Usage examples of "compensatory time-off" in English with translation to German

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When was the last time you fell off the bed? Wann bist du das letzte Mal aus dem Bett gefallen?
I think it's time for me to shove off. Ich glaube, es ist Zeit abzuhauen.
Autumn is just around the corner. It's about time the weather started cooling off. Der Herbst ist nahe. Es war Zeit, dass sich das Wetter abkühlt.
Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols. Die Zeit hat keine Trennlinien, um ihren Fortlauf anzuzeigen. Es gibt nie ein Gewitter oder einen Fanfarenstoß, um den Beginn eines neuen Monats oder Jahres anzuzeigen. Sogar wenn ein neues Jahrhundert beginnt, sind es nur wir Sterblichen, die Glocken läuten und Pistolen abfeuern.
The airplane took off on time. Das Flugzeug ist pünktlich abgeflogen.
The new highway shaves almost an hour off my commute time. Die neue Autobahn reduziert meine Fahrtzeit um fast eine Stunde.
I was off duty at the time. Ich war zu dieser Zeit nicht im Dienst.
Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the proximity of objects around them. Blinde entwickeln manchmal eine ausgleichende Fähigkeit, die Nähe der Gegenstände um sie herum zu spüren.
He can't take his eyes off her. Er kann seine Augen nicht von ihr abwenden.
What time do you go home? Wann gehst du nach Hause?
They heard a gun go off in the distance. Sie hörten, wie in der Ferne ein Gewehr abgefeuert wurde.
Tom is wasting time Tom vergeudet seine Zeit.
It's ludicrous to continue business operations while selling off bit by bit the land on which your business depends. Es ist einfach lächerlich, seine Geschäfte weiterzuführen, während man schrittweise das Land verkauft, von dem diese Geschäfte abhängig sind.
We must make up for lost time. Wir müssen die verlorene Zeit aufholen.
A big car flew off the road today. Heute wurde ein großes Auto über den Straßenrand hinausgetragen.
Time for action! Zeit für eine Maßnahme.
Keep off the grass. Betreten des Rasens verboten.
"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 train ran off the tracks. Der Zug entgleiste.
It is time to stop watching television. Es ist Zeit, mit dem Fernsehen aufzuhören.
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