anything

anything
any·thing [ʼeniɵɪŋ] pron
indef pronoun, + sing vb
1) (each thing) alles;
\anything you like alles, was du willst;
let's go to a movie - pick \anything you like schauen wir uns einen Film an - such dir einfach einen aus;
she could be \anything between 30 and 40 [or from 30 to 40] zwischen 30 und 40 könnte sie echt alles sein;
he is \anything but racist er ist alles, nur kein Rassist!;
\anything and everything absolut alles
2) (something)
is there \anything I can do to help? kann ich irgendwie helfen?;
(in shop)
\anything else? darf es noch was sein?;
does it look \anything like an eagle? sieht das irgendwie wie ein Adler aus?;
hardly \anything kaum etwas;
not \anything much nicht viel
3) (nothing)
not \anything nichts;
not \anything like ... nicht annähernd ...;
it doesn't taste \anything like wine das schmeckt absolut nicht nach Wein;
no strings attached, you don't have to join up or \anything keinerlei Verpflichtungen, du musst weder beitreten noch sonst was
PHRASES:
\anything for a quiet life Hauptsache Ruhe (fam)
\anything goes (fam) erlaubt ist, was gefällt (fam)
when lots of kids from the neighbourhood come over for a party, \anything goes wenn viele Kinder aus der Nachbarschaft zu einer Party kommen, kann alles passieren;
[as] ... as \anything (fam) ausgesprochen ...;
not for \anything [in the world] um nichts in der Welt;
like \anything (fam) wie verrückt (fam)

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