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1
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ashtray

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-a small metal or glass bowl for the ash from cigarettes

2
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boiler

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-a big metal container with a fire, used to provide hot water

3
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clerk

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-a person who works in a bank, office, or store

4
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coroner

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-an official responsible for the investigation of violent or
sudden deaths
->Gerichtsmediziner

5
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cripple

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-someone who cannot move their body properly because

of an injury, illness, or disease

6
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crutch

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-a long stick placed under the arm to help a person who has difficulty in walking

7
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duchess

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-the wife or widow of a duke

8
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executed put to death as a punishment

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-put to death as a punishment

9
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flashlight

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  • an electric torch

- > Taschenlampe

10
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fool

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  • deceive

- >täuschen

11
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governess

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-a woman employed by a family to educate their children

12
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graze

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  • a scratch or slight injury to the skin

- >schürfe

13
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gutting

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  • robbing, often accompanied by burning and destroying

- >ausnehmen, zerstören

14
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rifle

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  • a kind of long gun, usually held against the shoulder
15
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ruffle

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-to push a hand quickly and gently through someone’s hair
(often to show fondness for that person)
->zerzausen

16
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sane

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  • not mad

- >vernünftig

17
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inquest

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  • the official inquiry to find out the cause of someone’s death
  • > gerichtliche Untersuchung
18
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lawn

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  • an area of short, regularly cut grass in a garden or park

- >Rasen, Wiese

19
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mourning

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-showing great sadness and wearing dark clothes
because of someone’s death
->Trauer

20
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mugging

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-a street robbery


21
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nursery

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-a children’s room


22
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package

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  • a parcel

- >Paket, Päckchen

23
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parking-lot

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  • a car park
24
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pier

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  • a platform of wood or metal, built out into the sea

- >Seebrücke

25
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pump

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-to force liquid, air, etc. into or out of something


26
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purse

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  • a woman’s handbag


- >Geldbörse

27
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radiator

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  • something used to heat a room; part of a heating system

- >Heizung, Heizgerät

28
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range

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-a place where people can practice shooting guns

29
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wig

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-covering for the head made of false hair

30
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trigger

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-the part of a gun which you pull to fire it

31
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trailer

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  • a caravan

- >Wohnwagen

32
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stern

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  • the back of a boot

- >Heck