want

want
[wɒnt, Am wɑ:nt] n
1) (need) Bedürfnis nt;
to be in \want of sth etw benötigen [o brauchen];
2) no pl (lack) Mangel m;
the time of \want in the prison camp had broken her health die entbehrungsreiche Zeit, die sie im Gefangenenlager durchlitten hatte, hatte ihre Gesundheit zerstört;
to live in \want Not leiden;
for [or from] \want of sth aus Mangel an etw dat, mangels einer S. gen;
it won't be for \want of trying zumindest haben wir es dann versucht;
for \want of anything better to do, ... da ich nichts Besseres zu tun hatte, ... vt
1) (wish)
to \want sth etw wünschen [o wollen]; (politely) etw mögen;
(impolitely) etw haben wollen;
what do you \want out of life? was willst du vom Leben?;
I don't \want any more tea, thanks ich möchte keinen Tee mehr, danke;
to \want sb (to see) nach jdm verlangen;
(to speak to) jdn verlangen;
(sexually) jdn begehren;
to \want sb to do sth wollen, dass jd etw tut;
do you \want me to take you to the station? soll ich dich zum Bahnhof bringen?;
to \want sth done wünschen, dass etw getan wird;
to be \wanted by the police polizeilich gesucht werden;
to \want to do sth etw tun wollen;
what do you \want to eat? was möchtest du essen?;
I \want to be picked up at the airport at about nine o'clock ich möchte gegen neun Uhr vom Flughafen abgeholt werden
2) (need)
to \want sb/sth jdn/etw brauchen;
your hair \wants doing du solltest mal wieder zum Friseur gehen;
you'll \want a coat on du wirst einen Mantel brauchen;
to be \wanted gebraucht werden
3) (fam: should)
to \want to do sth etw tun sollen;
you \want to tell him before it's too late du solltest es ihm sagen, bevor es zu spät ist;
you \want to turn left here at the next traffic lights Sie müssen hier an der nächsten Ampel links abbiegen
PHRASES:
to \want one's head seen to [or examined] (esp Brit) sich akk mal auf seinen Geisteszustand untersuchen lassen müssen (hum) (fam)
to not \want any part of sth nichts mit etw dat zu tun haben wollen;
to \want one's pound of flesh Genugtuung verlangen (geh)
to \want one's share [or slice] of the cake seinen Anteil fordern, sein Stück vom Kuchen abhaben wollen (fam)
to \want it [or everything] [or things] both ways alles wollen;
to have sb where one \wants him/her jdn da haben, wo man ihn/sie haben will;
to not \want to know (prefer ignorance) nichts [davon] wissen wollen;
(feign ignorance) so tun, als ob man nichts davon wüsste;
waste not, \want not (not, \want not) spare in der Zeit, dann hast du in der Not (prov) vi
1) (form: lack)
sb \wants for nothing jdm fehlt es an nichts
2) (fam: [not] be part of)
to \want in [on sth] [bei etw dat] dabei [o mit von der Partie] sein wollen;
to \want out [of sth] [aus etw dat] aussteigen wollen (fam)

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