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ausarbeiten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • elaborate adjective Worked out with great care and detail; intricate or highly developed.
  • finesse noun Skilful and delicate handling of a difficult or sensitive situation.
  • flesh noun The soft tissue of a human or animal body, especially muscle and fat, as distinct from bone.
  • frame noun A rigid structure that supports or surrounds something, such as a picture, window, or building.
  • plot noun The sequence of events that make up a story, especially the way they are connected.

Senses

ausarbeiten is used for these senses in English:

  • elaborate (transitive) Тo develop in detail or complexity.
  • finesse (ambitransitive) To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way. [from mid 18th c.]
  • flesh (transitive) To reward (a hound, bird of prey etc.) with flesh of the animal killed, to excite it for further hunting; to train (an animal) to have an appetite for flesh.
  • frame (tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
  • plot (transitive, intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
  • work out (transitive) To develop or devise in detail; to elaborate.

elaborate — full definition

  1. adjective Worked out with great care and detail; intricate or highly developed.
  2. verb To add more detail or explanation to something already said.

finesse — full definition

  1. noun Skilful and delicate handling of a difficult or sensitive situation.
  2. verb To handle a tricky situation cleverly or skilfully, often to get around a problem.

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