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	German	English
	Barthaar {n}	whisker; hair of the beard
	um Haaresbreite; um ein Haar; ganz knapp	by a whisker; by a hair
	Er hat das Rennen ganz knapp gewonnen/verloren.	He won/lost the race by a whisker.
	Die Mannschaft stand ganz knapp vor dem Sieg.	The team was only a whisker away from victory.
	Sie stand knapp davor, gekündigt zu werden.	She came within a whisker of getting fired.
	Er wäre um ein Haar auf dem Operationstisch gestorben.	He came within a whisker of dying on the operating table.
	(im weichen Untergrund) einsinken; versinken {vi}	to bog down; to get bogged down; to get mired down (stuck in soft ground)
	einsinkend; versinkend	bogging down; getting bogged down; getting mired down
	eingesunken; versunken	bogged down; got bogged down; got mired down
	Der LKW versank im Schlamm.	The lorry got bogged down in the mud.