tall

tall
adjective
1) hoch; groß [Person, Tier]

grow tall — groß werden; wachsen

2) (coll.): (excessive)

a tall tale — eine unglaubwürdige Geschichte

that's a tall order — das ist ziemlich viel verlangt; see also academic.ru/71058/story">story I 1)

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[to:l]
adjective
1) ((of people and thin or narrow objects such as buildings or trees) higher than normal: a tall man/tree.) groß
2) ((of people) having a particular height: John is only four feet tall.) groß
- tallness
- a tall order
- a tall story
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tall
[tɔ:l]
adj
1. (high) building, fence, grass, ladder, tree hoch; person groß, hoch gewachsen
to be [or stand] six feet \tall 1,83 m groß sein
to be \tall in [or of] stature (form) von hoher Statur [o hohem Wuchs] sein geh
to grow \tall[er] [noch] wachsen, groß/größer werden
2. (fig: considerable) amount, price ziemlich [o fam ganz schön] hoch
3. (long) rod, stick lang
\tall blade/stalk langer Grashalm/Stängel
4. (fig: confident)
to stand [or walk] \tall selbstbewusst [o [selbst]sicher] auftreten
5. (fig: unlikely) unglaublich, haarsträubend
to spin \tall yarns, to tell \tall tales abenteuerliche Geschichten erzählen, Seemannsgarn spinnen
6. (fig: pretentious) talk, way of speaking großtuerisch, prahlerisch
7. (fig: difficult) problem schwer [o schwierig] [zu lösen]
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[tɔːl]
adj (+er)
1) person groß, lang (inf)

tall and slim — groß und schlank

how tall are you? — wie groß sind Sie?

he is 6 ft tall —

she's 5 cm taller than me, she's taller than me by 5 cm — sie ist 5 cm größer als ich

to stand 6 ft tall (person) — 1,80 m groß sein

a 6 ft tall man — ein 1,80 m großer Mann

to feel ten foot or feet tall (inf) — riesig stolz sein (inf); (after compliment also) um einen halben Meter wachsen (inf)

to stand tall — aufrecht dastehen

to walk tall — stolz einhergehen

2) building, tree, grass, glass, window hoch; mast lang, hoch
3) (inf)

that's a tall order — das ist ganz schön viel verlangt; (indignant also) das ist eine Zumutung

a tall story or tale — ein Märchen nt (inf)

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tall [tɔːl]
A adj
1. groß, hochgewachsen:
six feet tall sechs Fuß groß
2. hoch (Baum etc):
tall hat Zylinder(hut) m
3. lang (u. dünn)
4. umg
a) obs toll
b) großsprecherisch, -spurig
c) übertrieben, unglaublich (Geschichte etc):
that is a tall order das ist ein bisschen viel verlangt
B adv umg großspurig:
talk tall große Töne spucken umg
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adjective
1) hoch; groß [Person, Tier]

grow tall — groß werden; wachsen

2) (coll.): (excessive)

a tall tale — eine unglaubwürdige Geschichte

that's a tall order — das ist ziemlich viel verlangt; see also story I 1)

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adj.
groß adj.
schlank adj.

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