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thru
(Amer.) see academic.ru/74786/through">through
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[Ɵru:]
(American)
(short for through.)
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thru
[θru:]
prep, adv, adj usu AM (fam) see through
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(US) [ɵruː]
1. prep
1) (place) durch

he couldn't get through the hedge — er konnte nicht durch die Hecke durchkommen or (hin)durchschlüpfen

to listen through the door — durch die (geschlossene) Tür mithören, lauschen

he was shot through the head — er bekam einen Kopfschuss

he went right through the red light — er ist bei Rot einfach durchgefahren

he has come through many hardships —

we're through that stage now — wir sind jetzt durch dieses Stadium hindurch

to be halfway through a book — ein Buch halb or zur Hälfte durchhaben (inf)

that happens halfway/three-quarters of the way through the book — das passiert in der Mitte/im letzten Viertel des Buches

2)

(time) all through his life — sein ganzes Leben lang

he won't live through the night — er wird die Nacht nicht überleben

he worked through the night — er hat die Nacht durchgearbeitet

he lives there through the week — er wohnt da während or unter (dial) der Woche or die Woche über

he slept through the film —

all through the autumn — den ganzen Herbst über or hindurch

3) (US: up to and including) bis (einschließlich)

Monday through Friday — von Montag bis (einschließlich) Freitag

4) (= means, agency) durch

or mail (US)

it happened through no fault of mine or my own — es geschah nicht durch meine Schuld

absent through illness — abwesend wegen Krankheit

through neglect — durch Nachlässigkeit

to act through fear — aus Angst handeln

he spoke through an interpreter — er wurde gedolmetscht

2. adv
(time, place) durch

he's a liar/gentleman through and through — er ist durch und durch verlogen/ein Gentleman

to sleep all night through — die ganze Nacht durchschlafen

did you stay right through? (Brit) — sind Sie bis zum Schluss geblieben?

they stayed through until Thursday (Brit)

he knew all through what I was getting at — er wusste die ganze Zeit (über), worauf ich hinauswollte

to let sb through — jdn durchlassen

to be wet through — durch und durch or bis auf die Haut nass sein

to read sth through — etw durchlesen

he's through in the other office — er ist (drüben) im anderen Büro

the train goes through to Berlin — der Zug fährt bis nach Berlin durch

3. adj pred
1)

(= finished) to be through with sb/sth — mit jdm/etw fertig sein (inf)

I'm through with him — der ist für mich gestorben or erledigt, ich bin fertig mit ihm (all inf)

I'm through with that kind of work —

you're through, Kowalski, fired are you through? — wir sind mit Ihnen fertig, Kowalski, Sie fliegen! sind Sie fertig?

2) (Brit TELEC)

to be through (to sb/London) — mit jdm/London verbunden sein

to get through (to sb/London) — zu jdm/nach London durchkommen

you're through, caller — Ihre Verbindung!, Ihr Gespräch!

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thru US umg für through
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(Amer.) see through

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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