past

past
[pɑ:st, Am pæst] n
no pl
1) (not present) Vergangenheit f; (past life) Vorleben nt;
she was somebody with a \past sie war eine Frau mit Vergangenheit;
to have a \past eine [dubiose] Vergangenheit haben;
in the \past in der Vergangenheit, früher;
to live in the \past in der Vergangenheit leben
2) ling (in grammar) Vergangenheit[sform] f adj
inv
1) attr (preceding) vergangen;
(former) frühere(r, s);
I know this from \past experience ich weiß das aus meinen früheren Erfahrungen;
over the \past two days während der letzten beiden Tage;
centuries/years \past (liter) in früheren Jahrhunderten/Jahren;
the \past decade/year das letzte [o vergangene] Jahrzehnt/Jahr;
\past generations frühere Generationen;
sb's \past life jds Vorleben nt;
for the \past five weeks während der letzten fünf Wochen
2) (over) vorüber, vorbei;
what's \past is \past was vorbei ist, ist vorbei adv
inv vorbei, vorüber;
to go \past sb/sth an jdm/etw vorbeigehen; vehicle an jdm/etw vorbeifahren;
to jog \past vorbeilaufen
PHRASES:
to not put it \past sb to do sth jdn für fähig halten [o jdm zutrauen] , etw zu tun prep
1) (to other side) an +dat ... vorbei;
to go/drive/walk \past vorbeigehen/-fahren/-laufen;
(at other side) hinter +dat, nach +dat;
just \past the post office gleich hinter der Post
2) (after the hour of) nach +dat;
it's quarter \past five es ist Viertel nach Fünf
3) (beyond)
to be \past sth jenseits von etw dat sein;
it was \past description es war unbeschreiblich;
do what you want, I'm \past caring mach was du willst, mir ist es mittlerweile egal;
she's \past the age ... sie ist aus dem Alter heraus ...;
even though he's \past retirement age ... obwohl er schon über dem Rentenalter ist ...;
the meat was \past the expiration date das Fleisch hatte das Verfallsdatum überschritten;
to not put sth \past sb jdm etw akk zutrauen;
to be \past it (pej, hum) zu alt sein
4) (further than) über +akk ... hinaus;
he can't see \past the issue er kann einfach nicht über die Sache hinaus sehen;
I just can't get \past the idea ich werde den Gedanken einfach nicht los

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