English-German dictionary - Letter "A" - Page 10 a parenthetic remarka particular meala partition of the estate was carried outa partly disabled/incapacitated persona partnership of equals between A and Ba passage which is not innocenta passing fancya passionate desirea password combining capitals and special charactersa password consisting of a combination of capitals and lowercasesa patch of gardena patchwork of different stylesa pathetic buncha patient treated with outpatient physiotherapya PC with the facility to play DVDsa peaceful cohabitation between Israel and Palestinea pecuniary benefita pejorative terma pencilled portrait of sth.A penny for your thoughts.A penny is sometimes better spent than spared.a perennially neglected issuea perfect dreama performance on a smaller scale / in a smaller settinga permanent means for giving warninga person favourably disposed / inclined towards mea person having limited legal capacity/competencyA person is entitled to be maintained/supported only if he or she is unable to provide for himself or herself.A person is negligent/acts negligently when he fails to take reasonable care. / Negligence is a failure to take reasonable care.a person living in a dream worlda person of contradictionsa person of high standinga person of integritya person who is not interested in fashiona person who is regularly unable to sleepa person with no scruplesa person with regular featuresa person's bread-and-butter occupationa person's day joba perspective drawinga perverse decisiona petty officiala photo from Dorisa photo of Dorisa picaresque novela pick-and-mix assortmenta pick-and-mix programme of studya pickup banda pickup football gameA picture is given on the left of the text.A picture is worth a thousand words.a piece of ...a piece of advicea piece of cakea piece of dataa piece of fruit with a bite taken out of ita piece of kitchen papera pierced nosea pile of books due for shelvinga pillar of societya pinch of salta pint of beera pious hopea pita pit of miserya pitiful sighta place in the suna place scant of human habitationa place to resta place to stayA plague of squirrels is threatening our forests.a plain bread rolla plain croissanta plain-talking persona plainclothes police officera plant that will bloom reliably/dependablya plausible explanationa play by Shakespearea plea) A pleasant smell wafted through the air.a plum joba plump, motherly womana pocket of woola poignant remarka point suggested by a ministrya point-blank questiona pointed remarka police officer in plain clothesA police swoop netted 20 suspects.a policy that inures to the benefit of consumersA polished surface reflects light.a political consolidationa political imperativea political lightweighta political veer to the lefta pondering silencea ponderous persona poor policya poorly executed loba popular fallacya popular sayinga popular subject with 18th century paintersa popular topica posse of constables and soldiersa posterioria posteriori distributiona posteriori knowledgea posteriori testa pot of coffeea powerful allya practicable solutiona practicable timetablea prayer for peaceA precious mess!a precise instructiona precise terma pregnancy scarea preloved housea premonitory signa preposition governing dative or accusativea press conference in justification of his/her actionsa pressing emergencya primitive animala princely suma principled mana principled opposition to sth.a prioria priori distributiona priori knowledgea priori probabilityA private home is inviolable.a privy matterA prize will be given to whoever solves the riddle.a prodigiously talented musiciana prodigy of learninga product that is destined for a short lifea profuse apologya prolific breedA promise is a promise.A prompt reply would be appreciated.A prompt reply would oblige.a propertyA prophet has no honor in his own country.A prophet has no honour in his own country.A prophet is not without honor save in his own country.a proportionate housea protocol annexed to the Conventions/Treatiesa provable claima proven facta public authority's liabilitya public menacea punch below the belta punchy speecha puny argumenta puny attempta puny excusea put-up affaira put-up job