Sentence examples of "stand for" in English
"What does U.F.O. stand for?" "It means Unidentified Flying Object, I guess."
"Wofür steht 'Ufo'?" — "Ich glaube, es bedeutet 'unbekanntes Flugobjekt'."
The cat is licking the candle stand out of love for the candle.
Zwecks Liebe zur Kerze leckt die Katze am Kerzenständer.
Graters are good for cheese, potatoes, ginger, and other things you might need little shreds of.
Reiben sind gut für Käse, Kartoffeln, Ingwer und andere Dinge, von denen man kleine Schnitzel brauchen könnte.
I lost the watch my sister had given me for my birthday.
Ich habe die Uhr verloren, die mir meine Schwester zum Geburtstag geschenkt hatte.
It is impossible for me to finish my term paper by tomorrow.
Es ist unmöglich für mich, meine Semesterarbeit bis morgen fertig zu haben.
When you stand so close to death, knowing that it will not touch you, you feel something special!
Wenn man dem Tode so nahe ist und doch weiß: er wird einen nicht berühren, so empfindet man etwas Besonderes.
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