Sentence examples of "narrow fortune" in English
They had a narrow escape under cover of darkness.
Sie sind gerade noch im Schutze der Dunkelheit entkommen.
Fortune 500 companies were the hardest hit by recent legislation.
Die Fortune 500-Firmen wurden am härtesten durch die letzte Gesetzgebung getroffen.
In my village, there is a small, narrow footbridge over a brook.
In meinem Dorf gibt es einen kleinen schmalen Steg über einen Bach.
He met with a traffic accident and had a narrow escape from death.
Er hatte einen Verkehrsunfall und kam gerade noch mit dem Leben davon.
My grandfather amassed a great fortune in the stock market and then lost it all over night.
Mein Großvater hat sich an der Börse ein großes Vermögen aufgebaut und dann über Nacht alles wieder verloren.
He had a narrow escape when he slipped on the stairs.
Auf der Treppe rutschte er aus und so entkam er schließlich nur um Haaresbreite.
The road across the mountain was narrow, and what's more, it was a steep slope.
Der Weg, der den Berg überquert, war eng, und dazu noch sehr steil.
A week before she died she changed her will and left her entire fortune to her dog Pookie.
Eine Woche bevor sie starb hat sie ihr Testament geändert und ihr ganzes Vermögen ihrem Hund Pookie vermacht.
We think that the narrow road was responsible for the accident.
Wir denken, dass der Unfall durch die enge Straße verursacht wurde.
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