Usage examples of "time past" in English with translation to German

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I finally have time to reply to the mail that I have received these past three weeks. Endlich habe ich Zeit, die Post zu beantworten, die ich in den letzten drei Wochen erhalten habe.
She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons — because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin. Sie wurde gerade eine Generation nach der Sklaverei geboren ; in einer Zeit, als es keine Autos auf der Straße und keine Flugzeuge am Himmel gab ; als jemand wie sie aus zwei Gründen nicht wählen konnte — weil sie eine Frau ist und wegen ihrer Hautfarbe.
There is no future without the past. Ohne Vergangenheit gibt es keine Zukunft
What time do you go home? Wann gehst du nach Hause?
I don't care about your past. Deine Vergangenheit interessiert mich nicht.
Tom is wasting time Tom vergeudet seine Zeit.
Our policy is to build for the future, not the past. Unser Grundsatz ist, die Zukunft zu gestalten, nicht die Vergangenheit.
We must make up for lost time. Wir müssen die verlorene Zeit aufholen.
He has a checkered past. Er hat eine bewegte Vergangenheit.
Time for action! Zeit für eine Maßnahme.
There has been no rain here for the past two weeks. Es gab hier in den letzten zwei Wochen keinen Regen.
"Learn from your mistakes" and "Experience is the best teacher" they say, but in the long run even the best teacher gets mad, if he or she has too much to teach in too little time. "Lern aus deinen Fehlern" und "Erfahrung ist der beste Lehrer" so sagt man, doch letzten Endes verliert selbst der beste Lehrer den Verstand, wenn er zu viel in zu kurzer Zeit unterrichten muss.
The days after that flew past. Die Tage danach vergingen wie im Flug.
It is time to stop watching television. Es ist Zeit, mit dem Fernsehen aufzuhören.
One cannot erase the past. Man kann die Vergangenheit nicht auslöschen.
I can't afford the time for a journey. Die Zeit für eine Reise kann ich mir nicht leisten.
Tom wants to know more about Mary's past. Tom will mehr über Marys Vergangenheit erfahren.
The small town, abandoned long ago, seems frozen in time. In der kleinen Stadt, die vor langer Zeit aufgegeben wurde, scheint die Zeit stehengeblieben zu sein.
Tom rushed past me. Tom eilte an mir vorbei.
I think it's time for me to sharpen my pencil. Ich denke, es ist an der Zeit, dass ich meinen Bleistift anspitze.
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