baggage

Gepäck

Die Taschen und Koffer, die man auf Reisen mitnimmt, samt ihrem Inhalt.

In einfachem Englisch: The bags you take when travelling, and the things inside them.

• Where is my baggage?
• We checked our baggage before the flight.
• The airline lost two pieces of baggage.

Synonyme: luggage

Häufige Wendungen: checked baggage, baggage claim, baggage allowance, carry baggage

emotionaler Ballast

Unangenehme Gefühle oder Erinnerungen aus der Vergangenheit, die einen weiterhin belasten.

In einfachem Englisch: Unpleasant feelings or memories from the past that you still carry with you.

• She carries a lot of emotional baggage.
• He brought baggage from an old relationship into this one.
• Therapy helped me deal with my childhood baggage.

So benutzt man es: baggage from something (He still carries baggage from his childhood.)

Synonyme: emotional burden

Häufige Wendungen: emotional baggage, carry baggage, baggage from something, personal baggage

Heeresgepäck, Tross

Ausrüstung und Vorräte, die eine Armee bei einem Ortswechsel mitführt.

In einfachem Englisch: The equipment and supplies an army takes with it when moving.

• The army left its baggage behind.
• Soldiers guarded the baggage train during the march.
• Enemy riders captured several baggage wagons.

Synonyme: equipment, supplies

Häufige Wendungen: baggage train, army baggage, baggage wagons