Usage examples of "zum opfer fallen" in German with translation to English

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Ich kann die Angelegenheit nicht fallen lassen. I can't let the matter drop.
Der Feuerwehrmann half dem Opfer des Autounfalls. The firefighter helped the car-accident victim.
Er ließ seine Bücher auf den Boden fallen. He let his books fall to the floor.
Junge Männer neigen dazu, Opfer ihrer eigenen Gier zu werden. Young men are apt to fall a victim to their own avarice.
Wir haben Fallen ausgelegt, um Kakerlaken zu fangen. We set out traps for catching cockroaches.
Das angeschossene Opfer ist gerade noch am Leben. The shooting victim is alive, but just barely.
Lasst eure Waffen fallen! Drop your weapons!
Der Einbrecher bedrohte das Opfer mit seiner Pistole. The burglar pointed his gun at the victim.
Dort wartet die Spinne darauf, dass kleine Insekten wie Schmetterlinge oder Libellen in die Fallen gehen. There the spider waits for small insects like butterflies and dragonflies to be trapped.
Tom ist das Opfer eines schrecklichen Verbrechens. Tom is the victim of a terrible crime.
Im Herbst verändern die Blätter ihre Farbe und fallen ab. In autumn, leaves change their color and fall.
Er wurde ein Opfer seines eigenen Ehrgeizes. He fell a victim to his own ambition.
Lass deine Waffen fallen! Drop your weapons!
Niemand wusste sein Opfer zu schätzen. Nobody appreciated his sacrifice.
Erbsen mag ich nicht. Die fallen mir immer vom Messer. I don't like peas. They always fall off the knife.
Das Opfer wurde von Hunden verstümmelt. The victim was crippled by dogs.
Alle Äpfel, die zu Boden fallen, werden von den Schweinen gefressen. All of the apples that fall are eaten by the pigs.
Es gehört zu den Klischees jedes Krimis, dass das Opfer natürlich "mit einem stumpfen Gegenstand" erschlagen wurde. One of the clichés of each detective story is that the victim has obviously been hit "with a blunt object".
Er ließ die Anchovis fallen. He dropped the anchovies.
Sie erbrachten viele Opfer, um ein eigenes Haus zu erwerben. They made many sacrifices to get their own house.
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