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

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Wir haben alles im Griff. We have everything under control.

Wir haben alles fest im Griff. We have everything under control.

Eine Kältewelle griff Europa an. A cold spell gripped Europe.

Unsere Armee griff das Königreich an. Our army attacked the kingdom.

Die wütende Menschenmenge griff das Gebäude an. The angry mob attacked the building.

General Montcalm griff 1757 mehrere britische Forts an. General Montcalm attacked several British forts in 1757.

Eine Gruppe Jugendlicher griff den alten Mann an. A group of youths attacked the old man.

General Montcalm griff 1757 mehrere britische Festungen an. General Montcalm attacked several British forts in 1757.

Du kannst nicht in kurzer Zeit Englisch im Griff haben. You can not master English in a short time.

Ich habe die Aussprache des Englischen noch nicht in den Griff gekriegt. I still can't get the knack of English pronunciation.

Er war fast ein Jahr nüchtern geblieben, aber um Neujahr griff er wieder zur Flasche. He had been dry for almost a year, but he fell off the wagon around New Year's Day.

Um sein Publikum für sich zu gewinnen, griff der Redner auf die Anwendung rhetorischer Techniken zurück, die er in seinen Kommunikationskursen gelernt hatte. To win his audience, the speaker resorted to using rhetorical techniques he learned from his communication courses.

Der mystische Krake, der so dick wie ein Schiff und dreimal so breit war, griff einmal die Flotte von Christoph Kolumbus an... und hat Kolumbus keine andere Wahl gelassen, als ihn zu essen. The mythical Kraken, thick as a ship and three times as wide, once made an attack on Christopher Columbus's fleet... giving Columbus no choice but to eat him.

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