Usage examples of "lifting" in English with translation to German

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I cannot lift this box. Ich kann diesen Behälter nicht heben.

The government lifted price controls. Die Regierung hob die Regulierung der Preise auf.

You can't lift the piano. Du kannst das Klavier nicht heben.

Can you help me lift this? Können Sie mir helfen, das zu heben?

They lifted her above their heads. Sie haben sie über ihre Köpfe gehoben.

He's strong enough to lift that. Er ist stark genug, das zu heben.

I can't lift the sack either. Ich kann den Sack auch nicht heben.

They lifted him carefully into the ambulance. Sie hoben ihn sorgfältig in den Rettungswagen.

The box was too heavy for him to lift. Die Kiste war zu schwer, sodass er sie nicht heben konnte.

She lifted up her head and looked at him. Sie hob den Kopf und sah ihn an.

This stone was so heavy that I could not lift it. Dieser Stein war so schwer, dass ich ihn nicht heben konnte.

Could an almighty god create a stone that he would not be able to subsequently lift? Könnte ein allmächtiger Gott einen Stein erschaffen, den er anschließend selbst nicht heben könnte?

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