yours

yours
[jɔ:z, Am jʊrz] pron
poss
1) (belonging to you) deine(r, s), Ihre(r, s);
this is my plate and that one's \yours dies ist mein Teller und der da ist deiner;
is this pen \yours? ist das dein Stift?;
unfortunately, my legs aren't as long as \yours leider sind meine Beine nicht so lang wie deine;
the choice is \yours Sie haben die Wahl;
what's \yours? (to drink) was möchtest du [trinken]?;
you and \yours du und deine Familie, du und die deinen (geh)
sth of \yours dein(e);
that recipe of \yours for cheesecake was wonderful! dein Rezept für Käsekuchen war wunderbar!;
you know, that dog of \yours smells weißt du, dein Hund stinkt;
it's no business of \yours das geht dich nichts an
2) (belonging to people in general)
someone else's dirty handkerchief is revolting but it's okay if it's \yours fremde schmutzige Taschentücher sind widerwärtig, das eigene ist aber okay
3) (at end of letter)
\yours [truly/sincerely/faithfully], ..., sincerely/faithfully \yours mit freundlichen Grüßen, ...;
\yours, as ever, Christiane in Liebe, deine Christiane
4) comm (your letter) Ihr Brief;
Mr Smythe has sent me \yours of the 15th inst. regarding the vacancy Mr Smythe hat mir Ihren Brief vom 15. des Monats betreffend der freien Stelle übermittelt
PHRASES:
up \yours! (vulg) leck mich! (derb)
\yours truly (fam) ich;
and who had to do the dishes? - \yours truly! und wer musste dann abwaschen? - ich natürlich!

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