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eng (adj/adv)
   narrow; close; cramped, confined; tight, restricted

Das war eine Feier im engsten Kreise.
That was a party for close friends.
Dort wird die Straße sehr eng.
The road gets very narrow there.
Sie sind eng befreundet.
They are close friends.

Related:
die Enge narrowness, confinement
im engeren Sinne in the narrow sense
die engere Heimat one's home territory, the area one comes from
eng liiert seriously involved

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