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Sentence:

"Demokratie ist, wenn zwei Wölfe und ein Schaf über die nächste Mahlzeit abstimmen." - Benjamin Franklin

English Translation:

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch."

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Words used:

democracy (Pl: democracies)

/dɪˈmɒkrəsɪ/

Demokratie

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I

/aɪ/

ich

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two

/tuː/

zwei, 2

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wolf (Pl: wolves)

/wʊlf/

Wolf

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and

/ænd/

/ənd/

und

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a

/ə/

/eɪ/

ein, eine

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lamb

/læm/

Lamm, Schäfchen

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vote

/vəʊt/

1. Stimme 2. wählen

Here: wählen

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on

/ɒn/

1. an, in, bei 2. eingeschaltet

Here: an, in, bei

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what

/wɒt/

1. was 2. welcher

Here: was, welcher

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to

/tʊ/

zu, an, auf, nach, bis

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have

/hæv/

hast, habt, haben, habe

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for

/fɔː/

1. für 2. seit 3. denn

Here: für

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lunch (Pl: lunches)

/lʌntʃ/

Mittagessen

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