Kahlfraß
English translation: eat the place clean
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| 13:17 Apr 5, 2006 |
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|  Selected response from: David Hollywood Local time: 04:53 | ||||||
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| 3 +4 | stripped of vegetation |
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| 4 +1 | probably out of concern that the island locusts could eat the place clean |
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| 3 +1 | complete defoliation |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1complete defoliation Explanation: Kahlfraß is complete defoliation caused by insects such as locusts, but I'm sure there's a better way to put it. Muret-Sanders |
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14 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1probably out of concern that the island locusts could eat the place clean Explanation: less formal but the meaning IMO -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 mins (2006-04-05 13:34:15 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or: "presumably" for "vermutlich" |
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40 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4stripped of vegetation Explanation: I think this was what they mean here, i.e. could strip the island of (its) vegetation. Here's an example: "From March to October, 1915, a plague of locusts stripped areas in and around Palestine of almost all vegetation" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1915_Locust_Plague |
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