Sentence examples of "phrase" in English

<>
The phrase 'honest politician' is an oxymoron. Der Ausdruck 'ehrlicher Politiker' ist ein Widerspruch in sich.
In legal documents, difficult words and phrases are often used. In Gesetzestexten werden häufig schwierige Wörter und Ausdrücke verwendet.
Can it be phrased in another way? Kann man das anders ausdrücken?
His speech contained many fine phrases. Seine Rede enthielt viele schöne Redewendungen.
I wonder what this phrase means. Ich frage mich, was dieser Satz bedeutet.
What is the meaning of this phrase? Was bedeutet dieser Satz?
Look up the phrase in your dictionary. Schau den Satz in deinem Wörterbuch nach.
How is this phrase to be interpreted? Wie ist dieser Satz zu interpretieren?
You can omit the preposition in this phrase. Du kannst die Präposition in diesem Satz weglassen.
He explained the literal meaning of the phrase. Er erklärte die wörtliche Bedeutung des Satzes.
You know the phrase, we harvest, that which we sow. I have sown the wind and this is my storm. Ihr kennt den Satz, wir ernten, was wir säen. Ich habe den Wind gesät und hier ist mein Sturm.
The Greeks invented the comma, not for their literature but for their actors, to warn them to take a deep breath in preparation of an upcoming long phrase; thus a comma represents a pause. Die Griechen erfanden das Komma, nicht für ihre Literatur, sondern für ihre Schauspieler, damit sie tief Luft holen konnten als Vorbereitung für einen auf sie zukommenden längeren Satzteil; darum stellt das Komma eine kleine Pause dar.
Examples of word usage in different contexts are provided solely for linguistic purposes, i.e. to study word usage in a sentence in one language and how they can be translated into another. All samples are automatically collected from a variety of publicly available open sources using bilingual search technologies.
If you find a spelling, punctuation or any other error in the original or translation, use the "Report a problem" option or write to us.

In this section, you can see how words and expressions are used in different contexts using examples of translations made by professionals. The Contexts section will help you learn English, German, Spanish and other languages. Here you can find examples with phrasal verbs and idioms in texts that vary in style and theme. Examples can be sorted by translations and topics.

Learn foreign languages, see the translation of millions of words and expressions, and use them in your e-mail communication.