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seriously  adv 
a  (=earnestly) ernst 
[talk, interested, work] ernsthaft 
(=not jokingly) im Ernst 
to take sb/sth seriously  jdn/etw ernst nehmen 
to take oneself too seriously  sich selbst zu wichtig nehmen 
do you seriously want to do that?  wollen Sie das wirklich  or  im Ernst tun? 
seriously now/though ...  jetzt mal/aber mal ganz im Ernst ... 
but seriously, ...  aber jetzt mal im Ernst ... 
seriously?  im Ernst?, ernsthaft? 
do you mean that seriously?  meinen Sie das ernst?, ist das Ihr Ernst? 
he offered it quite seriously  er hat das ernstlich angeboten 
a play that deals seriously with the issue of divorce  ein Stück, das sich auf ernsthafte Weise mit Scheidungsfragen befasst 
b  (=critically) [wounded, damaged, ill, flooded] schwer 
[worried] ernstlich 
[deteriorate] bedenklich 
[threaten] ernsthaft 
he went seriously wrong  er hat einen schweren Fehler gemacht 
the takeoff went seriously wrong  beim Start ist etwas schlimm danebengegangen 
there is something seriously wrong with that  irgendetwas ist damit überhaupt nicht in Ordnung 
we are seriously short of water  bei uns herrscht schwerer  or  schlimmer Wassermangel 
c inf  (=really) ehrlich inf  
seriously rich   (person)  schwerreich 
I was beginning to get seriously annoyed  ich wurde langsam ernsthaft sauer inf  

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come to grips with sth exp. you consider it seriously.And you start taking actions and deal with it.   You come to grips more frequently and thorougnly with yourself and your environment than have do most people.

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