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blank; pur; rein; schier [geh.]; bar [geh.] [selten] {adj} (in reinster Form) ![[listen]](/pics/s1.png "rein"){kind=small} |
sheer; pure; plain; arrant [dated] |
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| blanker Hohn | sheer/pure mockery |
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| die reine Wahrheit | the plain truth | |
| aus reiner Bosheit | from sheer malice | |
| Es war purer Zufall. | It was sheer/pure coincidence. | |
| Das ist blanker Unsinn. | That is sheer/pure nonsense. | |
| Dieses Argument ist reine Rhetorik. | This argument is pure / arrant rhetoric. |