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Brille

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Manchmal ist das Glas wirklich aus Glas, heute ist aber auch oft aus Plastik.

Sometimes the glass is really made of glass, but today it is also often made of plastic.

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Plastik
plastic (material) no plural plastic (synthetic material); sculpture B1/ˈplastɪk/

Grammar in this text

Word order with 'auch'

heute ist aber auch oft aus Plastik

'auch' is placed after the conjugated verb 'ist' and before the adverb 'oft' to mean 'also'.

Contrast with 'aber'

Manchmal ist das Glas wirklich aus Glas, heute ist aber auch oft aus Plastik.

'aber' introduces a contrasting statement, meaning 'but'.

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