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Flashcards aus dem Buch - "Letters from an Old Railway Official To his Son, a Division Superintendent" (Charles DeLano Hine)
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Trainer
tractive
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Zug-
reinstatements
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standardizing
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standardisieren
yardmaster
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centralization
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dispatchers
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rawhides
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proverbially
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sprichwörtlich
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roundhouses
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repairers
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terseness
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verkennt
gainers
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permanency
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phonographic
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bureaux
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breastworks
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disinclination
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blunderers
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inveigh
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aufheben
roadbed
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outclass
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deklassieren
conciseness
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unbrauchbar
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debarred
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ausgeschlossen
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admiringly
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bewundernd
derails
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entgleisen
dispatcher's
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superintend
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beaufsichtigen
thriftiness
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sprawls
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inculcate
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einschätzen
hidebound
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clerks
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superintendents
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clearness
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latter's
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compunctions
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incommoded
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actuated
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betätigt
storekeeper
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criticises
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arithmetical
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arithmetisch
affectionately
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liebevoll
unlettered
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unbemerkt
brotherhoods
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vice-presidents
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chesterfield's
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sidings
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telegraphic
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telegraphisch
payrolls
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contrariness
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disburse
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firebox
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aufdringlich
conductors
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designations
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intermarry
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promoter's
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trainman
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requisites
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ohne Zögern
impracticable
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undurchführbar
iconoclasts
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unverbindlich
earnestness
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desirability
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