Word meanings in different language

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November 19, 2006 4:54pm CST
Got inspired from a recent post... These are words we use everyday... Check out their meaning in another language... German!Let me know what you think... If you have anymore from another language, hit me up!GIFT a present poison DANK chilly wet gratefulness, thanks STARK bare, grim, harsh strong KIND nice, generous a child HUT small building a hat ROCK a stone; to move back and forth a skirt STOCK a share in a company a cane MITTEN a glove in the middle SAGE a wise person say[first person, present tense]; also a saga LINKS plural of link, connections left[opposite to right] TOLL a charge for road usage fantastic BOOT a tall shoe boat LUNGE a sudden thrust lung GUT intestine or stomach good MIST light fog dung, manure NOT in no way an emergency LAST at the end freight, burden HANDY easy to handle cellular phone[new word] MOST superlative of many apple cider[Southern Germany, Austria] RIND a tough outer covering, of cheese for example an individual of cattle LOT a considerable quantity a plumb TALK speak talc BAD evil, harmful bath RAT a rodent advice TRUNK the nose of an elefant a drink (together with some people) LIED past tense of "to lie" a song HALL a large room a short echo FAST quickly almost BRIEF short a letter SAME identical, e.g., at the same time a seed BALD lacking of natural covering, e.g., hair soon SOLD past tense of "to sell" a soldier's salary LAG to fall behind past tense of "legen" (intransitive verb, i.e., lie) GLUT an oversupply embers LACK to be deficient lacquer WAR an armed conflict past tense of "sein" (to be) TOT a small child dead (adverb) TOTE to carry by hand as in tote-bag dead (adjective) GRAB to seize a grave LIST a sequence craftiness JAMMER one that jams misery KIPPER a fish cured in salt a dump truck STERN firm and unyielding a star SEE to behold with your eyes a lake ART The production of beautiful forms of sound or shape a species ANGEL a spiritual being attendant upon God a fishing rod BAT A flying mammal; a wooden club past tense of "bitten" (to ask for something) HAT a head covering third person present tense for "haben" (to have) MUTTER to speak indistinctly in a low voice mother LEG a lower extremity in a human imperative for "legen" (to lay) LOG the fallen trunk of a tree past tense of "lügen" (to lie) TEE a t-shaped peg to place a golf ball on tea MADE past tense of "to make" a maggot SUCH As in "such as" imperative for "suchen" (to search) LURCH to roll or pitch suddenly a salamander MARK a sign or visible impression marrow (like "Knochenmark" bone-marrow) QUALM a sensation of doubt, uneasiness ("to have no qualms about it") thick smoke MAUL to bruise or tear ("mauled by a wild animal") the mouth of an animal ("das Maul halten" to shut up) WELT a ridge or bump raised on the skin by a lash or blow the world
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