Usage examples of "lie down" in English with translation to German

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My father was lying down while watching TV. Mein Vater hat sich beim Fernsehen hingelegt.
Please lay down your coat. Bitte lege deinen Mantel ab!
He went into the next room and lay down. Er ging ins Nebenzimmer und legte sich hin.
At noon they lay down in a forest to rest. Am Mittag legten sie sich in einem Wald hin, um zu rasten.
The moment she'd finished, she lay down for a nap. Kaum war sie fertig, legte sie sich für ein Nickerchen hin.
Is there some place I can lie down? Kann ich mich hier irgendwo hinlegen?
The ambulance broke down in the middle of the avenue. Der Krankenwagen hatte in der Mitte der Avenue eine Panne.
It became clear that she had told a lie. Es stellte sich heraus, dass sie gelogen hatte.
Ok. I knuckle down. Ok. Ich beuge mich.
How foolish I was not to discover that simple lie! Wie dumm ich war, diese einfache Lüge nicht zu entdecken!
Tom asked Mary to marry him, but she turned down his proposal. Tom machte Mary einen Heiratsantrag, aber sie lehnte ihn ab.
Sometimes we lie to keep from hurting someone else's feelings. Manchmal lügt man, um die Gefühle anderer nicht zu verletzen.
Please turn down the volume a little bit more. Bitte drehe die Lautstärke noch ein wenig herunter.
The lie got him in trouble when his boss found out the truth. Die Lüge brachte ihm Ärger ein, als sein Chef die Wahrheit herausfand.
Let me put down your new phone number in my notebook. Lassen Sie mich Ihre neue Telefonnummer in meinem Notizbuch aufschreiben. (formal)
She cannot have told a lie. Sie kann nicht gelogen haben.
My car broke down on the way. Unterwegs hatte mein Auto eine Panne.
She said that she was ill, which was a lie. Sie sagte, sie sei krank, was gelogen war.
Sit down with me. Setz dich zu mir.
It's so obvious that it's a lie! Es ist so offensichtlich, dass es sich um eine Lüge handelt.
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