GERMAN · C1WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

abstreifen

slip off; strip off

An der Haustür streifte sie die nassen Handschuhe ab, bevor sie ihrem Vater half, die unhandlichen Einkaufstaschen in die Küche zu tragen.

At the front door, she slipped off her wet gloves before helping her father carry the unwieldy shopping bags into the kitchen.

shed; cast off

Den Ruf des unzuverlässigen Kollegen konnte er erst abstreifen, als er über längere Zeit nachweisbar einhielt, was er zugesagt hatte.

He was only able to shed his reputation as an unreliable colleague when he demonstrably kept his promises over a sustained period.

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