Usage examples of "sich grenzen" in German with translation to English

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Sein Witz grenzt an Beleidigung. His joke borders on insult.
Zweitausendfünfhundert britische Soldaten bewachten die Grenze. Twenty-five hundred British soldiers guarded the border.
Die Vereinigten Staaten grenzen an Kanada. The United States borders Canada.
Bis morgen sind wir über die Grenze. We'll be across the border by tomorrow.
Wir wohnen in der Nähe der Grenze. We live near the border.
Die Grenze zwischen den beiden Nachbarländern bleibt geschlossen. The border between the two neighbouring countries remains closed.
Ist dieser Satz wahr, grenzt Deutschland an China. If this sentence is true, then Germany borders China.
Mexiko ist ein Land, das an die Vereinigten Staaten grenzt. Mexico is a nation that borders the United States.
China hat Grenzen zu Pakistan, Indien, Afghanistan, Tadschikistan, Kirgisistan, Kasachstan, Nordkorea, Laos, Vietnam, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, zur Mongolei und zu Russland. China shares borders with Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Laos, Vietnam, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Mongolia and Russia.
Brian hat die Absicht, sich beim Geldausgeben strikte Grenzen zu setzen. Brian intends to strictly limit the money he uses.
Jeder hat das Recht auf Meinungsfreiheit und freie Meinungsäußerung; dieses Recht schließt die Freiheit ein, Meinungen ungehindert anzuhängen sowie über Medien jeder Art und ohne Rücksicht auf Grenzen Informationen und Gedankengut zu suchen, zu empfangen und zu verbreiten. Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
Sie hat sich umgeschaut. She looked around.
Sie kennt ihre Grenzen. She knows her limitations.
Der Verlust beläuft sich auf mehr als eine Millionen Dollar. The loss adds up to more than one million dollar.
Ihre Trägheit übersteigt die Grenzen der Geduld. His laziness is past the margin of endurance.
Sie ärgert sich über mich. She is very annoyed with me.
Sie wollte ihre Grenzen austesten. She wanted to test her limits.
Tom putzt sich die Nase. Tom is wiping his nose.
Er wollte seine Grenzen austesten. He wanted to test his limits.
Tom und sein Cousin machten sich selbstständig. Tom and his cousin went into business together.
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