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They take their impressions
Sie nehmen ihre Abdrücke in gewohnter Umgebung zuhause.
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in the comfort of their own home.
to make/take an impression
Costumers take their impressions in the comfort of their own home.
An unorthodox theory may soon
Eine unorthodoxe Theorie könnte bald auf den Prüfstand gestellt werden.
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be put to the test.
An unorthodox symbiotic theory about the origin of eukaryotes’ defining characteristic may soon be put to the test.
Several discoveries lined
Verschiedene Entdeckungen stehen im Einklang mit der Hypothese.
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up well with the hypothesis.
Since those early publications from Takemura and Bell, several discoveries have lined up well with the idea of a viral origin for the nucleus.
Our understanding of their evolution
Unser Wissen über ihre Evolution hat sich erweitert.
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has been broadened.
Whole branches of the giant virus family tree have been discovered broadening our understanding of their evolution.
Two decade's worth of advances should
Zwei jahrzehntelanger Fortschritt sollte Beweis in Reichweite bringen.
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bring evidence within reach.
But two decades’ worth of advances in technology may finally be bringing that evidence within reach.
It's not the done thing
Es ist allgemein unüblich, verspätet zu einer Besprechung zu erscheinen.
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to arrive late for a meeting.
Well-known as a watchmaking nation, most Swiss hotly defend their painstaking punctuality. It is not the done thing to arrive late for a business meeting.
The pandemic left survivors with an appetite
Die Verbliebenen der Pandemie waren hungrig auf ein rasantes Leben.
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to live at speed.
War had something to do with the Jazz Age’s lack of inhibition. So did the flu pandemic, which killed six times as many Americans and left survivors with an appetite to live the 1920s at speed.
Seized assets are to
Beschlagnahmte Güter müssen dem Staat «ausgehändigt werden».
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be handed over to the state.
Zuvor wurden beschlagnahmte Güter in ihrer Gesamtheit an die Bundesregierung ausgehändigt.
Previously, seized assets had been handed over to the federal government in their entirety.
The expenses are crucial
Diese Ausgaben sind entscheidend im Kampf gegen das Geschäft mit Methamphetamin.
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to combating methamphetamine dealing.
ˌmeθæmˈfetəmiːn/
These expenses are crucial to helping combat the county's extensive methamphetamine problem.
Too many innocent people
Zu viele Unschuldige fielen durch das Raster.
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fell through the cracks.
Too many innocent people have fallen through the cracks in a system that, until recently, has been far too heavily slanted in the government's favour.
This backdrop makes the achievement
Vor diesem Hintergrund erscheint das Erreichte umso bemerkenswerter.
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all the more remarkable.
Their unanimity on this point is all the more remarkable since in many other questions their discipline admits of a great diversity.
His complete works were performed
Sein Gesamtwerk wurde in einer Marathonveranstaltung auf einmal gespielt.
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in one marathon sweep.
In recent years, musicians have surveyed Messiaen's organ works over weeks or months, but the intrepid 27-year-old organist Paul Jacobs performed all of them in one marathon sweep.
This decision aid only displays
Diese Entscheidungshilfe zeigt nur die Eipollösung.
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the membrane sweep.
Among the methods of stimulating labor before 42 completed weeks, the Australian decision aid only displays the membrane sweep, whereas the British one additionally describes natural and alternative ways of labor stimulation.
Participants initially had objections
Teilnehmer hatten anfänglich Einwände gegen eine Einleitung der Geburt.
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against induction of labour.
Participants of this study initially had objections against induction of labour; however, once they had passed the “estimated date of delivery”, they changed their minds.
Purine metabolism involves
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Purines are found in high concentration in meat and meat products, especially internal organs such as liver and kidney.
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the formation of adenine and guanine.
Purine is a heterocyclic aromatic organic compound that consists of two rings.
If you're boarding a plane, you're
Falls sie gerade ein Flugzeug besteigen, werden Sie unfreundlich ausgeladen zu kommen.
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uncordially uninvited to come.
But if you're about to board a plane to party down with your family and friends, you are uncordially uninvited from the Victory Over COVID celebrations to come.
The obvious advantages of vaccination
Die offensichtlichen Vorteile der Impfung setzten sich letztendlich durch.
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in the end won out.
But the obvious advantages of vaccination and the protection it provided won out, and vaccination soon became widespread.
Reality has a way of
Die Wirklichkeit hat die Eigenart, den Idealfall zu verfehlen.
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falling short of the ideal.
Dies demonstriert nur das Ausmaß inwieweit die Untersuchung wissenschaftliche Standards verfehlt.
This is just a measure of the extent to which the research falls short of scientific standards.
Intransigence cannot be allowed
Rücksichtslose Unversöhnlichkeit darf Frieden nicht niederwalzen.
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to ride roughshod over peace.
“Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities. It calls for taking special care that all groups have a chance to fully participate in society and the political process.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Fanaticism, terrorism and intransigence cannot be allowed to ride roughshod over common sense and a just and dignified peace.
Copernicus made his theories known
Kopernikus veröffentlichte sein Theorien unter der Schirmherrschaft der Kirche.
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under the auspices of the Church.
And while it may be forgotten, it is under the auspices of the Catholic Church that Copernicus made his theories known.
He did not fear
Er fürchtete sich nicht, mich zum Narren zu halten.
Simplicio repeats almost verbatim arguments that the Pope himself made to Galileo nearly a decade before.
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to make sport of me.
Urban felt betrayed, and his long-held sympathy for Galileo evaporated. "He did not fear to make sport of me," the Pope declared.
The pope was said
Der Papst musste dafür empfänglich gewesen sein.
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to have been receptive about.
Pope Clement VII, who died about a decade before Copernicus, was said to have been receptive about the astronomer’s theories.
Though Maryland did not secede,
Obwohl Maryland nicht der Konföderation beitrat, waren viele seiner Bürger "südstaatenfreundlich".
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many of its citizens had Southern sympathies.
During the American Civil War (1861–65), though Maryland did not secede from the Union, many of its citizens had Southern sympathies.
They suffered greatly
Sie erfuhren großes Leid durch Christliche Welt.
On November 2, 1917, British Foreign Secretary Lord Arthur James Balfour wrote a letter to Lord Walter Rothschild. The contents of this letter became known as the Balfour Declaration.
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at the hands of the Christian world.
... he had been motivated by a desire to do something for the Jews, because they had suffered greatly at the hands of the Christian world...
The outbreak of the WWII
Durch den Ausbruch des 2. Weltkrieges wurde diese Angelegenheit hinfällig.
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rendered this issue moot.
This point was made moot by the outbreak of World War II and the founding of the State of Israel.

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