BEOLINGUS
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brains; brain [listen] Verstand {m}; Grips {m}; Köpfchen {n} [listen]

to puzzle; to rack one's brains [listen] rätseln {vt}

puzzling; racking one's brains rätselnd

puzzled; racked one's brains [listen] gerätselt

the brains behind (the operation) Hintermänner {pl}

the organisers of the fraud schemes die Hintermänner der Betrügereien

to have brains intelligent sein; Köpfchen haben

He has brains. Er hat Köpfchen.; Er hat Verstand.

WOMBAT : waste of money, brains, and time Verschwendung von Geld, Grips und Zeit

brain [listen] Gehirn {n}; Hirn {n} [anat.] [listen]

brains Gehirne {pl}; Hirne {pl}

idea [listen] Idee {f}; Begriff {m}; Meinung {f}; Anregung {f}; Plan {m} [listen] [listen] [listen] [listen] [listen]

ideas [listen] Ideen {pl}

a brilliant idea eine geniale Idee

idee fixe fixe Idee {f}

novel idea neue Idee

to be brim-full of new ideas vor neuen Ideen sprudeln

to be besotted with an idea von einer Idee besessen sein

to pick sb.'s brains jdn. um Ideen bitten