Usage examples of "tot schweigen" in German with translation to English

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Er wurde überfahren, und war auf der Stelle tot. He was run over and killed on the spot.
Schweigen bedeutet Zustimmung. Silence gives consent.
Der Jäger schoss den Fuchs tot. The hunter shot the fox dead.
Sein Schweigen hat mich überrascht. His silence surprised me.
Jede Ähnlichkeit mit wirklichen Menschen, lebendig oder tot, ist reiner Zufall. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Ich interpretierte sein Schweigen als Zustimmung. I interpreted his silence as consent.
Sei lieber fünf Minuten lang feige als ein Leben lang tot! It is better to be a coward for five minutes than dead for the rest of your life.
Sie gab mir ein Zeichen, zu schweigen. She motioned me to hold my tongue.
Eines Tages wirst du aufwachen und dich tot vorfinden. Someday, you'll wake up and find yourself dead.
Schweigen ist Gold, aber nicht, wenn man versucht, eine Fremdsprache zu erlernen. Silence is golden, but not when trying to learn a foreign language.
Sie muss tot sein. She must be dead.
Es herrschte Schweigen. There was a silence.
Sie ist seit zehn Jahren tot. She has been dead for ten years.
Sieh ihr Schweigen nicht als Zustimmung. Don't interpret their silence as obedience.
Ich schlage die Zeit tot. I'm killing time.
Bringt ihn zum Schweigen, bevor er etwas berichtenswertes aufdeckt. Silence him before he uncovers anything newsworthy.
Bob sagte seinem Freund: "Der Vogel ist tot." Bob said to his friend: "The bird is dead."
Es herrschte betretenes Schweigen. There was an awkward pause.
Sie sind alle tot. They are all dead.
Mein Schweigen machte sie noch wütender. She got all the more angry for my silence.
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