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Geisel
hostage
German
German
English
English
Gei·sel <-, -n> [ˈgaizl̩] N f
Geisel
jdn als Geisel nehmen
[jdm] Geiseln/jdn als Geisel stellen
eine Geisel loskaufen
IS-Geisel f
English
English
German
German
Geisel f <-, -n>
jdn als Geisel festhalten/nehmen
eine Geisel nehmen
to hold sb to [or Am for]ransom
jdn als Geisel [fest]halten
eine Geisel nehmen
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Da die Täter inzwischen fünf Geiseln hatten, entschlossen sie sich, die Türen des Geschäfts zu verschließen.
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Weiterhin möchte Hoquincourt der Schlossbesatzung die Besichtigung der fertigen Mine durch Stellung französischer Geiseln ermöglichen.
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Als das Ultimatum abläuft, werden die Geiseln in einem Steinbruch nahe der Stadt erschossen.
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Sie drohten damit, falls die Geiseln nicht freigelassen würden, Dörfer anzuzünden.
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Dorthin sind die Geiselnehmer bereits ohne Wissen der Polizei mit den drei restlichen Geiseln aus der Bank geflüchtet.
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Mit seinem Werk macht uns der Künstler deutlich, dass wir alle "Geiseln" dieses globalen Systems sind, das uns manipuliert.
universes-in-universe.org
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With his work, the artist tells us that we are all the "hostages" of this global system that manipulates us.
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Nach langen Diskussionen zwang er die Inder die gewünschten Gewürze und Seidentücher zu liefern in dem er kurzerhand einige Geiseln nahm.
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www.seemotive.de
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After long discussions and negotiations he forced the Indians to supply the needed spice by taking some hostages.
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Neue, in malaiischer Sprache gedrehte Filme die eine urbane Realität ohne inneren Zusammenhalt abbilden, was charakteristisch für das heutige Malaysia ist, kollidieren mit einer nostalgischen Sehnsucht nach einfacheren, ruhigeren Zeiten, in denen der religiöse Glaube noch keine Geisel der konjunkturellen Entwicklungen in China und Indien war.
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universes-in-universe.org
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New Malay-language cinema pitched at the mixed up urban reality that is Malaysia today is colliding with a nostalgia for simpler, more sedate times where religious faith was not held hostage by investment booms moving off to China and India.
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Die Serie Otages (Geiseln) entstand 2007.
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universes-in-universe.org
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The series Otages (Hostages) was made in 2007.
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Sozusagen hat Flickr meine ersten 32 Bilder als Geisel genommen Okay, okay, lange Rede, kurzer Sinn.
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zoe-delay.de
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Flickr is my first, so to speak 32 Pictures taken hostage Okay, okay, Long Rede, short of it.
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