German | English | |
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Dubiose {n}; Dubioses | bad debt | |
Rechtsverdreher {m} [ugs.]; Winkeladvokat {m}; dubioser Anwalt {m}; Gauner {m} | shyster [coll.] | |
Rechtsverdreher {pl}; Winkeladvokate {pl}; dubiose Anwälte {pl}; Gauner {pl} | shysters | |
fast nie; fast gar nicht; nie; niemals | hardly ever; almost never | |
Er ist fast nie zu Hause. | He is hardly ever/almost never at home. | |
Du hast ja fast nichts gegessen. | You've hardly/scarcely eaten anything. | |
Ich höre das so oft, dass ich es fast schon selbst glaube. | I hear it so often that I've almost come to believe it myself. | |
Das sind dubiose - ich möchte fast sagen kriminelle - Methoden. | These are dubious - I would almost say criminal - methods. | |
unseriös; dubios; windig {adj} (Person) | disreputable; rogue (of a person) | |
dubiose Geldverleiher | rogue moneylenders | |
unseriöse Händler | rogue traders | |
korrupte Polizeibeamte | rogue police officers |