Usage examples of "seit langem" in German with translation to English

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Ich habe ihn seit Langem nicht gesehen. I haven't seen him for a long time.
Ich bitte dich, verzeih mir, dass ich seit langem nicht geschrieben habe. Please forgive me for not having written for a long time.
Vor Kurzem ging ich auf meinem Nachhauseweg von der Schule in eine Gebrauchtbuchhandlung und fand dort zufällig ein Buch, nach dem ich schon seit Langem gesucht hatte. The other day I stopped at a secondhand bookstore on my way home from school and happened to find a book I had been looking for for a long time.
Du hättest das seit langem erledigen können. You should have completed it long ago.
Das sind die besten Neuigkeiten, die ich seit langem gehört habe. That's the best news I've heard in a long time.
Ein Dackel ist ein deutscher Hund mit langem Körper und kurzen Beinen. A dachshund is a dog from Germany with a very long body and short legs.
Er ist schon seit geraumer Zeit auf dem Klo. He's already been in the toilet for quite a while.
Nach langem Zwist versöhnt fanden sich Tom und Mary in der Mitte dieses Satzes wieder. Having made it up, following a long quarrel, Tom and Mary found themselves in the middle of this sentence.
Ich bin seit gestern beschäftigt. I have been busy since yesterday.
Ich kenne diesen Deutschen mit langem Bart. I know that German with a long beard.
Nun bin ich dran, seit ich den Geburtstag meiner Frau vergessen habe. My wife has had it in for me since I forgot her birthday.
Die grosse Frage, die nie beantwortet worden ist und die ich trotz dreißig Jahre langem Forschen in der weiblichen Seele nie habe beantworten können, ist die: Was will das Weib? The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is "What does a woman want?"
Es ist viel Wasser den Rhein hinunter geflossen seit unserem letzten Treffen. It's been ages since we last met.
Tom ist seit einem halben Jahr arbeitslos. Tom's been out of work for half a year.
Ich bin seit zwei Jahren Lehrer. I've been a teacher for two years.
Ich habe sie schon seit einer Ewigkeit nicht mehr gesehen. I haven't seen her for ages.
Seit vorigem Jahr habe ich nicht mehr in Sanda gewohnt. I have not lived in Sanda since last year.
Ich gehöre seit fünf Jahren dem Stadtrat an. I've been an alderman for five years.
Sie sieht schon seit drei Stunden fern. She has been watching television for three hours.
Meine Noten haben sich seit dem ersten Semester verbessert. My grades have improved since first semester.
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