344 | 61+m
We didn't understand the man at the microphone and there weren't even subtitles.
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$INDEX1 I1* SUBTITLES3* EMPTY1 $GEST-OFF1^
L
M
untertitel [MG]
1183846 | 31-45m
But then hearing people don't get a picture of what the life and the world behind this language look like.
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TO-SWARM1^ WHAT1B TO-SWARM1^ EMPTY1 $GEST-OFF1^
L
M
leer
1248090 | 31-45m
Back then I didn’t hold any offices at the club whatsoever!
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NONE4* DEPARTMENT2A AGENCY4 EMPTY1 $GEST-OFF1^*
L
M
nicht abteilungsamt [MG] nichts
1177860 | 61+m
When I think of your company’s premises, I think it would be a good idea to install a flea market once they are all empty.
R
HERE1 I1 TO-SEE1* EMPTY1 $INDEX1 TO-MATCH1 $INDEX1
L
M
[MG] [MG] leer passt
1291243 | 31-45f
When I came from the hallway and looked around, I noticed that the front door was gone.
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HOUSE1A TO-JOIN1^* DOOR1A* EMPTY1 $PROD
L
M
hauseingang tür leer [MG]
1244978 | 46-60m
There weren't any captions back in the days. I always liked series on TV.
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PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1 SUBTITLES2* EMPTY1 $GEST-OFF1^ TELEVISION1B
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ONLY2A
M
früher untertitel nur
