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Dictionary translations for "sich zum Duell fordern"

sich zum Duell fordern verb

challenge to a duel (StreckF.)

Contexts with "sich zum duell fordern"

Einst forderte Christoph Kolumbus einen anderen Entdecker zu einem Duell heraus. Der letztere, ein verschlagener Bursche, ging nicht zehn Schritte, wie es die Regeln vorschrieben, sondern zwei und wandte sich dann um zum Schusse. Zu seinem Unglück hatte Kolumbus gar keinen Schritt getan. There was a time when Christopher Columbus challenged another explorer to a duel. The latter, an underhanded chap, did not take ten steps - as dictated by the rules - but two, then turned around to shoot. Unfortunately for him, Columbus hadn't taken any steps at all.

In diesem unserem demokratischen Zeitalter fordern Männer lautstark nach dem, was allgemein das Beste, unabhängig von ihren Gefühlen. Sie wollen das Teure, nicht das Raffinierte, das Modische, nicht das Schöne. In this democratic age of ours men clamour for what is popularly considered the best, regardless of their feelings. They want the costly, not the refined; the fashionable, not the beautiful.

Sie hat sich schnell auf das Dorfleben eingestellt. She soon adjusted herself to village life.

Sein Sohn wurde bei einem Duell getötet. His son had been killed in a duel.

Sie alle fordern ihr Geld zurück. They're all clamoring to get their money back.

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