English | German | |
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Colloquial | ||
Colloquial | to refuse | refüsieren [v] |
English | German | |
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General | ||
General | an offer too good to refuse | ein Angebot, zu gut um es abzulehnen [n] |
General | to refuse something flatly | etwas radikal ablehnen [v] |
General | to refuse point-blank | rundweg ablehnen [v] |
Phrases | ||
Phrases | to refuse something on the grounds that ... | etwas mit der Begründung verweigern, dass ... |
Business | ||
Business | to refuse delivery of something | die Herausgabe verweigern |
Business | whether to refuse such documents | ob solche Dokumente abzulehnen sind |
Business | decides to refuse the documents | entscheidet sich die Dokumente abzulehnen |
Business Correspondence | ||
Business Correspondence | to refuse something | etwas ablehnen |
Business Correspondence | to refuse to accept the goods | die Annahme der Ware verweigern |
Law | ||
Law | to refuse to give evidence | die Aussage verweigern [v] |