17:17 Jan 5, 2001 |
German to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | |||||||
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na | to be proud, to pride oneself |
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na | to pride oneself |
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na | credit oneself, boast, pride oneself |
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to be proud, to pride oneself Explanation: Vienna prides itself to own one of the leading theatres of the German language drama: the Burgtheater. |
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to pride oneself Explanation: Vienna can pride itself on the Burgtheater... zugute halten: to make allowances for/or, if used with the dative: sich einer Sache ruehmen, stolz auf etwas sein: to pride oneself HTH Muret Sanders |
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credit oneself, boast, pride oneself Explanation: as in: With the Burgtheater, Vienna boasts (or credits itself with having, or prides itself on having) one of the leading venues for German-language theater. The concept of credit seems implied with Gute. |
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