Usage examples of "begin" in English with translation to German

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What time does school begin? Um welche Uhrzeit fängt die Schule an?

Now I begin to see Jetzt geht mir ein Licht auf

Let's begin at page 30. Fangen wir auf Seite 30 an.

George felt the train begin to move. George fühlte, wie sich der Zug in Bewegung setzte.

He didn't even begin to try Er versuchte es nicht einmal

When does the rainy season in Japan begin? Wann fängt in Japan die Regenzeit an?

Children begin school when they are six years old. Kinder kommen in die Schule, wenn sie sechs Jahre alt sind.

I can't wait for the weekend to begin. Ich warte ungeduldig auf dieses Wochenende.

We had better begin to prepare for the test. Am besten bereiten wir uns auf die Prüfung vor.

Fairy tales usually begin with the sentence "Once upon a time" and end with "...and if they didn't die, then they still live today." Märchen fangen gewöhnlich mit dem Satz "es war einmal..." an und enden mit "...und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind, dann leben sie noch heute".

"Tom! Do you realise that these sentences are very self-centred: They always either begin with or end with you! Even both!" she reproached Tom. "Tom! Ist dir klar, dass diese Sätze sehr egozentrisch sind? Sie fangen immer mit dir an oder hören mit dir auf! Sogar beides!", beschwerte sie sich bei Tom.

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