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Because she had lived for so many years in the extreme low gravity of Rendezvous, Jhy Okiah could never endure the oppressive tug of a planet again.
Jhy Okiah hatte viele Jahr lang in der sehr niedrigen Schwerkraft von Rendezvous gelebt und wäre nicht mehr imstande gewesen, die viel höhere Gravitation eines Planeten auszuhalten.
Anderson, Kevin / Horizon StormsAnderson, Kevin / Sonnenstürme
Sonnenstürme
Anderson, Kevin
© 2004 by WordFire, Inc.
© 2005 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München
Horizon Storms
Anderson, Kevin
© 2004 by WordFire, Inc.
He correctly pointed out that in England the qualifications for the franchise were absurd and anomalous as well as oppressive, and he emphasized that in France anyone paying taxes was (then) entitled to vote.
Ganz richtig wies er darauf hin, dass in England die Bedingungen für das Wahlrecht so absurd wie schikanös waren, und er hielt lobend dagegen, dass in Frankreich jeder, der Steuern zahlte, auch wahlberechtigt war.
Hitchens, Christopher / Thomas Paine's Rights of ManHitchens, Christopher / Thomas Paine's Rights of Man
Thomas Paine's Rights of Man
Hitchens, Christopher
© Christopher Hitchens 2006
© des Zitats von Bob Dylan. Dwarf Music 1968
© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munchen
Thomas Paine's Rights of Man
Hitchens, Christopher
© 2006 by Christopher Hitchens
© 1968 by Dwarf Music.
The language of the insane expressed a freedom from everyday conventions and oppressive laws.
Die Sprache der Geisteskranken brachte die Freiheit von den Konventionen des Alltags und von dessen tyrannischen Reglementierungen zum Ausdruck.
Aschheim, Steven E / The Nietzsche Legacy in Germany, 1890-1990Aschheim, Steven E / Nietzsche und die Deutschen
Nietzsche und die Deutschen
Aschheim, Steven E
© 1992 by The Regents of the University of California
© 2000 J. B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH in Stuttgart
The Nietzsche Legacy in Germany, 1890-1990
Aschheim, Steven E
© 1992 by The Regents of the University of California
Back inside the control room, he was immediately struck by an air of oppressive somberness.
Im Kontrollraum von Rheindic Co fiel ihm sofort die düstere Atmosphäre auf.
Anderson, Kevin / Horizon StormsAnderson, Kevin / Sonnenstürme
Sonnenstürme
Anderson, Kevin
© 2004 by WordFire, Inc.
© 2005 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München
Horizon Storms
Anderson, Kevin
© 2004 by WordFire, Inc.
Even with all the windows open Wladek was sweating from the oppressive heat while Mr. Pren- dergast remained quite cool and unperturbed.
Trotz des offenen Fensters schwitzte Wladek in der drückenden Hitze, während Mr. Prendergast kühl und gelassen blieb.
Archer, Jeffrey / Kane And AbelArcher, Jeffrey / Kain und Abel
Kain und Abel
Archer, Jeffrey
© 2004 by Verlagsgruppe Lübbe GmbH & Co. KG, Bergisch Gladbach
© 1979 by Jeffrey Archer
Kane And Abel
Archer, Jeffrey
© 1979 by Jeffrey Archer

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oppressive office atmosphere
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