Usage examples of "Put a sock in it" in English with translation to German

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He put a pack of cigarettes on the table. Er legte eine Schachtel Zigaretten auf den Tisch.

There were two people in it, one of her girl students and a young man. Drinnen waren zwei Leute: Eine ihrer Studentinnen und eine junger Mann.

The wound stopped hurting after he put a band-aid on it. Die Wunde hörte auf zu schmerzen, nachdem er sie mit einem Pflaster versorgte.

For many, it seems to be ungraspable that one can love life without seeing any point in it. Für viele scheint es unbegreiflich zu sein, dass man das Leben lieben kann, obwohl man keinen Sinn darin sieht.

Put a piece of cake aside for me. I have to go. Legt mir ein Stück Kuchen zur Seite, ich muss los.

If you make your bed, you've got to lie in it. Wer A sagt, muss auch B sagen.

In this corner of the room I'd like to put a house-plant. In diese Zimmerecke würde ich gerne eine Zimmerpflanze stellen.

If I watch a thousand movies in English, will I become fluent in it? Wenn ich tausend Filme in englischer Sprache sehe, werde ich dann in dieser fließend?

I won't put a pistol against anybody's chest in order to stay in Barcelona. Ich werde niemandem die Pistole auf die Brust setzen, um in Barcelona zu bleiben.

This river is so polluted that fish can no longer live in it. Dieser Fluss ist so verschmutzt, dass in ihm Fische nicht mehr leben können.

It's the first time I put a cigarette out before finishing it. Es ist das erste Mal, dass ich eine Zigarette ausdrücke, ehe ich sie zu Ende geraucht habe.

I'm up to my neck in it. Mir steht das Wasser bis zum Hals.

We can't put a young boy in prison. Wir können keinen jungen Knaben ins Gefängnis stecken.

If I read a thousand books in English, will I become fluent in it? Wenn ich tausend Bücher in englischer Sprache lese, werde ich dann in dieser fließend?

"I'm going to put a curse on you", said Mary. „Ich werde dich mit einem Fluch belegen!“ sagte Maria.

This cake tastes like it has cheese in it. Dieser Kuchen schmeckt nach Käse

Put a dash of brandy in my tea. Gib einen Schuss Brandy in meinen Tee.

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice 'without pictures or conversation?' Langsam hatte Alice die Nase voll davon, neben ihrer Schwester auf der Bank zu sitzen und nichts zu tun zu haben: ein zweimal hatte sie einen Blick auf das Buch geworfen, das ihre Schwester las, doch es enthielt weder Abbildungen noch Dialoge; "und wozu taugt ein Buch", dachte Alice, "ohne Abbildungen oder Dialoge?"

I forgot to put a stamp on the envelope. Ich habe vergessen, eine Briefmarke auf den Umschlag zu kleben.

You know you've really mastered a foreign language when you can write a decent poem in it. Du weißt, dass du eine Fremdsprache wirklich beherrschst, wenn du ein anständiges Gedicht darin verfassen kannst.

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