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A new approach aims at breaking the vicious circle of poverty and environmental destruction.
Durch einen neuartigen Ansatz soll der Kreislauf von Armut und Umweltzerstörung durchbrochen werden.
At least his back offered some protection from the thorny branches that kept catching at her clothes and scratching her face, like vicious animals with needle-sharp claws lying in wait in the dark.
Sein Rücken bot wenigstens etwas Schutz vor den dornigen Zweigen. Immer wieder verfingen sie sich in ihren Kleidern und zerkratzten ihr das Gesicht, wie bösartige Tiere, die mit nadelscharf gewetzten Krallen in der Dunkelheit lauerten.
Funke, Cornelia / InkheartFunke, Cornelia / Tintenherz
Tintenherz
Funke, Cornelia
© Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg 2003
Inkheart
Funke, Cornelia
© 2003 by Dressler Verlag
© 2003 by The Chicken House
Now and then one of his creations would die after taking only a few breaths, or would turn out vicious (the Chunk often had bandaged hands), but that didn't bother Orpheus.
Ab und zu starb, was er schuf, nach wenigen Atemzügen oder stellte sich als allzu bissig heraus (der Fleischberg hatte recht oft bandagierte Hände), aber Orpheus störte das nicht.
Funke, Cornelia / InkdeathFunke, Cornelia / Tintentod
Tintentod
Funke, Cornelia
© 2007 Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg
Inkdeath
Funke, Cornelia
©2007 by Dressler Verlag
©2008 by Anthea Bell
It was in that vicious night of June 11 that Captain Mike Martin collected his bullet.
In dieser schlimmen Nacht vom 11. auf den 12. Juni bekam Hauptmann Martin seine Kugel ab.
Forsyth, Frederick / The fist of godForsyth, Frederick / Die Faust Gottes
Die Faust Gottes
Forsyth, Frederick
© 1994 by Transworld Publisher Ltd., London
© 1994 by C. Bertelsmann Verlag, München
The fist of god
Forsyth, Frederick
© 1995 by Bantam Books

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vicious circle
Teufelskreis
vicious circle
Circulus vitiosus
vicious dog
bissiger Hund
vicious dog
bösartiger Hund
vicious habits
lasterhafte Gewohnheiten
vicious remark
boshafte Bemerkung