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die Brust (Brüste)
   chest; breast; breaststroke (das Brustschwimmen)

Wer nur läuft, vernachlässigt so wichtige Bereiche wie Brust-, Bauch- und Rückenmuskeln.
Anyone who just runs is neglecting such important areas as the chest, stomach and back muscles.
Er hat einen zur Brust genommen.
He had a drink or two.
Zehn Monate Haft für Ehefrau, die Mann Messer in die Brust stach‎
Ten months in prison for wife who stabbed husband in chest ("stabbed knife in the chest")

Related Words:
das Brustbild half-length portrait
das Brusthaar hair on the chest
der Brustkrebs breast cancer
die Brustschmerzen chest pain(s)
die Brusttasche breast pocket
brusttief chest-deep, up to one's chest
ein Kind an die Brust nehmen to nurse a baby, breastfeed a baby
mit geschwellter Brust proud as a peacock, proud as Punch
sich an die Brust schlagen to beat one's chest/breast
sich an jds Brust ausweinen to cry on sb's shoulder (chest)
der Busen bosom, bust; bodice

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