tolerable

tolerable
adjective
1) (endurable) erträglich (to, for für)
2) (fairly good) leidlich; annehmbar
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adjective
1) (able to be borne or endured: The heat was barely tolerable.) leidlich
2) (quite good: The food was tolerable.) die Toleranz
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tol·er·able
[ˈtɒlərəbl̩, AM ˈtɑ:lɚ-]
adj erträglich; (fairly good) annehmbar, [ganz] passabel
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['tɒlərəbl]
adj (lit)
pain, noise level etc erträglich; (fig = not too bad also) annehmbar, leidlich, passabel (inf)

to keep sth at a tolerable level —

how are you? – tolerable — wie gehts dir? – ganz leidlich or passabel (inf)

to be tolerable to sb — für jdn annehmbar sein

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tolerable [ˈtɒlərəbl; US ˈtɑ-] adj (adv tolerably)
1. erträglich (Leben, Schmerzen etc)
2. leidlich, mittelmäßig, erträglich
3. how are you? tolerable umg so lala;
he felt tolerably secure umg er fühlte sich einigermaßen sicher
4. TECH zulässig (Fehler, Limit etc)
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adjective
1) (endurable) erträglich (to, for für)
2) (fairly good) leidlich; annehmbar
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adj.
erträglich adj.
verträglich adj.

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