Sentence examples of "not a dreg" in English
It's not a wife that I want, but a sex friend.
Ich will keine Ehefrau, sondern eine Sexbekanntschaft.
Strictly speaking, the tomato is not a vegetable. It's a fruit.
Um genau zu sein, Tomaten sind kein Gemüse. Sie sind Obst.
This is not a joke to be told in the presence of your parents.
Das ist kein Witz, den du in Gegenwart deiner Eltern erzählen solltest.
Nothing can take an American by surprise. It has often been said that the word "impossible" was not a French one. People have obviously looked in the wrong dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple and mechanical difficulties are overcome before they arise.
Nichts kann einen Amerikaner überraschen. Man sagt oft, dass das Wort „impossible“ kein französisches Wort sei. Die Leute haben offensichtlich im falschen Wörterbuch nachgeschaut. In Amerika ist alles leicht. Alles ist einfach und mechanische Schwierigkeiten werden überwunden, bevor sie entstehen.
My grandfather is so fond of reading that not a day passes in which he doesn't open a book.
Mein Großvater liest so gern, dass nicht ein einziger Tag vergeht, an dem er nicht ein Buch öffnet.
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