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He stopped walking and looked to his right, into a step cut into the bluff by hundreds of centuries of erosion.Er blieb stehen und sah nach rechts auf eine Stufe, die Jahrhunderte der Erosion in das Steilufer gegraben hatten.Bear, Greg / Darwin's ChildrenBear, Greg / Die Darwin-KinderDie Darwin-KinderBear, Greg© 2003 Greg Bear© Elsevier GmbH, MünchenDarwin's ChildrenBear, Greg© 2003 by Greg Bear
You intended to demonstrate an ability to bluff and counter-bluff, thus showing multiple levels of cognition which -‘Sie hätten die Fähigkeit von Täuschung und Gegen-Täuschung bewusst demonstriert und somit mehrere Stufen der Kognition gezeigt, die .«Baxter, Stephen / OriginBaxter, Stephen / UrsprungUrsprungBaxter, Stephen© 2001 by Stephen Baxter© 2003 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KG, MünchenOriginBaxter, Stephen© 2002 by Stephen Baxter
Inasmuch as there was seldom more than one telephone to a block in New Orleans in 1931, the bluff was safe.Da es 1931 in New Orleans selten mehr als einen Telefonanschluß pro Häuserblock gab, war das ein sicherer Bluff.Algren, Nelson / A Walk on the Wild SideAlgren, Nelson / Wildnis des LebensWildnis des LebensAlgren, Nelson© 1956 by Nelson Algren© 1988 by Zweitausendeins, Postfach, D-6000 Frankfurt am Main 61A Walk on the Wild SideAlgren, Nelson© 1956 by Nelson Algren© renewed 1984 by the Estate of Nelson Algren
At the time it had seemed little more than an outrageous bluff, a scare tactic.Daniel hatte das für einen Bluff gehalten, für den Versuch, ihn zu erschrecken.Anderson, Kevin / Scattered SunsAnderson, Kevin / Gefallene SonnenGefallene SonnenAnderson, Kevin© 2006 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München© 2005 by WordFire, Inc.Scattered SunsAnderson, Kevin© 2005 by WordFire, Inc.
My father, bluff and outspoken, left no doubt where he stood in the historic battle between reason and unreason.Mein Vater stellte unmißverständlich und geradeheraus klar, auf welcher Seite er in der historischen Schlacht zwischen Vernunft und Unvernunft stand.Gay, Peter / My German Question: Growing Up in Nazi BerlinGay, Peter / Meine deutsche Frage. Jugend in Berlin 1933 - 1939Meine deutsche Frage. Jugend in Berlin 1933 - 1939Gay, Peter© 1998 by Peter Gay© С. Н. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Oscar Bеcк), Munchen 1999My German Question: Growing Up in Nazi BerlinGay, Peter© 1998 by Peter Gay
Arcas carried one of the small chairs behind his tent, where he could watch the sky color as the sun sank below the cracked bluffs on the horizon.Er trug einen kleinen Stuhl hinter sein Zelt, um zu beobachten, wie der Himmel dunkler wurde, wenn die Sonne hinter den zerklüfteten Steilhängen am Horizont unterging.Anderson, Kevin / Hidden EmpireAnderson, Kevin / Das ImperiumDas ImperiumAnderson, Kevin© 2002 by WordFire Inc.© 2003 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KGHidden EmpireAnderson, Kevin© 2002 by WordFire, Inc.
A report from north-west Germany claimed that even most of Hitler's fanatical supporters were against a war, believed Hitler's peace protestations and thought he was bluffing in the Sudeten question.In einem Report aus Nordwestdeutschland wurde behauptet, selbst die fanatischsten Hitler-Anhänger seien gegen einen Krieg, glaubten Hitlers Friedensbeteuerungen und seien überzeugt, daß er in der Sudetenfrage bluffe.Kershaw, Ian / The Hitler MythKershaw, Ian / Der Hitler-MythosDer Hitler-MythosKershaw, Ian© 1987 Ian Kershaw© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe: 1999 Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, StuttgartThe Hitler MythKershaw, Ian© Ian Kershaw 1987
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bluff package
Mogelpackung
seaside bluffs
Uferklippen
Word forms
bluff
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | bluff | bluffs |
Possessive case | bluff's | bluffs' |
bluff
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | bluffed |
Imperative | bluff |
Present Participle (Participle I) | bluffing |
Past Participle (Participle II) | bluffed |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I bluff | we bluff |
you bluff | you bluff |
he/she/it bluffs | they bluff |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am bluffing | we are bluffing |
you are bluffing | you are bluffing |
he/she/it is bluffing | they are bluffing |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have bluffed | we have bluffed |
you have bluffed | you have bluffed |
he/she/it has bluffed | they have bluffed |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been bluffing | we have been bluffing |
you have been bluffing | you have been bluffing |
he/she/it has been bluffing | they have been bluffing |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I bluffed | we bluffed |
you bluffed | you bluffed |
he/she/it bluffed | they bluffed |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was bluffing | we were bluffing |
you were bluffing | you were bluffing |
he/she/it was bluffing | they were bluffing |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had bluffed | we had bluffed |
you had bluffed | you had bluffed |
he/she/it had bluffed | they had bluffed |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been bluffing | we had been bluffing |
you had been bluffing | you had been bluffing |
he/she/it had been bluffing | they had been bluffing |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will bluff | we shall/will bluff |
you will bluff | you will bluff |
he/she/it will bluff | they will bluff |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be bluffing | we shall/will be bluffing |
you will be bluffing | you will be bluffing |
he/she/it will be bluffing | they will be bluffing |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have bluffed | we shall/will have bluffed |
you will have bluffed | you will have bluffed |
he/she/it will have bluffed | they will have bluffed |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been bluffing | we shall/will have been bluffing |
you will have been bluffing | you will have been bluffing |
he/she/it will have been bluffing | they will have been bluffing |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would bluff | we should/would bluff |
you would bluff | you would bluff |
he/she/it would bluff | they would bluff |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be bluffing | we should/would be bluffing |
you would be bluffing | you would be bluffing |
he/she/it would be bluffing | they would be bluffing |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have bluffed | we should/would have bluffed |
you would have bluffed | you would have bluffed |
he/she/it would have bluffed | they would have bluffed |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been bluffing | we should/would have been bluffing |
you would have been bluffing | you would have been bluffing |
he/she/it would have been bluffing | they would have been bluffing |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am bluffed | we are bluffed |
you are bluffed | you are bluffed |
he/she/it is bluffed | they are bluffed |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being bluffed | we are being bluffed |
you are being bluffed | you are being bluffed |
he/she/it is being bluffed | they are being bluffed |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been bluffed | we have been bluffed |
you have been bluffed | you have been bluffed |
he/she/it has been bluffed | they have been bluffed |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was bluffed | we were bluffed |
you were bluffed | you were bluffed |
he/she/it was bluffed | they were bluffed |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being bluffed | we were being bluffed |
you were being bluffed | you were being bluffed |
he/she/it was being bluffed | they were being bluffed |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been bluffed | we had been bluffed |
you had been bluffed | you had been bluffed |
he/she/it had been bluffed | they had been bluffed |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be bluffed | we shall/will be bluffed |
you will be bluffed | you will be bluffed |
he/she/it will be bluffed | they will be bluffed |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been bluffed | we shall/will have been bluffed |
you will have been bluffed | you will have been bluffed |
he/she/it will have been bluffed | they will have been bluffed |