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bored

/bɔːd/ /bɔːɹd/

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verb

Langweilen

To inspire boredom in somebody.

Examples :

"The teacher's monotonous lectures bored the students. "

Die monotonen Vorträge des Lehrers langweilten die Schüler.

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verb

Bohren

To make a hole through something.

Examples :

"The carpenter bored a hole in the wood to insert the screw. "

Der Zimmermann bohrte ein Loch in das Holz, um die Schraube einzusetzen.

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verb

Bohren

To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.

Examples :

"An insect bores into a tree."

Ein Insekt bohrt sich in einen Baum.

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verb

Bohren

To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.

Examples :

"to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole"

Um einen Dampfzylinder oder einen Gewehrlauf zu bohren; um ein Loch zu bohren.

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verb

Bohren

To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.

Examples :

"The workers had to bore a tunnel through the mountain to complete the new road. "

Die Arbeiter mussten einen Tunnel durch den Berg bohren, um die neue Straße fertigzustellen.

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verb

Bohren

To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.

Examples :

"This timber does not bore well."

Dieses Holz lässt sich nicht gut bohren.

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verb

Sich mühsam vorarbeiten, sich durcharbeiten

To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.

Examples :

"The farmer bored a deep hole for the new well, pushing the shovel through the hard earth with laborious effort. "

Der Bauer arbeitete sich mühsam durch ein tiefes Loch für den neuen Brunnen und trieb die Schaufel mit mühsamer Anstrengung durch die harte Erde.

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verb

Sich aufbäumen

(of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.

Examples :

"The horse bored its nose in the air impatiently before the rider mounted it. "

Das Pferd bäumte sich ungeduldig auf, bevor der Reiter es bestieg.

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verb

Täuschen, betrügen

To fool; to trick.

Examples :

"The magician bored the audience with a clever trick, making them think a rabbit had appeared from thin air. "

Der Zauberer täuschte das Publikum mit einem cleveren Trick und ließ sie glauben, ein Kaninchen sei aus dem Nichts erschienen.

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adjective

Langweilig, gelangweilt

Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do

Examples :

"The long bus ride to school made Amelia bored; she fidgeted and looked out the window. "

Die lange Busfahrt zur Schule langweilte Amelia; sie zappelte herum und schaute aus dem Fenster.

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adjective

Langweilig, uninteressiert

Uninterested, without attention

Examples :

"The lecture was so dull that I felt bored. "

Die Vorlesung war so langweilig, dass ich mich gelangweilt fühlte.

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adjective

Durchlöchert, zerfressen

Perforated by a hole or holes (through bioerosion or other)

Examples :

"The old, weathered seashell was bored with tiny holes, evidence of marine organisms eating away at it. "

Die alte, verwitterte Muschel war mit winzigen Löchern durchlöchert, ein Beweis dafür, dass Meeresorganismen sie zerfressen hatten.

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