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What's the difference between "verständlicherweise" & "selbstverständlich"?
Verständlicherweise (as does the English translation understandably) means, that you can agree after having thought about it or having taken the viewpoint.
Selbstverständlich (obviously being a close ...
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Catch up with someone: Aufholen or Einholen?
You "einholen" somebody who's in front of you, and you "aufholen" the distance between the two of you.
Mein Freund ist schon früher losgegangen, aber ich kann ihn noch einholen.
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