Usage examples of "tot stechen" 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.
Der Jäger schoss den Fuchs tot. The hunter shot the fox dead.
Jede Ähnlichkeit mit wirklichen Menschen, lebendig oder tot, ist reiner Zufall. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
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.
Eines Tages wirst du aufwachen und dich tot vorfinden. Someday, you'll wake up and find yourself dead.
Sie muss tot sein. She must be dead.
Sie ist seit zehn Jahren tot. She has been dead for ten years.
Ich schlage die Zeit tot. I'm killing time.
Bob sagte seinem Freund: "Der Vogel ist tot." Bob said to his friend: "The bird is dead."
Sie sind alle tot. They are all dead.
Entweder ist der Mann tot oder meine Uhr ist stehengeblieben. Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped.
Tatsächlich ist ein halbes Auge sehr nützlich, denn mit einem halben Auge kann ein Tier die Hälfte von einem anderen Tier sehen, das es auffressen will, und ihm aus dem Weg gehen, und es wird selber das Tier fressen, das nur ein Drittel-Auge oder nur 49% eines Auges hat, weil dieses ihm nicht schnell genug aus dem Weg gehen wird, und das Tier, das aufgefressen wurde, wird keine Kinder bekommen, weil es tot ist. Half an eye is very useful actually, because an animal can see half of another animal, which wants to eat it, and can get out of the way, and it will eat the animal, which has only one-half eye or only 49% of an eye, because this to it will not be enough, and the animal, which was eaten up, will have no children, because it is dead.
Sie schlug die Zeit tot, indem sie eine Zeitschrift las, während sie wartete. She killed time reading a magazine while she waited.
Spiel nicht tot. Don't play dead.
Meine Eltern sind tot. Both of my parents are dead.
Ich konnte mich nicht damit abfinden, dass meine Frau tatsächlich tot war. I could not accept that my wife was really dead.
Glauben Sie, dass er tot ist? Do you think he is dead?
Der Hund ist tot. The dog is dead.
Treffen sich zwei Jäger: Beide tot. Two hunters meet: both are dead.
Er ist tot und nun begraben. He is dead and buried now.
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