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dime [Am.] (ten-cent coin) [listen] Zehncentstück {n}; Zehncentmünze {f}

dimes Zehncentstücke {pl}; Zehncentmünzen {pl}

dime novel [Am.]; penny novel Romanheft {n} [lit.]

on a sixpence [Br.] [coll.]; on a dime [Am.] [coll.] punktgenau; auf engstem Raum {adv}

to be able to turn on a sixpence / dime (of a car) einen engen Wendekreis haben (Auto)

to turn on a sixpence / dime (of a driver) blitzschnell wenden (Fahrer)

to turn on a sixpence / dime (of a temper) blitzschnell umschlagen (Stimmung)

to turn on a sixpence / dime (of a politician) [fig.] eine Kehrtwende machen; sich um 180° drehen (Politiker) [übtr.]

shekel; dime [Am.] [listen] Groschen {m} (geringwertiges Geldstück) [fin.]

a few shekels; a few dimes ein paar Groschen

He didn't have a dime. Er hatte keinen Groschen.

five-and-dime; five-and-ten [Am.] Billigkaufhaus {n}

junk shop [Br.]; pound shop [Br.]; variety store [Am.]; dime store [Am.]; 99-cent store [Am.] [pej.] Billigladen {m}; Ramschladen {m}; 1-Euro-Shop {n} [pej.]

junk shops; pound shops; variety stores; dime stores; 99-cent stores Billigläden {pl}; Ramschläden {pl}; 1-Euro-Shops {pl}

cheak romance novel; dime-store romance novel [Am.]; pulp magazines; the pulps Romanheft {n}; Romanheftchen {n}

to be two a penny [Br.]; to be ten a penny [Br.]; to be a dime a dozen [Am.] wie Sand am Meer vorhanden sein {v} [übtr.]

Books like this are ten a penny / a dime a dozen. Bücher wie dieses gibt es wie Sand am Meer.

dime-sized {adj} [Am.] in der Größe einer Zehncentmünze

a dime [Am.] (ten cents) zehn Cent

to pay about a dime etwa zehn Cent bezahlen

novel [listen] Roman {m}; Langerzählung {f} [selten] [lit.]

novels Romane {pl}

adventure novel Abenteuerroman {m}

cloak-and-dagger novel Agentenroman {m}; Spionageroman {m}

medical romance novel; medical fiction Arztroman {m}

coming-of-age novel; bildungsroman Bildungsroman {m}

epistolary novel Briefroman {m}

private detective novel; private investigator novel; PI novel Detektivroman {m}

dialogue novel; dialog novel Dialogroman {m}

entwicklungsroman; development novel Entwicklungsroman {m}

fantasy novel Fantasy-Roman {m}

serial novel; serial [listen] Fortsetzungsroman {m}

photo comic; photonovel; fotonovela Fotoroman {m}

contemporary novel Gegenwartsroman {m}

penny dreadful; dime novel [Am.] Groschenroman {m}; Heftroman {m}; Hintertreppenroman {m}; Kitschroman {m}; Billigroman {m} [lit.]

penny dreadfuls; dime novels Groschenromane {pl}; Heftromane {pl}; Hintertreppenromane {pl}; Kitschromane {pl}; Billigromane {pl}

rural novel; regional novel Heimatroman {m}

serialized pulp novel Kolportageroman {m}

detective novel; mystery novel Kriminalroman {m} [lit.]

Künstlerroman; artist novel Künstlerroman {m}

short novel Kurzroman {m}

romantic novel Liebesroman {m}

write-along novel; collaborative novel Mitschreibroman {m}; Interaktivroman {m}

horror novel; Gothic novel Schauerroman {m}; Gruselroman {m} [lit.]

picaresque novel Schelmenroman {m}; pikarischer/pikaresker Roman

roman a clef Schlüsselroman {m}

funny novel Schmunzelroman {m}

trashy novel; pulp novel Schundroman {m}; Kitschroman {m}

sensation novel Sensationsroman {m}

novel of manners Sittenroman {m}

non-fiction novel Tatsachenroman {m}

science fiction novel; sci-fi novel Zukunftsroman {m}; Science-Fiction-Roman {m}