 | English | German | |
 | sports We were three goals up by half-time. | Zur Halbzeit lagen wir mit drei Toren vorn. | |
| Partial Matches |
| sports We were three goals behind at half-time. | Zur Halbzeit lagen wir drei Tore zurück. | |
| sports They were four goals down by half-time. | Zur Halbzeit lagen sie mit vier Toren im Rückstand. | |
| sports They were two goals ahead at half-time. | Zur Halbzeit lagen sie mit zwei Toren vorn. | |
| They won by three goals to one. | Sie haben 3:1 gewonnen. | |
| One settee and three chairs were all the furniture we had. | Unsere Einrichtung bestand nur aus einem Sofa und drei Stühlen. | |
| We were shaken by the news. | Die Nachricht hat uns erschüttert. | |
| We were only planning on three days. [estimating it to be three days] | Wir hatten nur drei Tage gerechnet. [mit drei Tagen] | |
| We don't do things by half-measures. | Wir machen keine halben Sachen. [ugs.] | |
| By the time we get there, | Bis wir dort sind, | |
| sports The goals came in the first / second half. | Die Tore fielen in der ersten / zweiten Halbzeit. | |
| sports to have a hand in all three goals | an allen drei Toren beteiligt sein | |
| We are fed up and have been for some time. [coll.] | Wir haben die Nase voll, und das schon eine ganze Weile. [ugs.] | |
| quote We were raised to believe that someday we were all gonna be millionaires or movie stars or rock stars. But we're not. [Fight Club] | Wir wurden durch das Fernsehen aufgezogen in dem Glauben, dass wir alle irgendwann mal Millionäre werden, Filmgötter, Rockstars ... Werden wir aber nicht! | |
| We were embarrassed. | Wir genierten uns. | |
| Where were we? | Wo waren wir? | |
| as we were climbing {adv} | als wir gerade kletterten | |
| as we were nearing | als wir uns näherten | |
| as we were passing | als wir vorbeikamen | |
| Because we were tired, ... | Weil wir müde waren, ... | |
| Now, where were we? | Also, wo waren wir? | |
| We were early astir. | Wir waren schon früh auf. | |
| We were just trying. | War nur ein Versuch. [ugs.] [Wir haben es versucht.] | |
| jobs We were laid off. | Wir wurden entlassen. | |
| We were sitting together. | Wir saßen zusammen. | |
| idiom We were really travelling. [coll.] | Wir hatten einen ganz schönen Zahn drauf. [ugs.] | |
| We were there last year. | Wir waren letztes Jahr dort. | |
| Who said we were terrorists? | Wer sagt denn, dass wir Terroristen sind? | |
| Yet we were not heard. | Doch wir wurden nicht gehört. | |
| film F If We All Were Angels | Wenn wir alle Engel wären [Carl Froelich (1936), Günther Lüders (1956)] | |
| as if we were complete strangers | als ob wir überhaupt nichts miteinander zu tun hätten | |
| as we were in the dark | als wir in der Dunkelheit waren | |
| We did as we were told. | Wir taten, wie uns befohlen wurde. | |
| We did as we were told. | Wir taten, wie uns geheißen wurde. [geh.] | |
| We were advised to stay indoors. | Man riet uns, im Hause zu bleiben. | |
| We were meant for each other. | Wir waren füreinander bestimmt. | |
| idiom We were very adult about it. | Wir waren sehr ruhig und vernünftig. | |
| film F The Way We Were [Sydney Pollack] | So wie wir waren | |
| lit. F When We Were Orphans [Kazuo Ishiguro] | Als wir Waisen waren | |
| Three lives were lost. | Drei Menschen kamen ums Leben. | |
| I'm afraid we were cut off. | Wir wurden leider unterbrochen. [Telefongespräch] | |
| We were able to solve the issue. | Wir konnten das Problem lösen. | |
| We were sliding all over the place. | Das war eine schöne Rutschpartie. | |
| lit. F Back When We Were Grownups [Anne Tyler] | Damals als wir erwachsen waren | |
| There were three of them. | Sie waren zu dritt. | |
| There were three of us. | Wir waren zu dritt. | |
| quote Keep up with the times and time won't pass you by. | Wer nicht mit der Zeit geht, geht mit der Zeit. [Josef Carl Neckermann] | |
| Do you still remember how poor we were? | Weißt du noch, wie arm wir damals waren? | |
| We were both born in the same year. | Er / sie ist mein Jahrgang. | |
| A good half of the apples were rotten. | Gut die Hälfte der Äpfel war faul. | |
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