English |
German |
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| brains; brain |
Verstand {m}; Grips {m}; Köpfchen {n} |
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| to puzzle; to rack one's brains |
rätseln {vt} | |
| puzzling; racking one's brains | rätselnd | |
| puzzled; racked one's brains |
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 |
Gehirn {n}; Hirn {n} [anat.] |
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| brains | Gehirne {pl}; Hirne {pl} | |
| idea |
Idee {f}; Begriff {m}; Meinung {f}; Anregung {f}; Plan {m} |
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| ideas |
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 |