Alles können, nichts müssen
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4 mins confidence: 
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peer agreement (net): +1| Alles können, nichts müssen. you can do all, but you needn't Explanation: mein Vorschlag |
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18 mins confidence:
| Alles können, nichts müssen. zilch imperative, the rest elective Explanation: Should catch the reader's attention. |
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18 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| Alles können, nichts müssen. Do what you want, even nothing at all. Explanation: Another try ... |
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21 mins confidence:
| Alles können, nichts müssen. Ad-lib allrounders Explanation: I interpret this as follows, but I may be wrong: Errare humanum est. They are looking for people to work with them and ideally these people need to be able to do everything, BUT they will not be forced to do something they do not like... |
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33 mins confidence:
| Alles können, nichts müssen. Do all you like or simply do nothing Explanation: my shot -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 37 mins (2006-09-26 10:51:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- possibly Be active or laze around - it'y your choice -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 38 mins (2006-09-26 10:51:42 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- it's |
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27 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +5
peer agreement (net): +5| Alles können, nichts müssen. explanation Explanation: It literally means 'everything is possible, and/but nothing is mantory/obligatory', but in this context it would mean something like 'We've got everything you could want -- and the choice is yours'. As travel writers tend to be slaves to cliches, you could probably garner some useful ideas from English-language resort hotel sites. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 53 mins (2006-09-26 11:06:47 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- make that 'mandatory' |
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