as stratified as a sedimentary rock face
German translation: festgefahren in ihren Standesurteilen und Klassenbewusstsein
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| 16:03 Aug 29, 2006 |
| English to German translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Margaret Thatcher's biography | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Ingeborg Gowans (X) Canada Local time: 14:48 | ||||||
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| 3 +2 | festgefahren in ihren Standesurteilen und Klassenbewusstsein |
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| 3 | unverrueckbar wie ein Felsen |
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| 3 | s.u. |
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| 3 | in einzelne Schichten getrennt wie ein Fels aus Ablagerungsgestein |
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2 hrs confidence: 
unverrueckbar wie ein Felsen Explanation: I gather from the context that the idea here is: a town that is completely unaffected by change and is inflexible in many ways... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs (2006-08-29 20:17:41 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- o.k. My comment is a bit off, I guess; I should have stated more clearly the rigid class structure that was prevalent |
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4 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
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