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Old 11-19-2007, 08:15 AM
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Re: Arabic: الدين.com- Religion or Debt?

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Originally Posted by DomainDialect
How is it possible to mean both?

Think about an english word like drag, with several unrelated meanings:

Help me drag the tent over here.

This job is such a drag anymore.

Let me have a drag from your smoke, man.

etc.


Equally, in German, the word zug has many meanings:

1. a drag from a cigarette
2. a strong wind
3. a train
4. to pull

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