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 | uneducated {adj} | 366 bildungsfern [euphem.] [ungebildet] |  |
 | lousy {adj} [coll.] [very bad] | 54 bescheiden [ugs.] [euphem.] [beschissen] |  |
 | Sugar! [coll.] [euphem.: shit] | 39 Scheibe! [ugs.] [euphem. für: Scheiße] |  |
 | Sugar! [coll.] [euphem.] [shit] | 33 Scheibenkleister! [ugs.] [euphem.] [Scheiße] |  |
| Verbs |
 | jobs to dismiss sb. | 60 jdn. freistellen [euphem.] [entlassen] |  |
 | to pass away [euphem.] [to die] | dahingehen [geh.] [euphem.] [sterben] |  |
 | to pass away [euphem.] [to die] | dahinscheiden [geh.] [euphem.] [sterben] |  |
 | to pass away [euphem.] [to die] | entschlafen [geh.] [euphem.] [sterben] |  |
 | to pass over [euphem.] [to die] | entschlafen [geh.] [euphem.] [sterben] |  |
 | to abstract sth. [euphem.] [steal] | etw.Akk. besorgen [ugs.] [euphem.] [stehlen] |  |
 | to pass away [euphem.] [to die] | heimgehen [geh.] [euphem.] [sterben] |  |
 | to pass away [euphem.] [to die] | hinfahren [veraltet] [euphem.] [sterben] |  |
 | jobs to make sb. redundant | jdn. freisetzen [euphem.] [entlassen] |  |
| Nouns |
 | departure from this life [euphem.] [death] | Abberufung {f} [geh.] [euphem.] [Tod] |  |
 | house of pleasure [euphem.] [brothel] | Freudenhaus {n} [euphem.] [veraltend] [Bordell] |  |
 | prostitution | Gunstgewerbe {n} [euphem.] |  |
 | pol. remigration [euphem.] [mass deportation] | Remigration {f} [euphem.] [Deportation] |  |
 | pol. preventive detention | Schutzhaft {f} [euphem.] |  |
 | stillborn child | Sternenkind {n} [euphem.] |  |
 | love hotel | Stundenhotel {n} [euphem.] [Hotel, in dem Paare stundenweise ein Zimmer mieten, um geschlechtlich zu verkehren] |  |
 | comfort women [euphem.] [forced prostitutes] | Trostfrauen {pl} [euphem.] [Zwangsprostituierte] |  |
| 2 Words: Others |
 | middling {adj} | (ganz) nett [euphem.] [mittelmäßig] |  |
 | a bit on the expensive side | etwas teurer [euphem.: ziemlich teuer] |  |
 | ample {adj} [euphem.] [fat, full-figured] | etwas üppig [euphem.] [übergewichtig, fett] |  |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
 | to pass away [euphem.] [to die] | abberufen werden [geh.] [euphem.] [sterben] |  |
 | to pass away peacefully [euphem.] [to die] | friedlich einschlafen [geh.] [euphem.] [sterben] |  |
 | to pass away peacefully [euphem.] | sanft entschlafen [geh.] [euphem.] |  |
 | to pass away peacefully [euphem.] | selig entschlafen [geh.] [euphem.] |  |
 | to be treated specially [cf. also the Nazi-term 'Sonderbehandlung'] | sonderbehandelt werden [auch euphem., vgl. „Sonderbehandlung“ als NS-Tarnbegriff] |  |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
 | enhanced interrogation techniques <EITs> [euphem. for certain types of torture] | erweiterte Verhörtechniken {pl} [euphem. für bestimmte Foltermethoden in den USA] |  |
 | permanent sleep [euphem. for death] | ewiger Schlaf {m} [euphem. für den Tod] |  |
 | weapons non-lethal weapons <NLW> | nichtletale Wirkmittel {pl} <NLW> [euphem.] |  |
 | enhanced interrogation techniques {pl} <EITs> [euphem. for certain types of torture] | verstärkte Verhörpraxis {f} [euphem. für bestimmte Foltermethoden in den USA] |  |
| 3 Words: Others |
 | less than thrilled {adj} | eher weniger begeistert [euphem.] |  |
 | cloth. for the fuller figure {adv} [euphem.] | für stärkere Damen [euphem.] [veraltend] |  |
 | sb. passed away [euphem.] [died] | jd. hat sichAkk. davongemacht [ugs.] [euphem.] [ist gestorben] |  |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
 | to pass on [euphem.] [to die] | das Zeitliche segnen [veraltend] [euphem.] [Redewendung] [sterben] |  |
 | to wash one's hands [euphem.] [go to the toilet] | mal (kurz) verschwinden [ugs.] [euphem.] [auf die Toilette gehen] |  |
 | to commit / attempt suicide | sichDat. etwas antun [ugs.] [euphem.] [Selbstmord begehen / einen Selbstmordversuch unternehmen] |  |
 | to do away with oneself | sichDat. etwas antun [ugs.] [euphem.] [Selbstmord begehen] |  |
 | to pass away [euphem.] [to die] | von uns gehen [euphem.] [sterben] |  |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
 | jobs redundancies {pl} [Br.] [dismissals] | Freisetzung {f} (von Arbeitskräften) [euphem.] [Entlassungen] |  |
| 4 Words: Verbs |
 | to be called (home) to one's Maker [euphem.] [to die] | (von Gott) abberufen werden [geh.] [euphem.] [sterben] |  |
 | to be called home to one's Lord [euphem.] [to die] | (von Gott) abberufen werden [geh.] [euphem.] [sterben] |  |
 | to come from a poor background | aus einfachen Verhältnissen stammen [euphem.] |  |
 | to do number one [coll.] [euphem.] [idiom] | ein kleines Geschäft verrichten [ugs.] [euphem.] [Redewendung] |  |
 | to find eternal rest [euphemism] | in die Ewigkeit eingehen [geh.] [euphem.] |  |
 | idiom to have sticky fingers | Mein und Dein verwechseln [euphem.] |  |
 | to meet one's maker / Maker [euphem., often hum.] [idiom] [to die] | vor seinen Schöpfer treten [euphem.] [geh.] [Redewendung] [sterben] |  |
| 5+ Words: Others |
 | Oh, he was a right old so-and-so, that Mr. Baker. [euphem.] | Ja, dieser Mr. Baker war ein richtiger alter Hm-hm. [euphem.] [ugs.] [eher mündlich; schriftlich eher: „...“, „***“] |  |
| 5+ Words: Verbs |
 | to be called home [Am.] | in die Ewigkeit abberufen werden [geh.] [euphem.] |  |
 | to be called from this mortal life | in die Ewigkeit abberufen werden [geh.] [euphem.] |  |
 | to be called to one's eternal rest | in die Ewigkeit abberufen werden [geh.] [euphem.] |  |
 | to be called to one's maker [literary] | in die Ewigkeit abberufen werden [geh.] [euphem.] |  |
 | idiom to have sticky fingers [fig.] | zwischen Mein und Dein nicht unterscheiden (können) [euphem.] [auch: zwischen Dein und Mein ...] |  |
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