abgefeimtesten
English translation: most cunning
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| 03:12 Dec 23, 2006 |
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|  Selected response from: David Hollywood Local time: 05:27 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | most cunning |
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| 3 +1 | most insidious |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1most cunning Explanation: I would say ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 mins (2006-12-23 03:36:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "abgefeimt" means "cunning" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 24 mins (2006-12-23 03:37:09 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or: "craftiest" ... "shrewdest" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 25 mins (2006-12-23 03:38:03 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "slickest" is another option ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 26 mins (2006-12-23 03:38:58 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- What are the slickest and most effective ways you have personally done (or seen others do) link ... By far, of these three slick ways, this is the slickest. ... forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?t=1131 - 122k - Cached - Similar pages -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 31 mins (2006-12-23 03:44:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- roguish, sly, slick, cunning. abgefeimt(bijv.nw. bijw.) as in `hinterhältig`:. roguish, villainous, blackguardly, scoundrelly ... www.all-dictionaries.com/translate/DE/EN/abgefeimt - 9k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 51 mins (2006-12-23 04:03:55 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I would go for "shrewdest" I think ..... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 52 mins (2006-12-23 04:05:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or even "astutest" astute: marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 54 mins (2006-12-23 04:06:54 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- there are so many good options ..... |
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11 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1most insidious Explanation: One good option David didn't come up with. |
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