Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| at a lower price | billiger | ||||||
| cheap adj. | billig | ||||||
| inexpensive adj. | billig | ||||||
| chintzy - cheap adj. | billig | ||||||
| low-cost adj. | billig | ||||||
| tacky adj. | billig | ||||||
| brummagem or: Brummagem adj. | billig | ||||||
| fair adj. | billig | ||||||
| low-budget adj. | billig | ||||||
| low-priced adj. | billig | ||||||
| low priced | billig | ||||||
| at a cheap rate | billig | ||||||
| reasonable adj. | billig - angemessen | ||||||
| at a very low price | sehr billig | ||||||
Possible base forms | |||||||
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| billiger | |||||||
| billig (Adjective) | |||||||
Nouns | |||||||
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| knick-knack or: nick-nack, knickknack, nicknack | billiger Schmuck | ||||||
| trinkets pl. | billiger Schmuck | ||||||
| bargain shop | billiger Laden | ||||||
| plonk (Brit.) [coll.] | billiger Wein | ||||||
| bottom shelf liquor | billiger Fusel [coll.] | ||||||
| cheap jack [fig.] | billiger Jakob [fig.] | ||||||
| easy money [FINAN.] | billiger Kredit | ||||||
| cheap credit [FINAN.] | billiger Kredit [Banking] | ||||||
| knock-out price | billiger Preis | ||||||
| diffusion line | das Billig-Label pl.: die Billig-Labels - Mode | ||||||
| trinket | billiges Schmuckstück | ||||||
| five-and-ten (Amer.) | billiges Kaufhaus | ||||||
| greasy spoon | billiges Schnellrestaurant | ||||||
| cheesy compliments | billige Komplimente | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| to cheapen | cheapened, cheapened | | billiger werden | wurde, geworden/worden | | ||||||
| to become cheaper | became, become | | billiger werden | wurde, geworden/worden | | ||||||
| to mark sth. ⇔ down | etw.acc. billiger auszeichnen | zeichnete aus, ausgezeichnet | | ||||||
| to dump sth. | dumped, dumped | | etw.acc. billig abstoßen | stieß ab, abgestoßen | | ||||||
| to buy best | billigst kaufen | kaufte, gekauft | | ||||||
| to deal in cheap goods | dealt, dealt | | mit billiger Ware handeln | handelte, gehandelt | | ||||||
| to be only half the price | um die Hälfte billiger sein | war, gewesen | | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| dirt cheap | wie billiger Ramsch | ||||||
| equitable adj. | recht und billig | ||||||
| That's only fair. | Das ist nur recht und billig. | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| at a cheaper price | zu einem billigeren Preis | ||||||
| All this cheap and tawdry jewelry.AE All this cheap and tawdry jewellery.BE | All dieser billige Flitterkram. | ||||||
| We have tickets in the nosebleed section. [SPORT.] | Wir haben Karten für die billigsten Plätze ganz oben. | ||||||
| No comments from the peanut gallery! [sl.] | Ruhe auf den billigen Plätzen! | ||||||
| Quiet in the cheap seats! [sl.] | Ruhe auf den billigen Plätzen! | ||||||
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Orthographically similar words | |
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Grammar |
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| Ungleichheit Im Englischen kann man ungleiche Eigenschaften o.Ä. in einem Vergleich wie folgt ausdrücken:→ ... Komparativ des Adjektivs / Adverbs + than ... → ... not as / not so* + Positiv des… |
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