pill

pill
noun
1) Tablette, die; Pille, die (ugs.)

be on pills — Tabletten einnehmen müssen

2) (coll.): (contraceptive)

the pill or Pill — die Pille (ugs.)

be on the pill — die Pille nehmen (ugs.)

3) (fig.): (unpleasant thing)

swallow the pill — die [bittere] Pille schlucken (ugs.)

sweeten the pill — die bittere Pille versüßen (ugs.)

be a bitter pill [to swallow] — eine bittere Pille od. bitter sein

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[pil]
noun
(a small ball or tablet of medicine, to be swallowed: She took a pill; sleeping-pills.) die Pille
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pill
[pɪl]
I. n
1. (tablet) Tablette f
to swallow/take a \pill eine Tablette schlucken/nehmen
2. (contraceptive)
the \pill die Pille
to be on the \pill die Pille nehmen
3.
to be a hard \pill to swallow eine bittere Pille sein
to sweeten [or sugar] the \pill die Sache ein bisschen versüßen
II. vi of fabric fusseln
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[pɪl]
n
1) Tablette f

the pill — die Pille

to be/go on the pill — die Pille nehmen

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2) (sl: ball) Pille f (sl)
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pill [pıl]
A s
1. Pille f (auch fig):
a bitter pill (for sb) to swallow fig eine bittere Pille (für jemanden);
gild (oder sugar, sweeten) the pill die bittere Pille versüßen;
swallow the pill
a) die (bittere) Pille schlucken,
b) in den sauren Apfel beißen
2. sl Brechmittel n, Ekel n (Person)
3. SPORT sl (Golf- etc) Ball m
4. the pill MED, PHARM umg die (Antibaby)Pille:
be (oder go) on the pill die Pille nehmen
5. pl vulg Eier pl (Hoden)
B v/t sl jemanden (bei einer Wahl) ablehnen, durchfallen lassen:
he was pilled er fiel durch
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noun
1) Tablette, die; Pille, die (ugs.)

be on pills — Tabletten einnehmen müssen

2) (coll.): (contraceptive)

the pill or Pill — die Pille (ugs.)

be on the pill — die Pille nehmen (ugs.)

3) (fig.): (unpleasant thing)

swallow the pill — die [bittere] Pille schlucken (ugs.)

sweeten the pill — die bittere Pille versüßen (ugs.)

be a bitter pill [to swallow] — eine bittere Pille od. bitter sein

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n.
Pille -n f.
Tablette -n f.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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