Sentence examples of "ahead of" in English
Tom, as his usual, lagged at the beginning of the sentence, when Mary, already twelve words ahead of him, was now in its middle.
Tom hing, wie schon so oft, am Anfang des Satzes herum, während Mary, schon zwölf Worte vor ihm, sich jetzt in dessen Mitte befand.
Mary argued that Tom stood three words ahead of her, although when he turned back, he saw that, between she and he, there were only two.
Mary behauptete, dass Tom drei Worte vor ihr sei, obwohl er, als er sich umdrehte, sah, dass zwischen ihr und ihm nur zwei lagen.
We all know that Mendel was way ahead of his time.
Wir alle wissen, dass Mendel seiner Zeit weit voraus war.
He is always a step or two ahead of the times.
Er ist immer der Zeit einen oder zwei Schritte voraus.
It is my fear that in an understandable but foolish wish for the European Union to have its own defence capability, politicians are forging ahead with plans that are at best wishful thoughts, and at worst dangerous.
Ich befürchte, dass die Politiker in dem verständlichen, aber törichten Bestreben, eine eigene Verteidigungskapazität für die Europäische Union zu schaffen, Pläne vorantreiben, die bestenfalls Wunschgedanken und schlimmstenfalls gefährlich sind.
The verb "to downdate" does not exist in the English lexicon, but let's go ahead and coin it anyway.
Das Verb "to downdate" existiert nicht im englischen Wortschatz, aber lass es uns einfach trotzdem prägen.
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