Sentence examples of "catch in the act" in English
The student was caught in the act of cheating.
Der Student wurde auf frischer Tat beim Betrügen ertappt.
The police arrested the pickpocket in the act.
Die Polizei verhaftete den auf frischer Tat ertappten Taschendieb.
In the early days people communicated by smoke signals.
In der Anfangszeit kommunizierten die Menschen über Rauchzeichen.
If you don't watch out, you'll soon fall in the water.
Wenn du nicht aufpasst, wirst du gleich ins Wasser fallen.
The people at SETI are looking for intelligent life in the universe because they haven't found it here on Earth!
Die Leute bei SETI suchen nach intelligentem Leben im Universum, weil sie das hier auf der Erde nicht gefunden haben!
"Learn from your mistakes" and "Experience is the best teacher" they say, but in the long run even the best teacher gets mad, if he or she has too much to teach in too little time.
"Lern aus deinen Fehlern" und "Erfahrung ist der beste Lehrer" so sagt man, doch letzten Endes verliert selbst der beste Lehrer den Verstand, wenn er zu viel in zu kurzer Zeit unterrichten muss.
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