Sentence examples of "getting ahead" in English
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.
Tom asked Mary to see about getting front row seats at the Lady Gaga concert.
Tom bat Mary, sich für das Lady-Gaga-Konzert um Plätze in der ersten Reihe zu bemühen.
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.
Why don't you try out getting a new Windows Media Player skin and changing the player's look?
Warum versuchst du nicht mal, dir einen neuen Graphikstil für die Windows-Medienwiedergabe zu besorgen und deren Aussehen zu verändern?
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.
It's getting late, so we'd better get going.
Es wird spät; darum sollten wir lieber auf den Weg machen.
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