Translation
to manage, to get done; to create
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Word origin
From Old High German scaffan ('to create, to shape'), the same root that gives English to shape.
- Origin
- Old High German
- Root
- scaffan
- English cognates
- shape
Grammar
Examples
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I didn't manage to get it done today.
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She'll manage her degree in three years.
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God created heaven and earth.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 2: Words 411-420.