kein Kraut war gewachsen
English translation: was in a class of her own
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| 08:31 Apr 1, 2011 |
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|  Selected response from: Norbert Hohl Australia Local time: 19:32 | ||||||
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| 3 +5 | was in a class of her own |
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| 3 +1 | unbeatable |
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| 3 +1 | there was no stopping |
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| 4 | no one could touch her |
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| 3 | no magic wand |
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| 3 | was not to be denied |
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Answers
32 mins confidence: 
no magic wand Explanation: existed |
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34 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1unbeatable Explanation: As far as I can tell, it means that there is "no medicine for that" (Leo.org offers "no cure for that"), but that would be strange here. You might consider turning the sentence around and write something like, "YYY, who ..., was unbeatable." |
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34 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1there was no stopping Explanation: there was (simply) no stopping yyy Dictionary of idioms http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=K8vfPe7x9PUC&pg=PA539&lpg... |
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42 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +5
peer agreement (net): +5was in a class of her own Explanation: gegen sie war kein Kraut gewachsen, meaning literally that no herbs (Kraeuter) or cure could possibly be found against her. |
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